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Investors Chase Visible Impact With AI and Web3 Infrastructure Investments
Investments // February 23, 2024

When it comes to the venture capital landscape, every year — and strategy — is different. Nearly no other investor segment deals with more reckonings and recalibrations than tech investors — or reaps such sky-high benefits when their big bets pay off. Against the backdrop...

Cross Border Payments Firm Payall Nets $10M for Expansion
Cross-border Payments // September 15, 2022

Cross-border bank processor Payall has closed a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a press release said. Payall has a single shared platform which will fuel compliance automation, risk mitigation and more transparency, the release said. The platform’s services include specialized, inclusive...

Report: Crypto May be Part of Adam Neumann’s New Startup, Flow
Cryptocurrency // September 09, 2022

Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann’s new residential real estate startup will reportedly include a digital wallet enabling the use of cryptocurrencies. The startup Neumann helped found, which is called Flow, may include a digital wallet that would handle not only crypto but also other financial...

Andreessen Horowitz Leads Licensing Charge to Protect NFT Market
Cryptocurrency // September 02, 2022

The ownership rights transferred with many nonfungible token (NFT) collections are so vague and poorly written that the finality of any transaction involving them, along with any certainty about what rights were transferred, is often left in doubt. This is why it should matter to...

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Cross Border Payments Firm Payall Nets $10M for Expansion

September 15, 2022
Cross-border bank processor Payall has closed a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), a press release said. Payall has a single shared platform which will fuel compliance automation, risk mitigation and more transparency, the release said. The platform’s services include specialized, inclusive payment orchestration for cross-border payments offered through banks or financial […]

Report: Crypto May be Part of Adam Neumann’s New Startup, Flow

September 09, 2022
Former WeWork CEO Adam Neumann’s new residential real estate startup will reportedly include a digital wallet enabling the use of cryptocurrencies. The startup Neumann helped found, which is called Flow,...