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Crypto-asset custodian Copper raises $8M to expand globally

Published by CryptoNinjas.net
02/17/2020
Crypto-asset custodian Copper raises $8M to expand globally

Copper, a London-based custodian for digital assets, today announced it has raised a USD $8 million in a Series A to grow globally by expanding its commercial team and launching new products.

Institutional investors in this round include leading international investment firm Target Global, which backed Auto1, Delivery Hero, wefox and Rapyd; LocalGlobe, which is known for successful investments in the likes of Zoopla, Transferwise and Citymapper; and MMC Ventures, which backed Gousto, Interactive Investor and NewVoiceMedia among many others.

This fundraise follows a previous seed round; that saw Copper raise $1.3 million in 2018 to build its custody and prime brokerage solutions and onboard institutional and HNW clients. The firm’s Walled Garden now covers 96% of global crypto liquidity, and is seeing over £500 million in transactions each month – with that figure growing steadily.

Growth at Copper 

Copper will use the funds to develop regional client-facing operations in key geographies around the world such as North America and Asia. It will also accelerate the launch of new products that give their institutional clients more investment options. Since launch in 2018, Copper has quickly grown its client base with crypto funds, institutions, and HNW private traders.

This fundraise follows Copper’s announcement that it will provide prime brokerage services for European based and UK-regulated institutional managers of digital assets, Nickel Digital Asset Management, on its second fund Digital Gold Institutional. Fidelity Digital Assets was selected as the prime custodian for the fund.

Dmitry Tokarev, CEO at Copper

“Copper was always designed to be a global offering. Since 2017, we have seen many crypto custody solutions emerge that don’t fully meet the needs of institutions. Instead, they have built for an institutional framework that doesn’t exist yet, and is unlikely ever to, leaving institutions discouraged. Our Walled Garden and Prime Brokerage infrastructure truly looks after the security and trading needs of institutions, regardless of their investment strategies and goals. We are seeing volumes increase as our clients see the advantage of our prime brokerage solution, which allows them to make transactions across many trading venues securely and efficiently. This venture funding round is a real vote of confidence from investors. Their support will allow us to accelerate our scale up, hiring teams in key regions and introducing new products and services to better meet their needs.”
– Dmitry Tokarev, Founder and CEO of Copper

Dmitry Tokarev is the former CTO and Partner at Dolphin Wealth Management. He founded Copper after witnessing the increased demand from institutions to enter the digital asset space but finding there were not any appropriate services to enable them to do so effectively and securely.

“We believe that the crypto market is lacking infrastructure enabling secure storage, seamless transfer and settlement of digital assets. Unlike many startups in the crypto market, Copper is built for asset managers by asset managers themselves. Copper’s infrastructure provides institutions with traditional prime brokerage services for the crypto world. Being the first in the market, Copper’s Walled Garden allows secure; and instant trades across different exchanges, which is a fundamental breakthrough in the market.”
– Mike Lobanov, General Partner at Target Global

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