Overview
Location
United States, California, Palo Alto
Total raised
$250K
Investors 1
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Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 12
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| Apr 6, 2015 | Google Ventures-Backed Bitcoin Exchange Buttercoin Is Shutting Down | Buttercoin, a bitcoin exchange startup backed by Y Combinator and Google Ventures, is closing its doors this month after failing to raise new investment. “Buttercoin will be turning off our service on April 10th at 11PM Pacific,” the compan... |
| Jan 12, 2015 | Inside Buttercoin's Drive to Shape the US Bitcoin Marketplace | Cedric Dahl, Buttercoin The way the community thinks about the bitcoin network is wrong, at least in the eyes of Buttercoin CEO Cedric Dahl. Maybe he won’t say it exactly, but it’s there, in the words he uses to describe the US-based “bitco... |
| Mar 1, 2014 | Sign up for early access to Buttercoin (YC S12) — a new, easy and trustworthy USD-Bitcoin exchange | A new start-up based in Palo Alto, California is hoping to make a splash in bitcoin trading. They’re Buttercoin, and this venture capitalist-backed service has just launched early access to their platform. The soft launch of Buttercoin com... |
| Oct 17, 2013 | Why the US debt crisis didn't affect bitcoin | Well, that was close. US Congress pulled the US back from the brink of a currency default last night – at least, for a little while. After over two weeks of battling between Republicans and Democrats, which saw a public sector shutdown, it ... |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Swiss Company-Builder Centralway Opens $50M Fund, Invests $250k In Bitcoin Whitelabel Exchange Buttercoin | Swiss company builder Centralway is opening a new seed and early stage investment arm that will invest $50 million per year into 20 to 30 startups — including both small seed-stage investment and larger Series A rounds. It said its “preferr... |
| Sep 18, 2013 | Centralway Ventures invests $250k in bitcoin startup Buttercoin | Company builder Centralway is investing $250,000 in bitcoin startup Buttercoin via its new early-stage investment arm Centralway Ventures. The company, which is set to be headquartered in Somerset House in London, will invest $50m each year... |
| Aug 21, 2013 | Buttercoin (YC S13) Uses Bitcoin To Attack The $500B-A-Year Remittances Economy | With Bitcoin’s promise of frictionless transactions, particularly across international borders, it’s inevitable that a team would use the math-based currency to attack the global remittances market. The World Bank estimates that migrants w... |
| Aug 20, 2013 | TechCrunch’s Picks: The Top 8 Startups From Y Combinator’s Summer ’13 Demo Day | Convenience tech, developer assistance, and services for senior citizens were the big trends amongst the 45 startups that pitched on the record today at Y Combinator‘s Summer 2013 Demo Day. After conferring with 25 of the most prolific vent... |
| Aug 20, 2013 | YC-Backed Buttercoin Uses Bitcoin To Attack The $500B-A-Year Remittances Economy | With Bitcoin’s promise of frictionless transactions, particularly across international borders, it’s inevitable that a team would use the math-based currency to attack the global remittances market. The World Bank estimates that migrants wi... |
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FAQ about Buttercoin
How much funding has Buttercoin raised?
Buttercoin has raised $250K in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Buttercoin?
Parsers VC has collected 12 articles mentioning Buttercoin, among them “Google Ventures-Backed Bitcoin Exchange Buttercoin Is Shutting Down” (Apr 6, 2015) and “Inside Buttercoin's Drive to Shape the US Bitcoin Marketplace” (Jan 12, 2015).
Is Buttercoin still active?
Buttercoin is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 21, 2020.