The sports- and entertainment-focused NFT platform Autograph raised $170 million in a Series B financing round. It was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Kleiner Perkins, TechCrunch reports.<\/p>\n
Among the participants were: the firm 01A, Lightspeed partner Nicole Quinn, and Katie Haun’s new fund, who recently left a16z<\/a>.<\/p>\n As a result of the round, Katie Haun, the general partner of a16z Arianna Simpson and Ilya Fushman from Kleiner Perkins joined Autograph’s board.<\/p>\n They joined co-founders Richard Rosenblatt and Tom Brady<\/a>, NFL star. The board also includes Abel Tesfaye, the Canadian singer Weeknd, and co-founder and CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried.<\/p>\n The NFT platform has been operating since April 2021. Among those who used it to release collections are Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, golfer Tiger Woods, tennis player Naomi Osaka<\/a>, Brady, and the Weeknd.<\/p>\n \u201cCEO Dillon Rose and the Autograph team have accomplished a great deal over the past six months. They are at the forefront of NFTs and understand what consumers are looking for,\u201d wrote Simpson.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n CEO @DillonRose24<\/a> and the team have already accomplished so much over the past 6 months. They\u2019re at the forefront of NFTs and understand what consumers are looking for.<\/p>\n I can\u2019t wait to see where they\u2019ll go next!<\/p>\n \u2014 AriannaSimpson.eth (@AriannaSimpson) January 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \n
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