TON Ventures为加密初创公司推出4000万美元的基金

币界网Pubblicato 2024-08-15Pubblicato ultima volta 2024-08-15

币界网报道:

Ton基金会氧化铝Ian Wittkopp和Inal Kardan推出了Ton Ventures,为早期加密项目提供了4000万美元的首笔资金。预计新实体将创建下一代Telegram应用程序。

这家新公司旨在将投资者与建筑商联系起来,以促进Ton的增长。据报道,该基金得到了渴望支持Ton生态系统长期增长的个人私人投资者的支持。

支持Ton初创公司的基金

该基金将支持Telegram开放网络(Ton)生态系统中的早期项目。该基金的资金规模高达50万美元,将支持围绕互联网汇款方式的创新。

Wittkopp和Kardan两人之前分别担任Ton基金会的Ton加速器总监和游戏主管,现在想用4000万美元的基金投资初创公司。

Wittkopp告诉The Block:“在一段时间内,筹款活动非常非正式,开始有意义采取行动并独立进行,但大约一个月前筹集了全部资金。”

Wittkopp预计该基金将在一年内全面部署。尽管Ton Ventures的目标是早期业务,但它也将参与后期交易,例如加入Ton生态系统的大型协议。根据Wittkopp的说法,这些条款将是临时性的。

Ton Ventures已经支持了一些初创公司,如Tradoor、Catizen和Eva Protocol。

Ton Ventures将见证“十亿美元公司”的诞生

Wittkopp乐观地认为,第一波Telegram和Ton区块链的采用将导致在分散的金融、广告/营销、游戏和使用Ton区块的受监管金融产品中推出“十亿美元的公司”。

“我们将在这些垂直领域的应用程序层面进行投资,并投资工具,使Ton生态系统应用程序的开发和货币化过程更加无缝和高质量。”Wittkopp。

Ton生态系统在Ton区块链与Telegram消息应用程序的独特集成的支持下获得了发展势头。Telegram的广泛用户群估计每月约有9亿活跃用户,这为Ton生态系统提供了额外的优势。

该平台已经看到像Hamster Kombat和Notcoin这样的游戏可以通过它作为迷你应用程序访问,并获得了很强的接受度。然而,也有人对机器人的存在表示担忧。在评论基于Ton的游戏中的机器人时,Wittkopp承认这是一个影响Web3游戏的棘手问题,并补充说,在开放联盟中有检测它们和清理数据的机制。

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