🗒️ VC funding to LatAm spikes to $15.1 billion
LendAcademy: Digitization trends in Latin America drew in a slew of investors in 2021, with private capital investments more than doubling in size compared to the previous year.
Some $29.4 billion were deployed in Latin-American tech startups during 2021, up from a previous record of $16.8 billion during the last year.
🗒️ Meet 5 NFT investors expanding the horizons of digital art and gaming
DataDrivenInvestor: Nonfungible tokens or NFTs are one of the fastest growing types of digital assets, with potential applications in spaces such as art, gaming, music and social media. Given their blockchain integration, they offer the possibility of a bespoke, one-of-a-kind possession with the potential to be used across an ever-expanding network of integrated applications and services.
🗒️ SEC Proposes Sweeping New Regulatory and Enforcement Regime for Private Funds and Private Market Participants
Morgan Lewis: In the span of two weeks, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed rules that would significantly overhaul the regulation of the private fund industry. Specifically, on January 26, the SEC issued proposed amendments to Form PF reporting requirements for certain private fund managers and, on February 9, proposed new and amended rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 that, if adopted, would impose new SEC and investor reporting requirements on certain private fund advisers.
🗒️ COSIMO Ventures Completes Tokenized Seed Round Investment In Fast-growing NFT Management Platform BEASY
AIThority: COSIMO Ventures’ Tokenized Equity Investment into BEASY exemplifies belief in the future of blockchain-enabled digital rights management.