Kraken Ventures raises $65 million to invest in Web3 Technologies.

Kraken Ventures, an autonomous investment fund run by Kraken alumni and focused on initial companies and protocols, announced the successful completion of its first fund at $65 million. The fund is currently invested in systems such as Hashflow, Pstake, Acala, Blockdaemon, Anchorage, and Messari.

Kraken Ventures managing partner Brandon Gath announced the establishment of the $65 million “Kraken Ventures Fund I LP” on Friday. The fund would attempt to make first investments in early-stage businesses and procedures of up to $2 million.

According to the company, Fund I LP will enable the “next wave of crypto and fintech innovation.” The firm specifically cited consumer crypto protocols, AI, machine learning, financial infrastructure, Web3, and decentralized finance.

According to Gath, the firm’s long-term investment outlook, as well as the potential to leverage its’s experience in developing a genuinely global, scalable platform, contributed considerably to the considerable interest they received from the investors. The firm executive went on to say:

Our focus now is to put that money to work and help some of the most innovative projects and their exceptionally talented founders accelerate the development of their companies and protocols.

The firm also announced the appointment of Laurens De Poorter as the fund’s European head. The company new Europe lead is part of the company’s worldwide development, and De Poorter believes the “European crypto scene is booming.”

“With the influx of institutional money and the impending regulatory wave, the intersection of crypto and fintech will be one of the most promising areas,” Kraken Ventures European lead added.

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