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Kenyan Fintech Startup Kotani Pay Receives $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding
8.9.2023
The Kenyan fintech startup Kotani Pay has raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round which was led by P1 Ventures. The capital raised will be used to fund the startup’s expansion into five African countries. Felix Macharia said his firm is working with central banks, some of whom...
Web3 Security Startup Shield Raises $2.1M in Pre-Seed Funding
20.4.2023
The company, a member of a16z’s Crypto Startup School, aims to create a security standard across Web3 projects through its API, Discord Bot and certification program
African Fintech Startups Raised $1.45 Billion in 2022 — Sector’s Share of the Continent’s Total Funding Drops
19.2.2023
Despite seeing their share of Africa’s startup funding drop from 48.3% seen in 2021 to 43.4% in 2022, fintech still managed to raise 39.3% more capital in 2022 ($1.45 billion) than they did in 2021 ($1.04 billion). Nigeria was again the best-funded country after 180 of its startups raised...
Web3 Messaging Platform Salsa Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Round
16.2.2023
The mobile app is now available in beta and has a partnership with a Proof of Attendance Protocol (POAP)
Filuta AI: Startup Čechů z Microsoftu či Googlu získal největší tuzemskou pre-seed investici
23.1.2023
Teprve od září 2022 fungující český startup Filuta AI získal prozatím největší investici v rámci takzvaného pre-seed kola financování. Jde o 56 milionů korun, které do firmy poslali investoři vedení zdejším fondem Nation 1. Připojila se organizace Czech Founders, fond SPM Invest spolumajitelů...
Next-gen metaverse Arcomia raises $200 thousand in pre-seed – the next Sandbox?
4.11.2022
Arcomia Metaverse has now raised $200 thousand within the first days of their Pre-Seed. With its current pace of development, this could just be the beginning of an entire next-gen metaverse phase that sets a higher standard for crypto metaverses such as The Sandbox. Chapter 1: Pre-Seed is Over ...
Aptos wallet Martian raises a pre-seed round of $3 million
28.10.2022
Aptos blockchain’s crypto wallet, Martian, has raised $3 million. This figure is achieved through a pre-seeded round of funding, which again was duly made by Race Capital, who happens to have been the lead investor. What is indeed very credit-worthy is that the entity Aptos blockchain itself...
Nigerian Blockchain Startup Bitmama Closes $2 Million Pre-Seed Round
11.9.2022
After raising $1.65 million via a pre-seed extension, Bitmama, a Nigeria-based blockchain startup, has now closed its pre-seed funding round at $2 million, a report has said. Leading the funding round were two Africa-focused venture capital firms: Unicorn Growth Capital and Launch Africa....
Native Payment Infrastructure, Airswift, Raises $2M in Pre-Seed Funding Led by CE Innovation Capital
8.8.2022
PRESS RELEASE. Vancouver, August 8, 2022 – Airswift, a fintech startup pioneering Web 3.0 native payment solutions, announced that it raised $2 million USD in a pre-seed funding round led by CE Innovation Capital (CEiC). The latest funding comes amid a bear market sentiment and uncertainty around...
New Zealand VC Launches $5 Million Web3 and Crypto-Focused Fund
6.5.2022
New Zealand-based venture capital firm Global From Day 1 (GD1) recently said it had launched a $5 million Web3 and crypto-focused venture capital fund to back local startups. The fund will invest in pre-seed to Series A companies across decentralized finance (defi), decentralized autonomous...
Aradena Announces Pre-Seed Round Headed by Animoca Brands
31.3.2022
Aradena, which created a popular Play-and-Earn medieval metaverse, announced that a pre-seed equity financing headed by Animoca Brands had been completed. Aradena is paving the way for the next generation of blockchain gaming by making peer-to-peer (P2P) games as enjoyable to play as traditional...
African Web3 Startup Raises $6.45 Million in Pre-Seed Round, Serena Williams’ Investment Firm Participates
5.2.2022
An African startup, Nestcoin, said it raised $6.45 million in a pre-seed funding round in which tennis’ star, Serena Williams’ Serena Ventures took part. The startup, which was launched in November 2021, plans to use the capital raised to educate, build and invest in web...
Celsius Network, Argo Blockchain Back Pre-Seed Round for Bitcoin Mining Startup
16.2.2021
Luxor Technologies will use the funds to expand its hashrate and hire more engineers
Accel, Coinbase Join $17M Pre-Seed Round for Institutional Crypto Trading Firm FalconX
18.5.2020
The crypto trading firm pitched investors on the basis that its best trade execution platform offers institutions a solution to the wash trading that is rife in the space
PR: Evercoin Announces $1M Pre-Seed Financing With gumi Cryptos and Prominent Blockchain and Open Source Pioneers
5.8.2019
San Francisco, CA - Evercoin announced today $1M in pre-seed stage financing from gumi Cryptos and prominent Blockchain and Open Source pioneers.
Investors in this round include:
Gumi Cryptos Capital
Roger Ver -- Founder, Executive Chairman of Bitcoin.com
Ross Mason -- Founder of MuleSoft (sold...