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Follow the Money: a $1.5B Venture Fund, a $400M Injection into Crypto.com, and Strategy’s Return
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (443+ words) Between July 11 and July 18, 2026, Incrypted’s editorial team recorded 22 investment deals, including venture rounds, corporate placements, and more. Details are known for 16 of them. The total capital raised across those deals amounted to $3.49 billion. This category includes 13 rounds this week. Among…...
‘Humans Are Cheaper than Software’: Venture Investors Rethink AI’s Role
4+ day, 13+ hour ago (357+ words) Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) published an analytical piece featuring key points from Hebbia CEO George Sivulka, arguing that artificial intelligence is not replacing people, but changing approaches to labor management. In its piece, a16z cites George Sivulka’s main takeaway: “AI was…...
Follow the Money: a $3B Venture Fund, a Focus on CeFi, and Not a Single Corporate Deal
3+ week, 2+ day ago (386+ words) Between June 20 and June 27, 2026, Incrypted’s editorial team recorded 23 investment deals. Details are known for 19 of them, including the total amount of funding raised — $4.68 billion. The largest injection was Menlo Ventures’ $3 billion venture fund. In this category, we recorded a total…...
Media: Kalshi Has Begun Preparations for an IPO
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (263+ words) Event contracts trading platform Kalshi has held talks with several investment banks about a potential IPO. The Information reported this, citing sources. The outlet emphasized that the talks are preliminary and informal. Sources also said the discussions cover a potential…...
VC Vault Announces Founders & Funders Forum for Web3 Startups and Investors
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (241+ words) Venture network VC Vault has announced the launch of the Founders & Funders forum. The initiative is being implemented with the support of media agency Coin News Span. The event is designed to foster interaction between early-stage Web3 startups and institutional investors....
FT: OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX IPOs Could Break Wall Street’s 2021 Record
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (549+ words) OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX are preparing for potential IPOs, whose combined proceeds in the US could surpass the 2021 IPO market record of $156 billion, Financial Times reports. At the center of this new phase of competition are OpenAI CEO Sam Altman,…...
a16z Launches $2.2B Fund to Back Crypto Infrastructure
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (258+ words) Investment giant Andreessen Horowitz announced the launch of Crypto Fund 5, totaling $2.2 billion. The firm believes the market is in a phase where attention is shifting from speculation to building resilient infrastructure and real products. In the investors’ view, crypto cycles…...
Haun Ventures Raises $1B for Crypto Infrastructure and New Markets
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (207+ words) incrypted Haun Ventures announced the launch of $1 billion in funds The focus is financial infrastructure, asset tokenization, and the AI economy The firm pointed to the growing role of stablecoins and new financial products Venture firm Haun Ventures announced the…...
Ex-DeepMind Researcher’s Startup Raised $1.1B to Build a Superlearner
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (34+ words) The AlphaGo ex-developer’s startup has raised $1.1 billion. It is focused on building "super-learning" AI. One of the investors in the AI startup with "Darwin-level ambitions" was the UK government....
Liquid Startup Received $18M in Investment
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (38+ words) Crypto startup Liquid reported raising $18 million in funding. It is taking on Coinbase and Robinhood with multi-asset trading. In addition, in certain jurisdictions, traders can access leveraged trading on the platform with up to 200x leverage....