Thank you to our lead, @baincapitalcrypto.com, as well as @alumniventures.bsky.social, Anthos Capital, Bloomberg Beta, @knightfoundation.org and @trueventures.com.
I wrote about why @knightfoundation.org invested in
@bsky.app: philanthropy can act when mission & opportunity align. We believe in @jay.bsky.team's vision for a better social web—& in ideas (like @masnick.com's) that grow out of the research ecosystem Knight has long supported. kf.org/kfbluesky
Last April, we raised $100M in Series B funding. This round gives us the ability to scale our team to meet the rapid growth of Bluesky and the AT Protocol. Read more: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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