{"id":33202,"date":"2020-12-11T11:20:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T09:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=33202"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:42:24","slug":"sp-state-street-and-other-wall-street-giants-invest-15-million-in-lukka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/sp-state-street-and-other-wall-street-giants-invest-15-million-in-lukka\/","title":{"rendered":"S&#038;P, State Street and Other Wall Street Giants Invest $15 Million in Lukka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The financial giant S&#038;P Global and institutional asset manager State Street Corp. led a $15 million round for Lukka, a cryptocurrency data provider.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Lukka is thrilled to announce our Series C fundraise led by <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateStreet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Statestreet<\/a>, with participation from <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SPGlobal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@SPGlobal<\/a> and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CPAcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@CPAcom<\/a>.<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/BL4x8ROu0v\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/BL4x8ROu0v<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lukka (@LukkaTech) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukkaTech\/status\/1337054428705263617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 10, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Also participating in the Series C round was CPA.com, a provider of financial accounting tools affiliated with the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).<\/p>\n<p>According to Lukka chief executive Robert Materazzi, the company\\&#8217;s success is largely driven by its ability to build institutional-grade software. The new investments could also signal growing interest in the crypto industry from major players.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This will be a scaling phase for us. It is aimed at increasing revenues,&#8221; said Materazzi.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Founded in 2014, Lukka <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/libra\/company_financials\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">raised $25 million<\/a> in prior funding rounds. The company provides data for 160 crypto funds. It is also known for a suite of tools for tax accounting in the crypto industry.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the leading index provider <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/sp-dow-jones-indices-to-launch-cryptocurrency-indices\">S&#038;P Dow Jones Indices<\/a> struck a partnership with Lukka. The launch of indices under the S&#038;P DJI brand for more than 550 coins is scheduled for next year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" data-secret=\\\"oR8XN7l02z\\\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/how-sp-dow-joness-crypto-indices-could-transform-the-bitcoin-industry\">How the launch of crypto indices from S&#038;P Dow Jones will change the Bitcoin industry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" class=\\\"wp-embedded-content\\\" sandbox=\\\"allow-scripts\\\" security=\\\"restricted\\\" style=\\\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\\\" title=\\\"\u201c\u041a\u0430\u043a \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u043a \u043a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0438\u043d\u0434\u0435\u043a\u0441\u043e\u0432 \u043e\u0442 S&#038;P Dow Jones \u0438\u0437\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0442 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d-\u0438\u043d\u0434\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0438\u044e\u201d \u2014 ForkLog\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/exclusive\/kak-zapusk-kriptoindeksov-ot-s-p-dow-jones-izmenit-bitkoin-industriyu\/embed#?secret=xn8ewmROD8#?secret=oR8XN7l02z\\\" data-secret=\\\"oR8XN7l02z\\\" width=\\\"500\\\" height=\\\"282\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" marginwidth=\\\"0\\\" marginheight=\\\"0\\\" scrolling=\\\"no\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s channel on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial giant S&#038;P Global and institutional asset manager State Street Corp. led a $15 million round for Lukka, a cryptocurrency data provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2058,1609,1133],"class_list":["post-33202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-lukka","tag-state-street","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33204,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33202\/revisions\/33204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}