Securitize Raises $48 Million in Series B
- The raise comes before the anticipated launch of Securitize Markets later this year.
- Ava Labs, IDC Ventures, and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank joined existing investors, including Global Brain and Ripple.
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According to a Securitize press release from 21 June, the Series B funding round was oversubscribed and saw participation from both new and existing investors. Blockchain Capital, Securitize’s largest investor, and Tactical Value, an investment fund managed by Morgan Stanley, co-led the round. They were joined by investors including Ava Labs, IDC Ventures, Migration Capital, NTT Data, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Borderless Capital, Global Brain, and Ripple.
“Securitize developed incredible partners during our Series A round last year, both in venture capital and at major European and Japanese financial institutions,” said Securitize CEO and co-founder Carlos Domingo. “That they have been joined in our Series B by a major U.S. investment bank and the largest trust bank in Japan, as well as additional top VCs, demonstrates that confidence in the adoption of digital asset securities is increasingly mainstream.”
Participants in the Series B investment round will receive their shares in the form of digital asset securities issued by Securitize’s platform.
The successful Series B raise follows the launch of Securitize’s asset management subsidiary, Securitize Capital, and its two cryptocurrency yield funds.
- The venture capital firm, which invested in FTX before its collapse, is reportedly exploring the possibility of injecting new capital to revive the bankrupt crypto exchange.
- Unnamed sourced noted that Tribe Capital was contemplating leading a $250 million fundraising campaign for FTX, to which it would commit $100 million.
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- “Venture I” will support early-stage web3 project, with a focus on layer 1 blockchains, NFT, gaming, asset management, and web3 infrastructure.
- CoinFund will mainly invest in projects it has not backed before, with investments ranging from $6 million to $10 million per project.
- Prior to creating Uniswap Labs Ventures, Uniswap had already invested in 11 projects, including MakerDAO, Aave, Compound, PartyDAO, and others.
- ULV has plans to participate in the governance of Aave, Compound Finance, Ethereum Name Service, MakerDAO, and projects it invests in the future.