Foștii directori Andreessen Horowitz lansează Bastion după o rundă de finanțare de 25 de milioane de dolari

Foștii directori Andreessen Horowitz lansează Bastion după o rundă de finanțare de 25 de milioane de dolari

Marca temporală: 18 septembrie 2023 11:26
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Doi foști directori ai diviziei de criptomonede a lui Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) au reușit să strângă 25 de milioane de dolari în finanțare de început pentru nou lansatul lor startup Web3, Bastion, în ciuda secetei recente în finanțarea cu capital de risc. 

On Sept. 18, the new firm, Bastion, a anunțat the launch of its product suite. The firm’s goal is to enable companies to integrate Web3 infrastructure into their existing enterprise technologies.

Bastion was co-founded by two former executives with a16z’s crypto division, including former chief technology officer Riyaz Faizullabhoy and former chief security officer Nassim Eddequiouaq who left the firm in April.

The $25 million funding round was led by their former employer, a16z crypto. Nomura Group’s Laser Digital Ventures, Robot Ventures, Aptos Ventures, and Alchemy Ventures, were also investors in the seed funding round.

In a statement, Bastion said the funding will be used to scale company operations, recruit top engineering talent, and secure additional licensing to further diversify its product offerings.

Cofondatorul Bastion Faizullabhoy a adăugat că runda de finanțare de succes a venit în ciuda unei ierni cripto în desfășurare.

„Era clar că, chiar dacă cripto a revenit pe o altă piață ursară, de data aceasta cripto-ul este aici pentru a rămâne.”

Crypto venture funding has fallen dramatically this year. According to Defillama, there was just $283 million in fundraising in August. This is down 68% from the $877 in crypto venture funding in February.

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Bastion will offer custodie services, digital asset transactions, and wallets.

Bastion co-founder Eddequiouaq commented, “We founded Bastion to enable businesses to onboard their products and end-users into a web3 environment without the complicated, overwhelming experience we know today.”

While Arianna Simpson, general partner of a16z crypto a spus, “We believe in Nass and Riyaz’s vision of making web3 safe and accessible for companies in every industry and are extremely excited to support them in making it a reality.”

Earlier this month, a16z a condus a funding round for blockchain-based intellectual property (IP) ownership platform Story Protocol which raised $54 million.

In June the firm a anunțat the opening of a new London office amid ongoing regulatory pressure in the United States.

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