{"id":58619,"date":"2022-03-08T17:01:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=58619"},"modified":"2025-09-04T17:40:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T14:40:41","slug":"bain-capital-ventures-launches-560-million-crypto-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bain-capital-ventures-launches-560-million-crypto-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Bain Capital Ventures launches $560 million crypto fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Venture firm Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) announced the launch of a new fund dedicated exclusively to cryptocurrencies. The vehicle attracted $560 million in capital.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Our BCV team is excited about the launch of our new crypto fund \u2013 <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BainCapCrypto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@BainCapCrypto<\/a>. Congratulations to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefancoh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@stefancoh<\/a>, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexhevans?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@alexhevans<\/a> and their colleagues who will continue to back renegades and pioneers building the next generation of open internet infrastructure. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/XuWy8kCfTV\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/XuWy8kCfTV<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/t8IX8Oz88F\\\">pic.twitter.com\/t8IX8Oz88F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bain Capital Ventures (@BainCapVC) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BainCapVC\/status\/1501188882389364736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Funds for Bain Capital Crypto were raised as early as November 2021. The fund has already invested in a number of projects, including Compound Finance, MakerDAO and dYdX. In an interview with <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-03-08\/bain-capital-ventures-launches-560-million-crypto-fund?sref=AACmJ2tc\\\">Bloomberg<\/a>, the fund&#8217;s manager Stefan Cohen noted that $100 million had been allocated to these aims.<\/p>\n<p>The firm noted that the fund is oriented toward a long-term horizon, hence it does not take short-term price volatility into account. The vehicle will invest the capital in shares of industry players and digital tokens. The latter are planned to be acquired from a <span data-descr=\\\"decentralized autonomous organization\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">DAO<\/span> or on secondary markets.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that in February 2022, Sequoia Capital announced its intention to <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sequoia-capital-aims-to-raise-up-to-600-million-for-new-crypto-fund\">raise up to $600 million for the first sub-fund<\/a>, focused on liquid tokens and cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news on our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture firm Bain Capital Ventures (BCV) announced the launch of a new fund focused exclusively on cryptocurrencies. 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