NFT trading platform MakersPlace completes US$30 million in Series A financing

TokenInsight news, on August 4, NFT trading platform MakersPlace announced the completion of a US$30 million Series A financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital. Uncork Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Sony Music Entertainment and others participated in the investment. MakersPlace plans to use the financing to develop its team and continue to expand its market. Dannie Chu, co-founder, and CEO of MakersPlace, said: "After the A round of financing, we will be further committed to uniting the best digital artists with the most enthusiastic collectors, and continue to provide the public with such creative and new collection media. " MakersPlace was founded in 2018 by former Pinterest employees Dannie Chu and Yash Nelapati and e-commerce director Ryoma Ito. According to the company, MakersPlace has raised $100 million in sales in the past year, and there are thousands of creators and collectors on the platform.