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Cardano developer house IOHK has set up a $20 million “cFund” alongside Los Angeles-based Wave Financial.
- The fund has a broad remit to invest in startups and early-stage businesses that use Cardano and other IOHK tech initiatives – such as enterprise blockchain ATALA.
- Commits will range between $250,000 and $500,000 for either equity or token stakes.
- The cFund is a 50/50 venture: IOHK has already put in the “anchor” $10 million, and Wave plans to raise the other half from external investors.
- Nathan Kaiser, IOHK’s general counsel, will become cFund’s chief investment officer.
- An IOHK spokesperson said cFund did not overlap with EMURGO – Cardano’s commercial arm – which has also supported new ventures.
- Californiaregulated Wave Financial tokenized a year’s supply of Kentucky Bourbon whiskey worth $20 million earlier this year.
- Both sides had been in talks for many months; the fund’s launch was delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
- Both Hong Kong-based IOHK and Wave declined to comment on whether the fund had already started selecting projects to invest in.
Edit (10:30 UTC): This article previously indicated that Wave Financial was based in Canada. It is, in fact, based in Los Angeles and London.
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