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Crypto Custodian Copper Eyes $2.5B Valuation in $500M Funding Round Talks: Report
Just five months ago, Copper raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Dawn Capital and Target Global.
Updated May 11, 2023, 7:01 p.m. Published Oct 21, 2021, 9:02 a.m.
Copper, a provider of crypto services for institutions, is in talks over a $500 million funding round that would give the firm a $2.5 billion valuation.
- The round would likely come together before the end of the year, Business Insider reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
- The news emerges just five months after London-based Copper raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Dawn Capital and Target Global.
- Copper declined to comment when contacted by CoinDesk.
- The centerpiece of Copper’s infrastructure is its ClearLoop tool, intended to allow institutional investors to hold on to assets until just before a trade is executed so they can retain their trading capital while trades are initiated.
- Former U.K. Chancellor Philip Hammond recently joined Copper in an advisory capacity.
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