InstaDApp raises $2.4 million in a seed round from investors

InsaDApp was funded by investors like Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Robot Ventures, and many more.
InsaDApp cited significant growth after its protocol launch.

Rajarshi Mitra Independent Analyst

InstaDApp, a decentralized finance (DeFi) startup, recently raised $2.4 million in a seed round. According to InstaDApp's blog post, a number of investors including Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Robot Ventures, venture capital company IDEO Colab funded InstaDApp. InstaDApp develops a mediator smart wallet layer within the user interface and protocols which simplifies financial transactions.

Balaji Srinivasan, the former CTO of Coinbase, said about InstaDapp:

“InstaDapp is a very talented team out of India looking to make decentralized finance more accessible.”

The startup cited significant growth after its protocol launch. The value locked in their smart contracts increased from $4 million to more than $35 million. This places InstaDApp behind MakerDAO and Compound when it comes to total value locked up in smart contracts,

Regarding the investment, Paul Veradittakit of Pantera said:

“We are impressed by InstaDapp’s laser focus on aggregating and simplifying DeFi and their growth has been a testament to their ability to execute successfully. InstaDapp stands out from everything else we have seen in the space so far. We believe they’re the right team to push the future of DeFi forward and help the next wave of users to onboard to the open financial ecosystem.”

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Rajarshi Mitra

Independent Analyst

Rajarshi entered the blockchain space in 2016. He is a blockchain researcher who has worked for Blockgeeks and has done research work for several ICOs. He gets regularly invited to give talks on the blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

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