{"id":23887,"date":"2022-04-12T14:44:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=23887"},"modified":"2022-04-12T14:44:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:44:28","slug":"pantera-capital-set-to-close-blockchain-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/pantera-capital-set-to-close-blockchain-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Pantera Capital Set to Close Blockchain Fund Worth $1.3B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pantera Capital has announced plans\u00a0to close its first <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/meta-set-to-introduce-non-blockchain-coins.html\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"23438\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Blockchain Fund<\/a> in the next three to four weeks with around $1.3 billion in committed capital. That is more than double the $600 million target the firm set when it started fundraising last November.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-239-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Pantera Capital Set to Close Blockchain Fund Worth $1.3B\" class=\"wp-image-23889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-239-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-239-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-239-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-239-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-239-1-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-239-1-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1-239-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Pantera Capital Set to Close Blockchain Fund Worth $1.3B<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The company announced last month that pledges had reached $1 billion. The fund was launched in November, which was a record-breaking month for crypto investment vehicles, including a $2.5 billion fund from Paradigm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pantera also laid out its short-term strategy, which includes the launch of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Pantera+Capital+Set+to+Close+Blockchain+Fund+Worth+%241.3B&rlz=1C1RLNS_enNG985NG985&oq=Pantera+Capital+Set+to+Close+Blockchain+Fund+Worth+%241.3B&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i546l4.1572j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Pantera+Capital+Set+to+Close+Blockchain+Fund+Worth+%241.3B&rlz=1C1RLNS_enNG985NG985&oq=Pantera+Capital+Set+to+Close+Blockchain+Fund+Worth+%241.3B&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i546l4.1572j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second Blockchain Fund<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> in 2023. The follow-up fund, according to Director of Portfolio Development Franklin Bi, will have essentially the same goals as the original fund: new early-stage deals, private tokens, and venture capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following that, <em>\u201cWe will come back with a larger and more diversified and probably longer-investment-period growth-stage fund, say in 2024,\u201d<\/em> Bi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a client letter, the investor call was for the company Select Fund, which was established last week with a $200 million commitment to invest in &#8220;more mature, revenue-generating companies.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pantera's Select Fund joined the Bitcoin Fund, Early-Stage Token Fund, Liquid Token Fund, and Blockchain Fund as the company's fifth fund. Pantera describes Select as &#8220;smaller, more targeted, and more concentrated than a typical growth fund.&#8221; The deadline to join the Select Fund as a limited partner is May 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pantera Capital has announced plans\u00a0to close its first Blockchain Fund in the next three to four weeks with around $1.3 billion in committed capital. That is more than double the $600 million target the firm set when it started fundraising last November. The company announced last month that pledges had reached $1 billion. 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