{"id":63248,"date":"2022-06-21T19:27:18","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T16:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=63248"},"modified":"2025-09-05T22:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:57:19","slug":"solana-based-nft-marketplace-magic-eden-raises-130-million-at-a-1-6-billion-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/solana-based-nft-marketplace-magic-eden-raises-130-million-at-a-1-6-billion-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Solana-based NFT marketplace Magic Eden raises $130 million at a $1.6 billion valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Magic Eden, a Solana-based NFT marketplace, raised $130 million following a Series B round, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/magic-eden-closes-130m-series-b-round-co-led-by-electric-capital-and-greylock-at-1-6b-valuation-301571902.html\">\u043f\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0441-\u0440\u0435\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0435<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The round was led by Electric Capital and Greylock Partners. Also participating were Lightspeed Venture Partners, Paradigm and Sequoia Capital. Investors valued the project at $1.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>In a conversation with The Block, co-founder Jack Lu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/153214\/magic-eden-raises-series-b-funding-solana-nft-unicorn?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss\">\u0437\u0430\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b<\/a> that the round participants were attracted by the rapid growth of the marketplace&#8217;s share in the Solana ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The platform, which has been operating for less than a year, is the third-largest by trading volume in the NFT segment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nft-marketplace-monthly-volume-1024x537.png\" alt=\"NFT-\u043c\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0435\u0442\u043f\u043b\u0435\u0439\u0441 Magic Eden \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u0437\u0435 Solana \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043a $130 \u043c\u043b\u043d \u043f\u0440\u0438 \u043e\u0446\u0435\u043d\u043a\u0435 \u0432 $1,6 \u043c\u043b\u0440\u0434\" class=\"wp-image-176687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nft-marketplace-monthly-volume-1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nft-marketplace-monthly-volume-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nft-marketplace-monthly-volume-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nft-marketplace-monthly-volume-1536x806.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/nft-marketplace-monthly-volume-2048x1075.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>\u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/data\/nft-non-fungible-tokens\/marketplaces\/nft-marketplace-monthly-volume\">The Block<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Lu added that the marketplace is pursuing a promising segment of gaming NFTs:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Investors were very optimistic about our expansion into this area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The raised funds will be used to develop a P2P NFT marketplace and Launchpad platform, which helps issue token collections.<\/p>\n<p>Developers also plan to support other blockchains besides Solana. Details of the multi-chain strategy will be published in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The project team numbers around 100 people. The company plans to expand its staff by about 50% in the next 6-12 months, Lu noted. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier in March <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/solana-based-nft-marketplace-magic-eden-raises-27-million\">Magic Eden attracted $27 million<\/a> in its Series A round.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solana-based NFT marketplace Magic Eden raised $130 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1213,1159,1133],"class_list":["post-63248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-nft","tag-solana-sol","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"32","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63250,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63248\/revisions\/63250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}