{"id":75945,"date":"2023-03-21T17:48:49","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T15:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=75945"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T11:32:57","slug":"web3-social-network-op3n-raises-28m-at-a-100m-valuation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/web3-social-network-op3n-raises-28m-at-a-100m-valuation\/","title":{"rendered":"Web3 social network OP3N raises $28m at a $100m valuation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-web3\">Web3<\/a>-based AI-powered social network OP3N has raised $28 million in a Series A round.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some news ?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re raising $28M to build the \u2018WhatsApp meets Amazon\u2019 for web3. <\/p>\n<p>Read all about it in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TechCrunch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@techcrunch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9ouccIyylh\">https:\/\/t.co\/9ouccIyylh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OP3N (@OP3Nworld_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OP3Nworld_\/status\/1638176880162660354?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The lead investor was Animoca Brands, the blockchain-games operator. Among the other participants were: Dragonfly Capital, Galaxy Digital, Republic Crypto, Avalanche\u2019s Blizzard Fund, Connect Ventures, GSR Markets, The Spartan Group, BRV Capital Management and NBA player Russell Westbrook.<\/p>\n<p>OP3N&#8217;s valuation after the round stood at $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>Founder Jason Ma positions the product as a blend of WhatsApp and Amazon built on Web3 technology.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI wanted to bring together authors, communication and commerce in one place. [\u2026] We are here to build a service that, I hope, will become a decentralised Facebook in two years,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The funds will be used to further develop the app and to expand the staff.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2021, the platform already has its own crypto wallet and a prototype NFT marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2023, the Web3 platform Wild <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/gwyneth-paltrow-backs-web3-platform-wild-in-7-million-seed-round\">raised $7 million<\/a> in a seed round. Investors include actress Gwyneth Paltrow and rapper Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web3-based AI-powered social network OP3N has raised $28 million in a Series A round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75946,"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":[465,1133],"class_list":["post-75945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-social-media","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"11","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75945","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=75945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75947,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75945\/revisions\/75947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}