ConsenSys is restructuring as it seeks to raise $200 million.
The ethereum-centric conglomerate's ConsenSys Ventures arm, originally founded in September 2017 with a $50 million war chest from founder Joseph Lubin, is now being combined with other sectors of the ConsenSys "Mesh," including the Tachyon startup accelerator and ConsenSys Labs.
Related to the move, Kavita Gupta, the head of ConsenSys Ventures, stepped down today, as was first reported by The Block.
"All the investment activities are lining up together, which is great," Gupta told CoinDesk Monday.
To be clear, most of what people know today as ConsenSys was technically a part of ConsenSys Labs.
Shawn Cheng, the managing partner of ConsenSys Labs, told CoinDesk the most widely used infrastructure providers in the ethereum space, including Infura and MetaMask, are considered part of the Labs "Startup incubator."
Other ConsenSys departments focus primarily on enterprise and government contracts as well as partnerships with external companies, Cheng said.
With the news of Gupta's departure and the merging of ConsenSys Ventures, all the investment sectors of Lubin's conglomerate will now operate under the guidance of Cheng's team.
According to a new press release, ConsenSys has invested in 21 companies so far in 2019, including the Israeli startup StarkWare and the Truffle Blockchain Group, which was recently spun out of ConsenSys as a standalone company.
Cheng declined to say which venture partners, beyond Lubin himself, have already agreed to fund ConsenSys going forward.
Gupta Out at ConsenSys Ventures in Shake-Up at Ethereum Startup
Publicado en May 6, 2019
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