Binance Labs
Cayman Islands · Invests in Asia; US; Europe · Website
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Support visionary founders building transformative technologies across blockchain, AI, and biotechnology. Provide capital, technical resources, and access to Binance's 300M+ user base and infrastructure. Partner for long-term value creation with founder-centric approach.
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Avoid gambling/casino games, unregistered securities, non-technical founders, centralized exchange competitors, pure crypto plays without broader innovation potential.
How they invest
- Lead or follow
- Leads or follows
- Typical decision
- ~2 weeks
- Warm intro
- Not required
- Involvement
- Takes a board seat
- Fund status
- Actively deploying
- Assets under mgmt
- $10B
- Decision process
- Investment Committee
Partners & team
5 contacts on file
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1 month ago
CoinDesk
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The Block
CZ–backed YZi Labs invests $100 million into Hash Global's BNB fund
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Crypto Briefing
YZi Labs commits $100 million to Hash Global’s BNB Holdings Fund
6 months ago
The Block
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CryptoRank
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The Block
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11 months ago
Yahoo Finance
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11 months ago
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The Block
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11 months ago
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'Made up': CZ Responds to FT Story
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CZ-linked YZi Labs mulls opening to outside investors: FT
11 months ago
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Binance Founder "CZ" Considers Opening YZi Labs to External Investors: FT
11 months ago
CCN.com
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11 months ago
The Block
CZ-linked YZi Labs mulls opening to outside investors: FT
11 months ago
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