{"id":35630,"date":"2022-09-09T04:31:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T08:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=35630"},"modified":"2022-09-09T04:31:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T08:31:25","slug":"metaweb-raises-funds-for-early-stage-crypto-startups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/metaweb-raises-funds-for-early-stage-crypto-startups\/","title":{"rendered":"MetaWeb Raises Funds for Early Stage Crypto Startups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-after-a-few-months-of-being-quiet-the-metaweb-company-funding-team-has-put-money-into-more-than-30-startups\">After a few months of being quiet, the MetaWeb company<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=funding+team&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> funding team<\/a> has put money into more than 30 startups.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"561\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-59.png\" alt=\"MetaWeb Raises Funds for Early Stage Crypto Startups \" class=\"wp-image-35635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-59.png 842w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-59-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-59-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-59-150x100.png 150w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-59-750x500.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><figcaption>MetaWeb Raises Funds for Early Stage Crypto Startups <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>MetaWeb Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/venture-funding-for-crypto-startups-in-africa-grew-11x-in-2022-report-reveals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crypto startups<\/a>. It has raised $30 million for its first fund, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, Dragonfly Capital, the Near Foundation, and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an email sent out Thursday, MetaWeb said that the fund wants to put most of its money into <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/aave-launches-a-decentralized-social-media-platform-on-polygon-dubbed-lens-protocol.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decentralized social media<\/a>, decentralized finance (DeFi), gaming, and decentralized autonomous organizations (DAO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fund has been operating in stealth mode for the past few months. It has already invested in more than 30 startups, including the decentralized exchange Orderly Network, which closed a $20 million funding round in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dani Osorio, a partner at the funding company, said, &#8220;At its core, MetaWeb is unique because we're all builders who also invest. We have direct access to early projects and can help our founders in a very unique way.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MetaWeb Ventures was started as an ecosystem fund for the <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/near-protocol-announces-350m-fund-raise.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Near Protocol<\/a>, which is a layer 1 blockchain network on which decentralized applications (dapps) are built. Near wants to compete with Ethereum by making transactions faster and cheaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company is now investing in applications on networks other than Near, such as Ethereum, Aurora, and Cosmos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a few months of being quiet, the MetaWeb company funding team has put money into more than 30 startups. MetaWeb Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in crypto startups. It has raised $30 million for its first fund, which is backed by Sequoia Capital, Dragonfly Capital, the Near Foundation, and others. 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