New England Blockchain & Crypto Deals: Part I

With Coinbase valued at $90 billion to $100 billion ahead of its direct listing, BlockFi at a $3 billion valuation off of its series D raise, and Kraken rumored to be above a $10 billion valuation, it’s hard to ignore the cryptocurrency and blockchain space. While none of the above listed unicorns are headquartered in New England, there still has been an explosion of crypto VC deals in the region. 

Storied’s latest market map takes a look at these deals, specifically those after Jan. 1, 2017. As a reminder, not all deals will be picked up by Crunchbase and some information may be imperfect, but this will offer a good glance of the local crypto venture scene. Any companies which have raised multiple times in this period will only have the most recent round displayed. Now on to the deals:

Airfox

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Series B

Round Size: $10,000,000

Round Date: September 2018

Arwen

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Venture Round

Round Size: $3,300,000

Round Date: February 2020

Company: Attestiv

HQ: Natick, MA

Stage: Seed

Round Size: $2,000,000

Round Date: March 2020

Bitlum

HQ: Burlington, MA

Stage: Pre-Seed

Round Size: Undisclosed

Round Date: February 2019

Blockskye

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Series A

Round Size: Undisclosed

Round Date: April 2019

Cambridge Blockchain

HQ: Cambridge, MA

Stage: Series A 

Round Size: $7,000,000

Round Date: May 2018

Centre

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Venture Round

Round Size: $25 million

Round Date: July 2020

Circle

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Venture Round

Round Size: $25,000,000

Round Date: July 2020

Clove Labs

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Seed

Round Size: $100,000

Round Date: July 2019

Coin Metrics

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Series A

Round Size: $6,000,000

Round Date: March 2020

Bastion Zero (fka Commonwealth Crypto)

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Seed

Round Size: $1,500,000

Round Date: December 2017

Crypto Specialist

HQ: Milton, MA

Stage: Seed

Round Size: Undisclosed 

Round Date: February 2019

Flipside Crypto

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Seed

Round Size: $7,100,000

Round Date: September 2019

Foundation Devices

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Pre-Seed

Round Size: Undisclosed

Round Date: September 2020

Inkrypt

HQ: Boston, MA

Stage: Seed

Round Size: $1,100,000

Round Date: April 2018

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Matt Snow

Investor at MassVentures, BCO Board Member, & Stanford UIF Alum. Previously at Greenspring Associates & JKS Ventures. Elon ’18. | All opinions my own

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