Great news! Until someone in the opposing faction expresses distrust or some angst against the act of Core devs, this is great news! Also, $55 mil is no joke for investing in a tech which is on its infancy. A daring and bold move, I must say.

Corporate backing for bitcoin/Bitcoin developers. No one else sees a problem with this?

Right, Because this is not good news.

What this also means is that there is much incentive backed by millions of dollars to keep the blocksize at 1 MB. Blockstream will try to bury Classic. It ain't gonna be pretty.

Still better, than let's say shill influence you know like on the US social media

Nah, fine news. Bitcoin's growing up, shedding some youthful naivete & idealism. Our Pumpkin's almost ready to take some girthy banker D.
Soon...

Before we get too excited about this, let's first find out who these venture capital firms are.... Anyone have more details on  AXA Group; Digital Garage

and Horizons Ventures? I tried to Google them and find very little information. I like the roadmap for the Blockstream development more than the

Bitcoin Classic proposal, but I would like to know a bit more about the people pushing for the Blockstream and their motives behind that... You do not

invest that kind of money, if you not expecting some kind of return on it. 

This money will mostly be used to develop off chain solutions to scaling, not scaling the Bitcoin blockchain directly itself. Fortunately Bitcoin Classic will also be receiving more support in the form of developers paid for by various companies within the ecosystem.

I'll take my anti-capitalist concerns wherever I want. This is a move toward centralization.