Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm that invests in cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain companies.
According to Fortune, payments infrastructure startup Fun has announced a $72 million Series A funding round, co-led by Multicoin Capital and SignalFire, with participation from Infinity Ventures, Pharsalus Capital, and Justin Mateen, co-founder of Tinder. Fun primarily provides cryptocurrency and fiat deposit/withdrawal infrastructure for platforms such as Polymarket, Lighter, and Aave, processing over $18 billion in annual payments. The company plans to use the new funds to expand its team of approximately 30 people.
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Exponent Finance, a Solana-based yield trading platform, announced the completion of a $5 million seed funding round. The round was led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from Solana Ventures, RockawayX, L1D, Prelude, and Theia Blockchain, along with several key figures from the Solana ecosystem as angel investors. The round was initiated in May last year and closed in August, bringing Exponent's total funding to $7.1 million. Exponent stated that the funds will be used to expand its yield trading platform and upgrade it into a more comprehensive on-chain yield infrastructure, covering active yield management needs within the Solana ecosystem. (The Block)
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According to The Block, Sentinel Action Fund—a U.S. super PAC backed by the Solana Foundation—announced it will join forces with its sister advocacy organization Right Vote to spend $8 million supporting Republican Senator Jon Husted in Ohio’s upcoming election against Sherrod Brown, aiming to prevent the former senator and crypto skeptic Sherrod Brown from returning to the Senate. Jon Husted has long supported crypto innovation and backed several pro-crypto legislative initiatives, including the GENIUS Act. Per filings with the U.S. Federal Election Commission, the Solana Foundation has donated $750,000 to Sentinel Action Fund, while Multicoin Capital contributed $250,000.
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