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SatoshiPay Gets €160,000 Investment from Jim Mellon Fund
Jim Mellon, executive director of Kuala Innovations, told CoinDesk the group now owned 10% of SatoshiPay, a bitcoin micropayment processor.
Updated Sep 11, 2021, 11:53 a.m. Published Sep 21, 2015, 6:41 p.m.
Kuala Innovations has funded its first bitcoin industry startup.
Jim Mellon, executive director of Kuala Innovations – and reportedly one of Britain's richest men – confirmed the news, telling CoinDesk the group now owned 10% of SatoshiPay, a bitcoin micropayments solution aimed at content providers.
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Mellon added:
"This is the first investment Kuala has made in a bitcoin-related company; previously it has invested in medical technology."
He said Kuala was "very attracted" to the concept of frictionless micropayments.
Although Mellon declined to divulge specifics, SatoshiPay said in a blog post that Kuala Innovations had invested €160,000 ($179,341) in seed funding.
Kuala's contribution, the post said is part of a larger funding round led by blockchain-focused investment company Coinsilium.
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