Analysis

November 18, 2022

Which investors have backed the most crypto startups?

The crypto industry has had a rough week. But which investors have been putting their cash into the most startups in the sector?


Ruth Foxe Blader, partner at Anthemis

The collapse of crypto exchange platform FTX has sent the crypto markets tanking, as its founder Sam Bankman-Fried went from Sequoia-touted wunderkind to the architect of a “complete failure of corporate controls” in the space of a week. 

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