Alchemy attracted $250 million in the next round of financing – Bits Media

Blockchain-focused infrastructure company Alchemy completes Series C funding round, having collected $250 million. The company's capitalization has reached $3.5 billion.

Venture capital companies a16z participated in the financing round, Lightspeed и Redpoint, Coatue, Addition, DFJ and Pantera. Alchemy планирует использовать собранные средства для дальнейшего развития экосистемы и расширить доступ к своим инструментам для разработчиков Web 3.0 по всему миру.

Соучредитель и технический директор Alchemy Джо Лау (Joe Lau) considers, что блокчейн и Web 3.0 только начинают свой путь к мейнстриму. Генеральный директор компании Никил Вишванатан (Nikil Viswanathan) stated:

“We are pleased to continue investing in, to make blockchain accessible to developers all over the world. We count, that empowering developers is key to, to bring the magic of blockchain to the world".

Company, which was launched just over a year ago, reported an increase in income in 15 times in the last six months. General Partner of a16z Ali Yahya (Ali Yahya) stated, that this is a key moment for investment in Web infrastructure 3.0.

"We live in unique times, when Web 3.0 develops and ceases to be just infrastructure. With the help of such companies, how Alchemy, it can support applications for mainstream audiences", – he noted.

Recall, which according to Dove Metrics, The total volume of venture funding in cryptocurrency companies exceeded $8.2 billion in the third quarter of this year.