Kaiko, a cryptocurrency market information supplier, introduced right now closing $53 million in Sequence B funding. This spherical was led by Eight Roads, with participation from Revaia and current traders Alven, Point9, Anthemis, and Underscore.
The brand new spherical of funding will allow Kaiko to strengthen its institutional information merchandise and infrastructure.
Proceeds of the funding will even be used to broaden Kaiko’s world presence. The corporate at present has 4 world workplaces in Paris, London, New York, and Singapore, which allows the group to tailor merchandise and advertising to satisfy the particular wants of native markets.
Over the previous yr, Kaiko has invested in focused M&A to broaden its institutional product suite.
Not too long ago, Kaiko introduced the acquisition of Kesitys, a supplier of quantitative choice instruments for threat optimization, in addition to an settlement with CoinShares for the acquisition of its Napoleon Index subsidiary, enabling the launch of Kaiko Indices.
As an organization, Kaiko has additionally bolstered its information safety, confidentiality, and availability measurements and controls, having obtained its SOC-2 Sort-1 accreditation in February 2022.
“The blockchain business has skilled large institutional curiosity and with it, the necessity for prime quality information has by no means been larger. Over the subsequent yr, we are going to solidify our place as an business chief of institutional information options, serving as a important bridge between centralised and decentralised monetary marketplaces. We selected to work with Eight Roads for this intense development part, bringing on top-tier and trusted traders with a worldwide presence and a profitable observe file in scaling modern companies.”
– Ambre Soubiran, CEO of Kaiko