Centrifuge

Centrifuge has raised $15M to scale the adoption of institutional DeFi. With this round of Series A funding secured, we're excited to share our key focuses for Centrifuge's development, innovation, and adoption across the worlds of traditional and decentralized finance: 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: We're building the most efficient and user-friendly fund management platform onchain. Managers can launch funds, tokenize assets, and offer investment opportunities — all through Centrifuge. 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: We're continuing to build more integrations for lending, borrowing, and investing in real-world assets, taking advantage of the entire DeFi ecosystem's composability and utility. 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵: Through being a founding member of the Tokenized Asset Coalition as well as hosting the global Real-World Asset Summit, we're fostering an industry where a rising tide lifts all boats. 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁: Key hires to our core team will accelerate Centrifuge's development and adoption. "The Centrifuge team is a leader in real-world asset tokenization, taking a deeply thoughtful approach to design decisions around legal, regulatory, and smart contract architecture. We believe we're reaching an inflection point in institutional adoption and are excited to double down with the Centrifuge team." - Ben Forman, ParaFi Capital "We firmly believe that Centrifuge is poised to claim significant portions of this market. Having pioneered their category, the team demonstrates unwavering resilience through many years of commitment across several market cycles. Their expertise in navigating the intricacies of integrating real-world assets into decentralized finance is unparalleled." - Felix Machart, Greenfield Capital We're grateful for Centrifuge's supporters who share our vision of a better financial system onchain. As we move forward, we're more enthusiastic than ever about creating a more efficient, fair, and inclusive financial system. ParaFi Capital • Greenfield Capital • Arrington Capital • Bloccelerate VC • Circle Ventures • Edessa Capital • Gnosis Ventures • IOSG Ventures • Re7 Capital • Scytale Digital • Skynet Trading • The Spartan Group • Modular Capital • Stake Capital Group • TRGC • Wintermute • Stefan George • Lyuben Belov

Each Real-World Asset Summit finds a way to be better than the last! Grateful for all the RWA innovators, investors, and enthusiasts we met and learned from.

RWA Summit Brussels. July 9. The Merode. We’re bringing together 250 top DeFi & TradFi leaders for a full day of panel discussions and networking, followed by a celebration of RWA Summer just steps away from the main EthCC venue. We’ll hear about the global state of tokenisation from: • Institutional investors and asset allocators • DeFi builders and founders • Legal experts and policymakers Co-hosted by Centrifuge and Tioga Capital Partners. Go here if interested ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e-pa2gwW

TradFi markets have been increasingly interested in tokenization. According to Messari, the RWA market has a TVL of $8 billion. This indicates that Tokenization is on track to revolutionize TradFi assets by enhancing liquidity, transparency, and efficiency. 

Amazing event—great people, beautiful venue, outstanding vibes. Bringing this same energy to the Brussels RWA Summit! If you haven't applied, do so now. We're almost at capacity. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gDEeeVxe

The future of finance isn't DeFi. It's TradFi + DeFi, according to Rita Martins in her recent Blockworks oped. She argues that both worlds are becoming intertwined, and the future of finance will be onchain—banks, asset managers, insurers, and exchanges—all onchain. This couldn't align with our ethos more as we strive to build a better financial world onchain. Let us know your thoughts below! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e_NyQFYj

Regarding regulation, our general counsel Eli Cohen is optimistic that RWA projects will be able to keep building without interference in 2024. Hear his insights from Polytrade's RWA Unwind ↓

Last week, McKinsey & Company published a report titled "From ripples to waves: The transformational power of tokenizing assets." The report signals that tokenized financial assets are moving towards deployment at scale. As we see this happen, financial Institutions with blockchain capabilities will have a strategic advantage. We're honored to be mentioned alongside Maple, and Figure as leaders for loans and securitization. Blockchain-enabled lending provides benefits such as: • Live onchain data • Unified ledger serves as a single source of truth • Transparency and standardization • Smart contract-enabled calculations of payouts • Streamlined reporting • Shortened settlement cycles • Access to a broader capital pool As the industry progresses, tokenizing a borrower's financial data and monitoring onchain cash flows can enable fully automated, fairer, and accurate underwriting. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/garHachf Thanks for the feature, McKinsey & Company!

Our General Counsel Eli Cohen will speak about transparency in RWAs on Blocksquare's Twitter space series! More details ↓

Bringing financial products onchain has associated risks: new technology, regulatory unknowns, and extra overhead. How is this risk accounted for? Our co-founder Lucas Vogelsang dives into this at TOKEN2049. Hear his insight ↓