Venture capital fund Ex/Ante has completed a $33 million financing round, which will be invested in areas such as AI, Web3, and digital identity

2023-11-03 08:59:30

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ChainCatcher news, according to Forbes, the venture capital fund Ex/Ante, spun out from Google’s former chief Eric Schmidt's philanthropic venture capital arm Schmidt Futures, has completed a $33 million funding round to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage startups. The fund has received support from companies such as Cendana Capital, Marc Andreessen, the Ford Foundation, and Union Square Ventures.

It is reported that the fund's partner Michael Mosier was a top lawyer at cryptocurrency startups Espresso Systems and Chainalysis, as well as a former senior official at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Justice. The fund will focus on "agent technology" related to human agency and rights in the digital age, such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data infrastructure, digital identity, fintech, and Web3.

Ex/Ante has made 9 investments to date, including deepfake detection startup Reality Defender, consumer identity company Lockr, and self-custody company Webacy.

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