{"id":59329,"date":"2022-03-29T10:51:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T07:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=59329"},"modified":"2025-09-04T21:18:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T18:18:18","slug":"nft-marketplace-blur-secures-11-million-seed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/nft-marketplace-blur-secures-11-million-seed-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"NFT marketplace Blur secures $11 million seed funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFT marketplace Blur, aimed at professional traders, has raised $11 million in seed funding in a round led by Paradigm.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Psyched to announce <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paradigm?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@paradigm<\/a>\u2018s investment in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blur_io?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@blur_io<\/a>, who is on a mission to build the premier NFT marketplace for pro traders. If you\u2019re a pro NFT trader and want to get on the waitlist, DM\u2019s are open. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i2QSrvaJL6\">https:\/\/t.co\/i2QSrvaJL6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CAS\u039eY (@caseykcaruso) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caseykcaruso\/status\/1508485846223052800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Round participants also included eGirl Capital, 0xMaki, LedgerStatus, and other venture investors.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cActive NFT marketplaces prioritise the retail user experience but ignore the growing needs of professional traders,\u201d the startup&#8217;s blog states. \u201cThe infrastructure is strained as monthly trading volumes reach into the billions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The developers outlined Blur&#8217;s mission: to address the segment&#8217;s problems, \u201cbringing the NFT space closer to an institutional level while simultaneously increasing decentralisation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, the company behind the NFT collection Bored Ape Yacht Club, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bored-ape-yacht-club-creator-raises-450-million-at-4-billion-valuation\">Yuga Labs<\/a>, raised $450 million at a $4 billion valuation.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the startup <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/nft-startup-immutable-raises-200m-at-a-2-5bn-valuation\">Immutable<\/a> raised $200 million in a Series C round led by Temasek.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFT marketplace Blur raised $11 million in seed funding in a round led by Paradigm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59330,"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":[1549,1213,1133],"class_list":["post-59329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blur","tag-nft","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"35","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59329","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=59329"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59331,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59329\/revisions\/59331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}