全球最大的加密货币交易所币安宣布推出自己的风险投资基金。加密货币交易所的风险投资部门 Binance Labs 已经筹集了 5 亿美元来启动一个基金，该基金将投资于 Web3 和区块链初创公司。
该公司的风险投资部门 Binance Labs，宣布 周三，在 DST Global 和 Breyer Capital 以及未公开的家族办公室和组织的支持下，它已经为其第一支启动基金筹集了 5 亿美元。
Binance Labs 计划将其新筹集的资金投资于 Web3 初创公司。 Web3，被一些人称为“互联网的未来”，是网络的新版本。
该公司首席执行官赵长鹏“CZ”说：
“新关闭的投资基金的目标是发现和支持有潜力在 DeFi、NFT、游戏、Metaverse、社交等领域建立和领导 Web3 的项目和创始人。”
孵化、早期创投、后期成长期是基金将投资的三个阶段。
对加密货币的热情已经蔓延到区块链和 Web3，银湖和软银等知名投资公司将资金投入该领域。
此外，该公司还计划购买 Twitter 的 5 亿美元股权，以支持埃隆·马斯克 (Elon Musk) 收购该公司的出价，其目标是“将社交媒体和 Web3 结合在一起”。
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在股市暴跌和稳定币 TerraUSD 崩溃之后，币安的投资活动预示着加密行业可能出现转折点，因为企业正在寻找创新领域的下一件大事。
它遵循 Andreessen Horowitz 的公告 上周，一个 45 亿美元的巨额基金投资于加密初创企业。
BTC/USD 的交易价格为 3 万美元。来源：交易视图
该公司的风险投资部门正试图利用最近数字资产的下跌来发现致力于技术领域下一件大事的创始人。 Pre-seed、early-stage 和 growth equity 将是该基金的赌注，该基金将投资于代币和股票。
Binance Labs 投资与并购执行总监 Ken Li 表示：
“我们正在寻找有潜力推动 Web3 生态系统发展的项目。此类项目可能包括基础设施、不可替代的代币和分散的自治组织。 Binance 估计目前大约有 300,000 到 500,000 名活跃的 Web3 开发人员，它希望这个数字“大幅增长”。
去年，公司进行了多项备受瞩目的股权投资。这是该公司首次利用外部资金正式组建风险投资基金。
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