French telecom company Orange also contributed to the round, months after disclosing that it was looking to invest in Bitcoin startups, as did Nasdaq, which has been working with Chain, and Citi Ventures.
RRE Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital and SV Angel – existing investors of the firm – also took part, as well as former Bank of America CEO David Coulter, X Prize Foundation CEO Peter Diamandis and MongoDB co-founder Kevin Ryan.
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