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Crypto Analytics Firm Messari raises $21 Million in Series A funding

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Crypto Analytics Firm Messari raises $21 Million in Series A funding

Messari,a crypto analytics company raised $21 Million in Series A funding and wants to use this funding to buckle up on its engineering and research headcount by as much as three times. They are also planning to launch token governance tools,, beef up their analyst hub, and expand the reach of their product suites internationally with the newly raised funds, as revealed by the firm on Thursday, August 5th, 2021.

 This funding round saw participation from New York-based Point72 Ventures, Underscore, Coinbase Ventures, VC and Uncork Capital. The Series A financing was also joined by Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer, Alameda Capital, Kraken Ventures, CMS Holdings, Blockchain Ventures and Anchorage Co-Founder and President, Diogo Monica. The round is Point72 Ventures’ first completed investment in the crypto sector.

 Messari aims to introduce new offerings that could streamline participation in decentralized projects and their communities. Messari also wants to lay a part of their funding in Messari’s annual summit, Mainnet 2021, which the firm is planning to host in New York City September 20-22.

The operating partner of Point72 Ventures, Adam Carson has joined Messari’s board of directors as a part of this funding. It came to be known in May that Point72, Matrix Capital Management and Millennium Management and were working to set up dedicated cryptocurrency investment vehicles.

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