Solana-Based DEX Orca Raises $18M Series A Funding
Orca will use the fresh funding injection to continue developing its automated market maker (AMM).
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Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.
Orca, a Solana-based decentralized exchange (DEX), has raised $18 million in Series A funding led by Polychain, Three Arrows Capital and Placeholder.
- Other participants in the funding round include Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, Sino Global Capital and Solana Capital, Orca announced Wednesday.
- Orca will use the funding injection to continue developing its automated market maker (AMM).
- Launched in February this year, Orca aspires to be the “go-to swap for the Solana ecosystem,” through creating a next-generation AMM with the simplest user experience.
- Orca launched its governance last month and now has nearly $240 million in total value locked on its platform and $735 million in lifetime trading volume.
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