Blockchain Analytics Firm Kaiko Raises $53M Series B Led by Eight Roads Amid Bear Market

The investment will enable Kaiko to further strengthen its institutional data products and infrastructure, it said.

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Updated May 11, 2023 at 6:54 p.m. UTC
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Kaiko, the Paris-based blockchain analytics company, raised $53 million in a Series B funding round, it said in a press release Tuesday.

  • The funding comes in a bear market that has seen bitcoin lose over half its value this year. The round tripled the firms' valuation, according to Bloomberg. A Kaiko representative confirmed the Bloomberg report to CoinDesk via email.
  • The round was led by early Alibaba (BABA) backer Eight Roads. growth equity investment fund Revaia, French venture capital (VC) firm Alven, Berlin-based VC Point9, fintech investment firm Anthemis and VC Underscore.
  • The Paris-based firm offers institutions such as Deutsche Borse data from over 100 centralized and decentralized exchanges, including historic information dating back over 10 years.
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