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Spatial launches a VR toolkit for creators powered by Unity
The immersive 3D social metaverse developer Spatial launched a creator toolkit today that will allow its users to build their own virtual worlds, connect with other users, and share immersive experiences powered by the Unity graphics engine. The Spatial Creator Toolkit provides creatives with everything they need to build experiences in virtual reality and what ...
DevOps observability startup CtrlStack emerges from stealth with $5.2M
CtrlStack Inc., the provider of a novel DevOps observability platform to simplify real-time troubleshooting, today announced its launch from stealth with $5.2 million in seed funding co-led by Sequoia Capital and Engineering Capital. The seed round also saw participation from Kearny Jackson, Webb Investment Network and Lightspeed. Today’s digital-first businesses and developers continue to find ...
Web3 intellectual property licensing startup Spaceport raises $3.6M
Web3 startup Spaceport today announced that it has raised $3.6 million in pre-seed funding to build a blockchain-based protocol to streamline the licensing of intellectual property and make it easier for creators to receive royalties. Arca, Web3-native venture fund Decasonic and Crit Ventures, the venture capital arm of game developer Com2uS, co-led the funding round. Other ...
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas, faces charges from SDNY, SEC, CFTC
Authorities in the Bahamas arrested Sam Bankman-Fried, former chief executive of the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd., Monday evening after the U.S. filed criminal charges, according to a press statement. The criminal charges against Bankman-Fried filed by prosecutors in the Southern District of New York include eight different counts, covering allegations of wire ...
Web3 startup Nillion raises $20M for non-blockchain decentralized networks
Nillion, a Web3 startup building non-blockchain decentralized networks, today announced that it has raised $20 million in an oversubscribed round led by Distributed Global to focus on its peer-to-peer storage and computation technology. The startup builds infrastructure for decentralized peer-to-peer networks that allow for truly decentralized processing by mathematically sectionalizing data into nodes so that ...
NF3X Labs raises $1.65M to launch community-first NFT swap marketplace
NF3X Labs, an upcoming marketplace for nonfungible token swaps and financing, announced Friday that it raised $1.65 million in seed funding to launch its peer-to-peer market for trading crypto collectibles. The seed round was co-led by Infinity Ventures Crypto and Spartan Group, with participation from DWF Labs and Saison Capital. Other investors supporting the round ...
Digital collectibles firm Forum3 raises $10M to bring NFTs to loyalty programs
Forum3, a digital collectibles firm that recently helped Starbucks Corp. create its nonfungible token-based loyalty rewards program, said today that it has raised $10 million in seed funding to expand its Web3 tools for brands to launch their own NFT-based rewards programs. The funding round was led by Web3-focused venture capital firm Decasonic and included ...
Metagood raises $5M to use NFTs and Web3 to drive social good
Metagood, a Web3 company that uses nonfungible tokens to empower communities to do social good, today announced that it has raised $5 million in pre-seed funding. The company is behind the OnChainMoney NFTs, which are a type of crypto asset artwork collection that can be used as profile pictures in the same vein as other ...
Report: Federal prosecutors investigate former FTX CEO Bankman-Fried over TerraUSD collapse
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and former chief executive of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd., engaged in possible market manipulation involving the collapse of the crypto tokens TerraUSD and Luna, the New York Times reported. Prosecutors in Manhattan are looking into whether Bankman-Fried manipulated the prices of the two interlinked ...
Copado launches marketplace for enterprise DevOps solutions
Copado Inc., a low-code DevOps solution provider for Salesforce, today announced the launch of the DevOps Exchange, a marketplace for prebuilt software-as-a-service solutions that extend the company’s platform for continuous software integration and delivery. As software development and operations, teams face more complex workflows and tasks and the need to ship features faster than ever ...