Sequoia Capital China leads CertiK’s $80 million funding round

The smart-contract security auditing startup CertiK raised $80 million in a Series B2 funding round. It was led by Sequoia Capital China.

🎉Exciting News

We have recently closed an $80M, Series B2 round of financial funding

This is not only the single largest round of fundraising for a company in the blockchain security space, but now brings CertiK’s total valuation to nearly $1 Billion🛡️https://t.co/gTrPaTjhZ1

— CertiK (@certik_io) December 1, 2021

The round also included Tiger Global, Coatue Management and GL Ventures. Total investments exceeded $140 million, with the startup valued at nearly $1 billion.

In light of the news, the price of the CertiK token (CTK) rose by more than 70% over the last 24 hours, according to CoinGecko.

Earlier the startup attracted $37 million from hedge fund Coatue Management, Shunwei Capital and the venture arm of the Bitcoin exchange Coinbase.

Earlier in August CertiK was backed by Tiger Global and GL Ventures in a round of $24 million.

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