Animoca Brands, Coinbase and HSBC were among the investors in a round valuing the blockchain software provider at $3.2bn.
US-based blockchain software provider Consensys secured $200m from investors including digital entertainment and blockchain technology provider Animoca Brands, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and financial services firm HSBC yesterday.
Hedge fund Marshall Wace also took part in the round, as did Third Point, Think Investments, ParaFi Capital, Electric Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Spartan Group and DeFiance Capital, while Coinbase invested through corporate venturing subsidiary Coinbase Ventures.
Consensys provides tools enabling blockchain developers to launch products on the Ethereum network, with a view to…
Fernando Moncada Rivera
Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the CVC Unplugged podcast.