Citing sources, The Block writes that the Messari team is in the process of raising $35 million, with the analytics firm’s valuation likely to rise to $300 million.

According to the interlocutors, several potential investors are already interested in investing in Messari.

Company founder Ryan Selkis declined to comment on a possible tour. He stressed that the company doesn’t need money and “never spends a penny of investor capital when scaling up to 130 people.”

“We continue to build the largest subscription crypto business and focus on preparing for the launch of a number of new products on the Mainnet. [конференция, организованная Messari] In September of this year,” Selkis told the broadcast.

In the fall of 2019, the company raised $4 million from Uncork Capital, Blockchain Capital, CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures, and others.

In August 2021, Messari completed a $21 million Series A funding round. The startup was backed by billionaire Steve Cohen through Point72 Ventures, Alameda Capital, Galaxy Digital, crypto funds CMS Holdings, Nascent, Underscore VC and early stage investors.

Recall that Messari and Dove Metrics analysts estimated the amount of funding for blockchain startups at $30.3 billion in January-June 2022. More than a third of the funds in the 1199 investment rounds were raised by the central financial sector.

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