A simple 2-sided marketplace for NFT collateralized loans
Location: South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town
Total raised: $10M
Investors 9
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 22.11.2021 | - | $5M | - |
| 22.11.2021 | - | $5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 22
| Date | Title | Description |
| 15.05.2023 | NFTfi Launches Earn Season 1: Promoting Responsible NFT Lending | Cape Town, South Africa, May 15th, 2023, Chainwire NFTfi, a leading NFT lending platform, has launched the next phase of its loyalty program NFTfi Rewards. In Earn Season 1, users can get rewarded with exclusive reward points for borrower-... |
| 12.04.2022 | Blue-chip NFT owners explore alternative uses as sales decline | The NFT marketplace is a sector of the crypto ecosystem that saw exponential growth in the past year. But as sales have decreased in recent months, blue-chip NFT holders are looking for other opportunities to scale. NFT global sales volume ... |
| 15.03.2022 | Has DeFi’s Financial Inclusion Moment Finally Arrived? | DeFi still has much to prove when it comes to lending to the financially excluded. Thankfully, we ... [+] are starting to see models that are using DeFi to be more relevant for credit for underserved customers. Getty Images |
| 11.02.2022 | 11 African startups to watch out for in 2022 | It’s safe to say the Africa startup ecosystem came full circle last year with a record-breaking number of new innovative startups and huge investment to match it. If innovation is a reflection of economic, social, and technological advancem... |
| 24.01.2022 | artnet : Crypto-Rich Collectors Are Putting Up Their NFTs as Collateral to Get Cold, Hard Cash. But Is It Actually a Good Deal? | The Art Detective Crypto-Rich Collectors Are Putting Up Their NFTs as Collateral to Get Cold, Hard Cash. But Is It Actually a Good Deal? Banks have charged clients as little as one percent for art loans. An NFT-backed loan can come with a r... |
| 22.11.2021 | 1kx leads $5m funding round for NFTfi expansion | Innovative NFT-based marketplace NFTfi has secured $5 million in a funding round supported by day one investor 1kx and attracted Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures VC firm. Other participants like Reciprocal Ventures and Scalar Capital put the... |
| 22.11.2021 | 1kx leads $5m funding round for NFTfi expansion | Innovative NFT-based marketplace NFTfi has secured $5 million in a funding round supported by day one investor 1kx and attracted Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures VC firm. Other participants like Reciprocal Ventures and Scalar Capital put the... |
| 21.11.2021 | NFTfi, a South African NFT collateral startup, has raised a seed round of $5 million | NFTfi, a South African NFT collateral startup, has raised $5 million in seed funding to improve innovating NFT financialization. Sound Ventures, Maven 11, Scalar Capital, and Kleiner Perkins were among the investors in the round, which was ... |
| 16.11.2021 | South Africa’s NFTfi raises $5M so people can use their NFTs as collateral for loans | Once regarded as a fad (for some, it still is), NFTs, digital assets that depict real-world objects, are becoming increasingly popular within and outside the crypto world. But with large amounts of capital locked into illiquid NFTs, more pe... |
| 16.11.2021 | NFTfi , an NFT Marketplace for Collateralized Loans, Raises $5 Million | NFTfi, a marketplace for non-fungible token (NFT) collateralized loans, says it has raised a $5 million Series A funding round. According to NFTfi, the round was led by 1kx, an early-stage crypto fund and will allow NFTfi to grow its operat... |
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