LL Cool J and Paul Tudor Jones Bet on $72M Crypto Fund

The fund is managed by North Island Ventures.

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Feb 4, 2021

LL Cool J and Paul Tudor Jones are among the high-profile investors putting their chips on a new crypto-focused venture capital fund, per Yahoo Finance.

The fund is managed by North Island Ventures—a joint effort from investor Glenn Hutchins, his son James, and Travis Scher, who was previously involved with Digital Currency Group (the company behind Grayscale and CoinDesk).

The fund has already invested in Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties and the Flow blockchain, and Axelar, a project looking to facilitate communication between different blockchain networks.

Other backers include former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi and Twitter COO Anthony Noto.

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