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After LUNA, Three Arrows and FTX, which VC firms are still active and which ones are dying out?

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According to the statistics of Rootdata, the total financing of Q2, Q3 and Q4 in the crypto industry was $7.204 billion, $4.558 billion and $3.346 billion respectively, showing a sharp decline month by month.

Which VC firms are still investing after FTX Explosion, and Which are going Quiet?

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It's been a tough year for crypto. From the beginning of 2022. BTC, ETH Such as price shock down, and then. Terra/Luna collapsed, Three Arrow Capital, Voyager and others went into liquidation, and then the risk continued to spread beyond most people's imagination.

But all of the above, and November. FTX The thunder pales in comparison.

一览 FTX 暴雷后风投机构的投融资情况

"What matters is that customers are protected," Mr SBF wrote ina tweet announcing FTX's imminent strategic deal with Binance. But then the deal was cancelled and FTX could no longer protect its clients' interests.

Then we saw the extent to which the FTX incident affected the crypto market, starting with the crypto market it had helped to support. Solana Ecology, then BTC, ETH are affected. Under the snowball effect, no one is immune.

Among them are many leading venture capital firms, such as Temasek, Sequoia Capital and other venture capital giants. FTX Impairment of investment is 0 "And was forced to make a public apology. According to published reports, Multicoin has lost 55% of its assets in about two weeks. , 10% of the losses were due to some of its assets being placed on FTX platforms, and 45% were due to overexposure to SOL.

In addition, the incident also led to the United States. SEC New rules to make it easier for investors to Sue VCS for failing to do due diligence, bad investments and other practices could be finalized as early as the first quarter of 2023. Meanwhile, Multicoin recently revealed that its founders are under investigation by regulators and that they are being sued by LP.

The unspoken result of all this is that many of the well-known traditional venture capital funds and original crypto funds that used to be active have changed their strategies and significantly reduced their investment frequency, further shrinking the already chilly primary investment and financing market.

According to theRootdataStatistics show that the total financing of Q2, Q3 and Q4 in the crypto industry is USD 7.204 billion, respectively. $4.558 billion and $3.346 billion, showing a sharp month-on-month decline. To 12 In January, the amount of public investment and financing in the crypto industry fell below for the first time. 10 A hundred million dollars.

一览 FTX 暴雷后风投机构的投融资情况

So which VC firms are suffering the most in this cold winter? Which venture capital firms remain highly active and committed to the future of the industry? By RootdataThe data we can see from FTX Thunder (11 Month 7 Day), Sequoia Capital, Paradigm, LD Capital, Solana Ventures, Mirana Ventures, Multicoin Capital, Huobi Ventures, NGC Ventures, Delphi Digital, DCG And other institutions appear in public investment and financing records no more than the number of times. 1 In the past year, both have invested more. 30 Times.

However, not all crypto investors choose to pull back, and at this point there are still some investment institutions are still firmly buying. We did the statistics. FTX Among the most prolific investors after the storm were Shima Capital, Polychain, HashKey Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Big Brain Holdings and Animoca Brands, both in 7 Above the pen.

Among them, the most active institution isShima Capital, since FTX Total investment after the mine event. 11 Pen, which led the investment 5 A number of projects, including Finery Markets, Open Forest Protocol, Quasar Finance Etc. Previously in August 2022, Shima Capital announced it had raised $200 million for its first Web3 venture Fund, Shima Capital Fund I.

一览 FTX 暴雷后风投机构的投融资情况

Polygchain Sources of investment records:Rootdata

Secondly isCoinbase Ventures, FTX The event has appeared in total since. 8 The list of investors in the financing event includes Obol Network, Alkimiya, MSafe, Bonfire, Nametag, Perennial, Panoptic And Fleek.

Polychain,HashKey Capital,Big Brain HoldingsandAnimoca BrandsThe four venture capital firms all invested by the same amount. 7 A pen. In addition,Binance Labs,a16z,Blockchain Capital,Polygon VenturesAnd other institutions investment times are 6 A pen. Among them, HashKey Capital in 1 Month 17 The fundraising was announced on Tuesday. 5 $100 million, is also one of the rare crypto venture capital fund fundraising dynamics in recent months.

It should be noted, however, that many projects run late. 1-2 Monthly release of investment and financing information, the above data statistics may exist a certain degree of error, for reference only.

With the rapid correction of the secondary market in recent days, the primary investment and financing market also ushered in a wave of small climax in the near future. 1 Month 17 In a single day, Rootdata is recorded. 11 A new public investment and financing and merger news. Moreover, given that venture capital firms still need to deploy the huge sums they raised during the boom, the primary market may soon enter a more sustained recovery.

一览 FTX 暴雷后风投机构的投融资情况