The most recent round of funding was led by New York-based private equity firm Coatue Management and brings Dapper's total capital raised to $357 million.Ĭurrent players listed as investors in Dapper include Kevin Durant, Kyle Lowry, Spencer Dinwiddie and Klay Thompson. "We want to bring the same magic to other sports leagues as well as help other entertainment studios and independent creators find their own approaches in exploring open platforms," said Dapper Labs CEO Roham Gharegozlou. The company says the new round of funding will help it expand its NFT and blockchain products to a wide range of businesses. A LeBron James dunk highlight sold for $210,000 recently, but more common cards can often be had for less than $10.īesides the NBA, Dapper partners include Warner Music Group, Ubisoft and UFC. The virtual cards come in the form of a floating digital cube that includes a video highlight of an NBA player and come with a nonfungible token (NFT), backed by blockchain technology, certifying its authenticity and scarcity. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Dapper says NBA Top Shot has rung up $500 million in sales and registered more than 800,000 accounts since its public beta testing phase began in October. Dapper Labs, the 7.5 billion company behind NBA Top. Canadian blockchain technology company Dapper Labs has secured $305 million in private funding - some of it from current and former NBA players, including Michael Jordan - to scale up its virtual NBA trading card site, the company said Tuesday. Even while NFT prices have fallen dramatically after an astounding period of growth earlier this year, NBA Top Shot remains in high demand.
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