leading the initiative by establishing headquarters in London and
Singapore.
Prominent British banker Jacob Rothschild's investment firm
Rothschild Investment Trust (RIT) Capital Partners partnered with New
York-based Liberty City Ventures to lead pre-A funding for Aspen
Digital, a crypto asset investment platform.
According to the official announcement,
the funding round ended up raising $8.8 million to help the Hong
Kong-based company develop an institutional crypto investment platform
targeted at asset managers, institutions and professional investors.
Aspen Digital CEO and co-founder Yang He said that the funding would
also help the company penetrate into the London market.
The
announcement states other prominent investors include Somerley Capital,
Cherubic Ventures, Token Bay Capital, and Thailand’s richest family and
owner of Fortune magazine, Chatchaval Jiaravanon and Chaval Jiaravanon.
With the platform’s launch before the end of this year, Aspen Digital
has shared intent to target budding Europe, Asia and the Middle Eastern
markets. The company is currently planning to lead this initiative by
establishing headquarters in London and Singapore.
Citing the rising interest for a single portal to manage all crypto holdings, Yang He said:
“To
have the oldest wealth management family in the world putting trust in
us as a platform solution for the new world of crypto investment is a
great validation.”
Adding to its existing services such
as client portfolio reporting, risk management, market insights, and
custody solutions, Aspen’s new platform aspires to centralize prominent
crypto offerings from market leaders including Celsius Network, Hex
Trust and FTX.
Along similar lines, Cointelegraph previously reported on a survey highlighting investors' interest in buying more crypto assets.
Based on the information collected across a small group of 50 wealth
managers and 50 institutional investors, 40% shared their intention to
“dramatically increase their holdings.” However, the London-based
surveyor Nickel Digital Asset Management highlighted that “many
(investors) have just been testing the market to see how it works.”
Related: Thailand’s XSpring Capital raises $225M to build integrated financial marketplace
Just three months ago, Rothschild’s RIT invested $5.3-billion to acquire a stake in the Kraken crypto exchange. Based on Cointelegraph’s report, the move was made just as Kraken prepares to “go public through a direct listing in 2022.”
Back in December 2020, RIT was also involved in a $142M funding round for Paxos, a stable coin issuer partnered with PayPal.
source link : https://cointelegraph.com/news/rothschild-s-trust-led-funding-round-for-aspen-digital-s-london-expansion
