大学生创业项目Morpho,现又吸引5000万美元投资

比推Опубліковано о 2024-08-02Востаннє оновлено о 2024-08-02

Morpho获得5000万美元战略融资,投资方包括a16zCoinbase Ventures等重量级人物。该公司是一种去中心化的加密货币借贷协议,旨在将DeFi与互联网基础协议融合。投资者希望通过其庞大的分销渠道,将DeFi整合到金融科技世界中。此前,Morpho已筹集1800万美元,其他投资者包括Hack VC、IOSG等。想了解更多Morpho,请阅读火星财经之前的文章。

原文标题:Crypto Lending Firm Morpho Bags $50M in Funding Round Led by Ribbit Capital

原文作者:Ian Allison

原文来源:coindesk

编译:火星财经,Eason

本轮战略融资的投资方包括 a16z、Coinbase Ventures、VariantPanteraBrevan Howard

  • Morpho 并未透露基于这笔资金的估值,该笔资金是通过私人代币销售筹集的。

  • Morpho 此前曾于 2022 年筹集了 1800 万美元,当时这家 DeFi 公司的首席执行官 Paul Frambot 还在读大学三年级。

Morpho

Paul Frambot,Morpho Labs(Morpho)首席执行官

Morpho 是一种去中心化的加密货币借贷协议,在由 Ribbit Capital 领投的一轮战略融资中筹集了 5000 万美元,Ribbit Capital 是 Robinhood、Revolut 和 Coinbase 等金融科技公司的早期投资者。

参与私募代币销售的还有 a16z crypto、Coinbase Ventures、Variant、Pantera、Brevan Howard、BlockTower 和 Kraken Ventures 等重量级人物。Morpho 基于融资的估值尚未披露。该公司早在 2022 年就筹集了 1800 万美元的资金,当时该公司的首席执行官 Paul Frambot 还在读大学三年级

这里的目标是将相对稀缺和内向的去中心化金融 ( DeFi ) 世界与互联网的基础协议层融合。Morpho 于两年前推出,从优化层的角色发展成为 Morpho Blue,后者是 Aave 和 Compound 用户提高利率的平台(在此过程中引起了一些争议),而 Morpho Blue 是一个基础设施,其他人可以在其上构建加密借贷应用程序并制定自己的风险管理策略。

“我们的目标一直是:如何摆脱 DeFi?” Frambot 在接受 CoinDesk 采访时表示。“我们如何确保最终——也许不是在短期内——能够将私人金融基础设施转变为公共产品?”

这就是Ribbit 等金融科技支持者的战略参与发挥作用的地方,因为 Robinhood 和 Revolut 等投资组合公司拥有庞大的分销渠道,可以使用 Morpho 灵活地设计借贷用例,而不会分散流动性,Frambot 表示。

我们需要弥合 DeFi 的差距,并将其真正融入金融科技世界,而 Ribbit 显然是我们的合作伙伴,”Frambot 说道。“我们已经在现实世界中实现了潜在的整合,而不仅仅是像加密杠杆用例那样,坦率地说,这是目前 DeFi 借贷的大多数用例。”

本轮融资的其他投资者包括:Hack VC、IOSG、Rockaway、L1D、Mirana、Cherry、Semantic、Fenbushi、Leadblock Bitpanda 和 Robot Ventures。

如果您想更多了解Morpho,请阅读火星财经之前的文章:

1.Morpho是什么? https://news.marsbit.co/20220929111609791450.html

2.Pantera合伙人:读懂P2P借贷协议Morpho https://news.marsbit.co/20240510114128546075.html

3.Morpho —— 构建真正可扩展的借贷协议 https://news.marsbit.co/20230801172645650076.html

4.读懂 a16z 领投的 Morpho,借贷协议聚合器新星?https://news.marsbit.co/20220721121630998157.html

说明: 比推所有文章只代表作者观点,不构成投资建议

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