Dapper Labs, the company behind the NFT marketplace NBA Top Shot, has raised $305 million in financing from the likes of Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Michael Jordan, and more.
The company’s post-money valuation is $2.6 billion, according to reports.
It’s the latest in a series of splashy raises from NFT platforms and auction houses—SuperRare just announced a $9 million infusion, and OpenSea raised a $23 million series A earlier this month, also from Andreessen Horowitz. The Winklevoss-controlled Nifty Gateway may be valued at over $1 billion, according to data from the blockchain analytics firm Messari.
For the uninitiated: NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, are cryptographically secured collectibles that can be attached to files and sold as proof of ownership. NFTs for tweets, GIFs, and video files have been selling for millions of dollars over the past few months; an NFT from the digital artist Beeple went for $69 million at auction.
That’s good news for Dapper Labs, which conduc
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