Blockchain

The Australian company Geora stores and verifies all of its agricultural data on its permissioned Ethereum network.

Dapper Labs, which last month announced a $250 million financing, has acquired Brud, a Los Angeles-based company that uses artificial intelligence to create digital personas.

The firm's fourth fund will focus on blockchain, says founding partner Dusan Stojanovic.

The San Francisco digital assets and cryptocurrency company FalconX announces a $210m round led by Altimeter Capital, Sapphire Ventures and existing investors B Capital Group and Tiger Global Management, with others participating.

Arianna Simpson, who joined the firm last year, has been investing in crypto companies since 2015.

Investors are contemplating bitcoin’s current ESG compliance. But for Keiretsu Capital, Mercury Fund and others, the focus is on the currency’s future ESG potential.

The specialized fund will invest in crypto-networks and blockchain-enabled businesses and exceeded its previously announced target of $30m.

Blockchain and cryptocurrencies have reached a tipping point where to ignore their impact on online transactions could leave businesses scrambling to catch up, writes Lee Bruno.

The firm, which has seven international offices, recently wrapped up its first sector-focused fund to invest in the blockchain. Founder Eric Martineau-Fortin says its worldwide connections will help it source deals.

Houston-based blockchain company Data Gumbo raises $4m in a first close of its Series B.