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Monday was big for large fund announcements, as a trio of funds totaling nearly three quarters of a billion dollars were unveiled鈥攁ll focusing on hot sectors like cyber, crypto and the metaverse.

Luxembourg-based announced the biggest fund鈥擧iro Capital II, worth approximately $340 million鈥攖o invest in seed and early rounds in categories like esports, creator platforms, the metaverse and more. Hiro Capital鈥檚 first fund鈥�$130 million started in 2019鈥攈as made 21 investments, including in , , and , according to 附近上门 data.

Hiro II will be announcing its first investments in April.

San Francisco-based crypto-native investment firm also unveiled a new $200 million 鈥渃rypto seed fund鈥� to invest in early-stage startups in crypto, blockchain and Web3. The new fund is backed by , and and .

While it鈥檚 no secret crypto has been a hot space for a while, blockchain and Web3 technologies have become very popular targets with investors. Earlier this month, India-based , a scaling platform for the ethereum blockchain, closed a $450 million round led by at a reported $13 billion valuation. That was followed by San Francisco-based , which provides tools and hosting for those wanting to transact on blockchain and Web3, raising a $200 million 鈥淪eries C-1.鈥�

Hack鈥檚 new fund has already begun investing, including in Web3 infrastructure provider and fixed-rate DeFi protocol Element.fi.

Lastly, Israel-based cybersecurity venture capital fund said it closed a new $200 million fund, . The new fund will help the firm take advantage of follow-on opportunities from portfolio companies raising Series A and Series B rounds.

Founded in 2018, Cyberstarts has posted a 300 percent internal rate of return in its first $54 million fund since inception, according to the firm. Cyberstarts investments include unicorns and Wiz.

Cybersecurity has received a massive amount of headlines due to hacks and geopolitical tensions. Funding in the space set a record last year and started off strong this year.

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