Quicknode, a Miami-based blockchain infrastructure platform, announced on Wednesday the completion of a $ 35 million Series A funding round, led by venture capital firm Tiger Global. Seven Seven Six, Soma Capital, Arrington XRP Capital, Crossbeam and Anthony Pompliano also participated in the round. This follows an initial capital round of $ 5.3 million in March, bringing the total investment in the company to just over $ 45 million.
Quicknode was founded by Dmitry Shklovsky, Manuel Kreutz, Auston Bunsen and Alexander Nabutovsky and graduated from Y Combinator in March 2021. The platform currently supports ten blockchain networks including Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Solana with more being added monthly. Reddit co-founder Alex Ohanian, who invested in the round through his fund, said in a press release:
“We are excited to witness first-hand the rapid growth of QuickNode, enabling more individuals and businesses to easily adopt Blockchain technology. QuickNode is yet another example of Miami Tech excellence.”
In recent years, Miami became a major hub for the cryptocurrency sphere, and its mayor, Francis Suárez, even put forward a proposal to pay city workers in Bitcoin. YCombinator also tweeted their congratulations, noting that the company’s customers now include industry giants. Paypal and Coinbase. John Curtius, a partner at Tiger Global, wrote in a press release published by Quicknode:
“QuickNode’s leadership in multi-chain support and its vision to be the number one provider of blockchain infrastructure will help enterprises build a trusted, low-latency, and globally available infrastructure to serve billions of people. in the next 5-10 years. “
Tiger Global contributed to a large number of blockchain-based platforms and services in the last year. Cointelegraph reported earlier this month that the company participated in a $ 298 million round for financial charting provider Trading View. Before that, led a $ 24 million funding round for the CertiK security platform in August of this year. Other cryptocurrency investments in his portfolio include the cryptocurrency exchange FalconX, the infrastructure provider MoonPay and the $ 25 billion titan, FTX.
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