Andreessen Horowitz Leads $9M Series A Round for Crypto Wallet Phantom

From blockworks.co

Venture Capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, led a $9 million Series A funding round for Phantom, a multi-chain crypto wallet and browser extension for managing digital assets and accessing decentralized apps. The round included funding from Variant Fund, Jump Capital, DeFi Alliance, and Solana Foundation, Phantom announced in a statement on Wednesday. It also included participation from Garry Tan, an early Coinbase investor, among other angel investors from Compound, dYdX, Audius, Lolli, and Ethereum Foundation. This announcement is the latest investment led by Andreessen Horowitz, after the firm ... (full story)