{"id":19847,"date":"2022-03-03T11:38:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T10:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=19847"},"modified":"2022-03-03T11:38:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T10:38:49","slug":"south-african-crypto-exchange-valr-raises-50-million-in-series-b-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/south-african-crypto-exchange-valr-raises-50-million-in-series-b-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"South African Crypto Exchange Valr Raises $50 Million In Series B Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Valr in its recent announcement said it has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Pantera Capital. This funding means Valr is reportedly valued at $240 million.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"19848\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1228857910-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1228857910-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1228857910-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1228857910-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1228857910-750x422.webp 750w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1228857910-1140x641.webp 1140w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1228857910.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Valr raises $50 million series B funding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Crypto exchange based in South Africa, Valor, has recently announced a $50 million Series B <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/patricia-ltd-that-fled-nigeria-plans.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"13537\">fundraising<\/a> round. Pantera Capital led the round, with participation from Alameda Research, Cadenza, CMT Digital, Coinbase Ventures, Distributed Global, GSR, and Third Prime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalcrypto.tv\/valr-raises-africas-largest-ever-crypto-funding-round\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> by Globalcryptotv, Valr's current capital raising exceeds the $3.4 million it collected in July 2020, valuing the cryptocurrency exchange at $240 million. Valr, which joined the South African crypto market more than three years ago, would utilize the funds obtained to expand the platform across Africa and into rising countries such as India, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CEO Farzam Ehsani is featured in the report discussing the crypto exchange's recent capital raise and how the funds will allow his organization to service more clients. He stated, &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>We already help Valr\u2019s customers enter this new world of crypto exchange from the traditional financial system using their USD or ZAR and I\u2019m very excited that this round of funding will allow us to serve so many more across Africa and the world.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Africa's Future In Cryptocurrency Adoption Using Crypto Exchange <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meanwhile, Pantera Capital partner Paul Veradittakit said his firm believes &#8220;Africa's future is bright for the adoption of cryptocurrencies for both asset diversification and payments.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valr plans to deliver more products and services to its growing network of global clients, according to the article, in addition to using the raised funds to fund its foray into other areas. It's also hiring across the board, according to the article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valr in its recent announcement said it has raised $50 million in a Series B round led by Pantera Capital. This funding means Valr is reportedly valued at $240 million. Crypto exchange based in South Africa, Valor, has recently announced a $50 million Series B fundraising round. Pantera Capital led the round, with participation from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":19848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1406,7809],"class_list":["post-19847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-exchange-news","tag-crypto-exchange","tag-valr"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/shutterstock_1228857910.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}