Solana and FTX are among the founding partners of the fund, which will focus on blockchain-based gaming investments.

The venture firm has hired Jayson Punwani a year after he left his partner position at corporate venturing unit Takeda Ventures.

Dapper Labs, Solana and Tron are among the LPs in the venture firm’s latest fund, which has already backed Rain, Vauld, Lemon Cash, Tulip Protocol and Zebedee.

Cybersecurity platform developer SafeBreach and home improvement technology provider Block Renovation each raised $50m or over in corporate-led rounds.

UTEC is celebrating an exit as Agara is acquired by Coinbase for a reported $40m to $50m.

Johns Hopkins spinout Blade Therapeutics has agreed to a reverse merger that will net it $24.3m in Pipe financing from backers including Osage University Partners.

Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.

The Citi-backed customer engagement platform developer has set terms for an initial public offering which could top $400m.

Novartis eyecare subsidiary Alcon has agreed to acquire the Institut Mérieux, Ascension Health and MemorialCare Health System-backed MIGS technology provider.

The Ohio State spinout has gone public in an upsized IPO sized at approximately $182m.