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French startup Mistral AI closes $415M funding round

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French artificial intelligence (AI) startup Mistral AI has announced it raised €385 million ($415 million) in its latest funding round to develop its technology and open-source software. Andreessen Horowitz and the company’s initial backers, Lightspeed Ventures, led the round, which closed on Dec. 11. This follows a previous funding round in June where Mistral raised $113 million in seed funding. The company is currently valued at around $2 billion. Mistral AI focuses on open-source technology for generative AI tools, chatbot development and customizable features. It aims to make its products available…

British Payment Firm SumUp Secures $307M in Funding Round for Global Expansion

Currently valued at $8.6 billion after its £590 million ($624 million) investment round last year, SumUp stands strong in private markets with no immediate plans for an initial public offering. London-based financial services company SumUp has secured £285 million worth approximately $307 million in its latest funding round to expand its business offerings to other parts of the world outside the United Kingdom. The company has already established its presence in other financial markets outside Europe, including the United States and Australia. Global Expansion Plans According to an official announcement…

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Drop Cools Overheated Funding Rates, Data Show

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Digital Asset Brokerage Nonco Raises $10M Seed Funding Led by Brian Brook’s Valor Capital and Hack VC

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Babylon Chain closes $18M funding for Bitcoin staking

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Polychain Capital and Hack VC led the $18 million Series A funding round of Babylon Chain, a protocol working on Bitcoin (BTC) staking, bridging the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem with the Bitcoin blockchain.  According to the Dec. 7 announcement, the funds will be used to support the development of Babylon’s Bitcoin Staking protocol, which enables proof-of-stake (PoS) networks to stake BTC, adding liquidity and security to emerging chains. For context, a PoS chain is a type of blockchain that relies on participants to validate transactions. To be a validator and…

BlackRock Receives $100K in Seed Funding Round

While the SEC has yet to greenlight any spot ETF applications, the new filings lend further credence to the likelihood of a spot Bitcoin ETF approval soon. Investment manager BlackRock has revised its application for a spot Bitcoin ETF approval with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The revision comes on the heels of rumors that investment companies seeking Spot ETF approval would update their S-1 filings in response to SEC comments The new BlackRock filing reveals the company has received seed funding of $100,000 for its proposed Bitcoin…

BlackRock Dedicates $100K in Initial Seed Funding for Proposed Spot Bitcoin [BTC] ETF

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Jellyverse Lands $2M in Seed Funding to Accelerate DeFi 3.0 Revolution

In addition to portfolio management, Jellyverse will feature JellySwap, a decentralized exchange that will serve as home to its native crypto JLY. Jelly Labs AG and Fintonomy LTD, the companies developing the initial protocols for Jellyverse, a decentralized finance network built on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible layer-2 DeFiMetaChain (DMC), have announced the completion of their joint seed funding round. According to a press release shared with Coinspeaker, the two companies secured $2 million from undisclosed investors to bolster the development of Jellyverse and drive the evolution of the next…