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Tim Draper Leads Targeted $5M Series A for India Crypto Exchange Unocoin

Noted bitcoin investor Tim Draper is backing a planned $5 million Series A funding round for Bangalore-based cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin.

  • Announcing the news Thursday, the exchange said Draper Associates is currently lead investor with an undisclosed contribution, while XBTO Ventures and 2020 Ventures are also joining the round.
  • If the full $5 million target is achieved the trading platform says its valuation would rise to to US$20 million.
  • Speaking to CoinDesk, Unocoin CEO Sathvik Vishwanath said that so far $3.5 million has been raised.
  • The investment will help the exchange grow within India and enable it to further develop its tech team and product offerings.
  • Among the latter is a plan to offer services around decentralized finance, or DeFi, for which Unocoin would launch its own protocols.
  • Since India’s Supreme court overturned a ban on providing banking services to the cryptocurrency industry, customer numbers surged 10 times in the first month, Vishwanath said, while trading volumes subsequently rose 5 times.
  • Unocoin has previously raised $3 million from investors including Boost VC, CoinDesk parent firm Digital Currency Group and India-based Blume Ventures.
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