Uniswap Labs To Raise Venture Capital at $1B Valuation 13

Uniswap Labs To Raise Venture Capital at $1B Valuation

  • Uniswap Labs is gearing up to raise over $100 million in a new round of funding as it expands into new products and services.
  • The decentralized exchange commands 64% of all DEX volumes, according to DeFi Llama.
  • Uni’s new funding is indicative of the company’s ambitious plans

Uniswap Labs is gearing up to raise over $100 million in a new round of funding as it expands into new products and services, according to four sources familiar with the matter as reported by TechCrunch, and continues to gain mindshare among traders.

The company is currently seeking investors including Polychain and one of Singapore’s sovereign funds to raise an equity round of $100 million to $200 million at a valuation of about $1 billion.

The deliberations of the round haven’t reached final stages, so terms of the deal may change, sources cautioned.

Uni’s new funding is indicative of the company’s ambitious plans to expand its offerings. The decentralized exchange commands 64% of all DEX volumes, according to DeFi Llama. And the exchange protocol’s token has a market cap of nearly $5 billion despite the market downturn. (During the peak bull cycle last year, Uni’s market cap exceeded $22.5 billion.)

In recent months, Uniswap Labs has shared plans to add “several new products.” One of the new offerings will allow customers to trade NFTs on Uniswap from a number of marketplaces, Uniswap Labs COO Mary-Catherine Lader told Decrypt.

Lader told TechCrunch in an earlier interview that their mission is “to unlock universal ownership and exchange.” If you can embed the ability to swap value and have people join the community and exchange value with your project, or your company or organization — that’s a powerful way to allow more people to engage in this ownership.