Difference between revisions of "Arrington XRP Capital"

Latest revision as of 01:57, 8 July 2024

Founded in 2017
Arrington XRP Capital is a digital asset management firm launched by TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. The $100 million fund chose Ripple (XRP) as its base denomination.
EtherFi, are private investors, but also airdrop farmed EtherFi with insider info and dumped all the ETHFI on Binance immediately

Do Kwon; gave a 'special shoutout for backing literally everything I've done in my career (without even a pitch)'
From Messari (9-3-2020):

"Acala closed a $7 million simple agreement for future tokens (SAFT) led by Pantera Capital. Other investors in the funding round include 1confirmation, Arrington XRP Capital, ParaFi Capital, Coinfund, Spartan Capital and others."

aUSD Ecosystem Fund; one of the founding funds to grow the Acala stablecoin (23-3-2022)

Aergo. Is mentioned as a backer of Aergo (6-8-2020).
Alice; one of the seed investors (13-5-2021).
Anchor; Do Kwon mentioned them as part of a $20M raise, calling the participants the 'Anchor whales' (16-3-2021)
APY.Finance. Participated in a $3.6M seed funding round for APY.Finance (26-9-2020).
Bella Protocol. From CoinDesk (7-9-2020):

"Bella Protocol (BEL) recently raised $4M in a seed funding round led by Arrington XRP Capital.

BeraChain; part of the Series B $100M (12-4-2024).
BitClout; from (19-3-2021) Michael Arrington's own twitter: "The #bitclout FUD is just that, FUD. @arringtonXRPcap are coin-holders, other holders are tier 1 investors/people too. The service is fully launching very soon. The founders are choosing to remain pseudonymous for now. But we and other holders are DIAMOND HANDS on this one."

Chromia; it lists them as their investors (31-1-2023)
Cred. Is a backer (29-5-2019) of Cred, which it also has a partnership with.
Carry. Is a backer (11-6-2020) of Carry.
Drosera
EtherFi, are private investors, but also airdrop farmed EtherFi with insider info and dumped all the ETHFI on Binance immediately
Mirror Protocol; invested through Terra (8-12-2020).
Nexus Protocol; mentioned on their website as an investor (4-11-2021).
Pocket Network; part of the $10m raise (6-1-2022).
RedStone; led their $15m Series A round (2-7-2024).
Secret Network; part of a $11.5M token sale (4-5-2021).
Skale. Is on the list of supporters of Skale (31-7-2020).
Terra. Invested in Terra and all its other ventures (9-3-2020). Was part of the $150M ecosystem fund for Terra as well (16-7-2021).
Vega Protocol; part of the $2.2M raise (18-3-2021).
Wormhole; part of their $225M raise (29-11-2023).

Is a member of DeFi Nation, created by Mosendo (24-5-2020).
Mentioned (13-7-2021) as part of the Investor Network of Asia DeFi Network (ADN).

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 *[[Nexus Protocol (PSI)|Nexus Protocol]]; mentioned on their [https://nexusprotocol.app/ website] as an investor (4-11-2021).
 *[[Pocket Network (POKT)|Pocket Network]]; part of the [https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1479112663468625922 $10m raise] (6-1-2022).
+*[[RedStone]]; led their [https://x.com/redstone_defi/status/1808140124468699395 $15m Series A] round (2-7-2024).
 *[[Secret Network (SCRT)|Secret Network]]; part of a [https://www.coindesk.com/secret-network-privacy-app-nft-development $11.5M] [[token]] sale (4-5-2021).
 *Skale. Is on the [https://skale.network/ list of supporters] of [[Skale (SKALE)|Skale]] (31-7-2020).