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NFT Marketplace OpenSea Raises $23M, Led by Andreessen Horowitz
Transaction volume on OpenSea has grown more than 100x over the last six months.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 12:29 p.m. Published Mar 18, 2021, 4:48 p.m.
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Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea has announced a $23 million fundraise led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
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- According to the announcement Thursday, transaction volume on OpenSea has grown more than 100 times over the last six months.
- OpenSea lists among its creator contributors DJ and producer 3LAU, who announced the tokenization and auction of his latest album on the Ethereum blockchain in February.
- Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea, describes blockchain as providing the "building blocks" missing from the internet that could deliver "more vibrant, open economies in the digital world."
- Andreessen Horowitz also recently led a $25 million funding round of Ethereum scaling solution Optimism.
See also: A Hacker Was Selling a Cybersecurity Exploit as an NFT. Then OpenSea Stepped In
