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NBA Top Shot Maker Dapper Labs Commits $80M for Startup Acquisitions

Dapper already bought a “young, scrappy company” but wouldn’t say which.

Atualizado 11 de mai. de 2023, 4:11 p.m. Publicado 15 de dez. de 2021, 10:41 p.m. Traduzido por IA
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Dapper Labs, the firm behind the Flow blockchain and NFT platform NBA Top Shot, is pursuing a series of acquisitions, the company told CoinDesk on Wednesday. Dapper Labs declined to disclose the acquired companies.

A regulatory filing from Dec. 9 showed that Dapper Labs had raised $6.5 million toward a $13.5 million goal in an equity offering. The company told CoinDesk in an email late Monday that the funds were used to purchase a “young, scrappy” company.

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A new filing on Wednesday showed that Dapper had raised $23 million toward a $71 million goal in an offering that opened on Nov. 22.

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“We did not raise funds. Instead, as our ecosystem and portfolio continues to grow, we’ve made, and will continue to make, a series of acquisitions that we are choosing not to disclose at this time,” a Dapper Labs spokesperson told CoinDesk in an email.

Non-fungible tokens are a booming aspect of the U.S. sports scene and NBA Top Shot was an early bellwether.

In September, Dapper closed a $250 million funding round at a reported $7.6 billion valuation. The company then acquired influencer platform Brud for undisclosed terms in October.

Update (Dec. 15, 18:00 UTC): Changes headline.

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