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The Inquisitive VC: Patrick Chang , Investor at Samsung NEXT
Patrick Chang is an early-stage investor at Samsung NEXT Ventures. He specializes in blockchain, edge computing, developer tools, and more. Prior to Samsung NEXT, Patrick was at Foundation Capital, Bain Capital Ventures, and investment banking firms.
Deal Flow – June 2020
Welcome to Deal Flow, a monthly report on investment in the blockchain space. Deal Flow provides a comprehensive listing of new capital raises, mergers and acquisitions, ICOs, IEOs, and STOs. The report identifies industry trends and follows the money with expert analysis and commentary - providing essential market intelligence for professional crypto investors.
Paradigm exceeds US$1.5B in derivative trades while closing strategic financing round
Paradigm is a company that automates Over The Counter (OTC) trading for institutional traders. The company recently closed a strategic financing round for an undisclosed sum from investors including Dragonfly Capital, Digital Currency Group, OKCoin Ventures, and others.
DeFi Startup The Graph has closed a US$5M investment round
The Graph is a company that has built an indexing protocol for querying networks like Ethereum and the InterPlanetary File System. The companies latest investment round saw participation from Framework Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, and others.
EMURGO to join Trace Alliance to provide enterprise with supply chain solutions
The Trace Alliance is a collaborative group connecting technology solutions providers, enterprises, and other organizations with supply chain professionals to develop blockchain solutions & integrations with supply chain verticals.
The Inquisitive VC: Soona Amhaz , General Partner at Volt Capital
Soona Amhaz is a General Partner at Volt Capital and co-founder of Token Daily. Prior to Volt Capital and Token Daily, Soona was an early hire at Alation.
Carpooling company Ryde launches BTC Payments Option
Singaporean carpooling company, Ryde, has recently announced that it will launch its own crypto wallet which will allow users to pay for its services with Bitcoin.
River Financial closes a US$5.7M seed round
River Financial is a company building a challenger financial institution and Bitcoin brokerage focused on the long-term investor. The companies seed round was led by Polychain Capital. Participants in the round include Slow Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, DG Daiwa Ventures, Pfeffer Capital Ltd, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Cygni Capital, and a number of angel investors.
Samsung backed startup to build an Islamic blockchain-based credit system
The Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI) has partnered with Samsung-backed startup, Blocko, via the E24P consortium.
Coinbase has listed the Maker token
Coinbase has listed Maker (MKR) on Coinbase.com. The token is also supported on the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now buy, sell, convert, send, receive, or store MKR. The token will be available in all Coinbase-supported regions, with the exception of New York State.
