Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of June 27, 2022. FalconX Raised $150M Series D led by B Capital

Left Collision in Toronto and landed in London this week! ✈️ ✈️ ✈️  

Here's 5 great reads for this week:

• 📱 Solana Phone  - Meet Saga - This week, Solana launched its very own Solana Mobile Stack (SMS) Android, enabling native Android web3 apps on Solana.  And also their very own mobile handset - Saga shipping with Solana Mobile Stack by Q1 2023, with seed vault fully integrated in the trust zone and secure element. Click here to observe the future of mobile.  It’s a beauty!
• 🤣 USDtea and BlockedChain - A Stablecoin pegged to AriZona Iced Tea, the sugary beverage that has famously cost $1 for years. Also meet BlockedChain NFTs - you can only mint if you've been blocked on Twitter.
• 💰 Employee Option Pool - Each year of a startup generally leads to 5%-7% dilution. That’s your budget. Max. VP:  1%, less for stretch, more for proven veteran. Director: 0.1%-0.2%.  Top Individual Contributor:  20%-50% of a Director, depending on value to org. Read more.
• 📣 My Web Summit talk - Check out my Money without Borders: Crypto is going global at Collision with Binance.US CEO and CBS News. I really mean it.  The worst time is the best time to build!
• 🎓 University of California, Davis Commencement Speech 2022 Address by Alfred Chuang. Shocking story!

This week a total of 20 startups raised $645.8M in funding, 2 M&As:

• $179.8M goes to 9 Enterprise startups
• $8.2M goes to 1 FinTech startuphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljcSWxQLhFw
• $280M goes to 2 Blockchain/Crypto startups
• $35M goes to 1 Mobile startup
• $30M goes to 1 Telecommunications startup
• $3.8M goes to 1 Renewable Energy startup
• $16M goes to 1 Construction startup
• $18M goes to 1 FoodTech startup
• $52M goes to 2 Healthcare startups
• $23M goes to 1 BioTech startup