Orchid Labs is raising $125 million in a SAFT sale, filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal.
According to a Form D published on April 20, Orchid has raised roughly $36.1 million out of a planned $125.59 million.
Per the Form D filing, 42 investors have taken part in the sale of SAFTs - or Simple Agreements for Future Tokens - thus far.
The SAFT gives accredited investors the right to claim blockchain tokens at a later date, and the investors involved must meet certain SEC-mandated income or asset thresholds in order to participate.
The startup is seeking to build an alternative to Tor, the anonymous browser software - Orchid's white paper argues that Tor can be compromised due to a lack of network nodes.
It also aims to provide an alternative to virtual private networks, which require users to trust the provider.
Orchid's solution allows bandwidth users and providers to exchange ethereum-based Orchid tokens, which the firm hopes will incentivize greater participation than the Tor network has enjoyed.
By executing these micropayments through the ethereum blockchain, Orchid has designed its network to be decentralized, in contrast to VPNs. The firm raised $4.7 million in October from a raft of top-tier venture capital firms, including Andreessen Horowitz, Blockchain Capital, Polychain Capital and Sequoia.
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$125 Million: Orchid Is Raising One of 2018's Biggest Token Sales
pubblicato su Apr 23, 2018
by Coindesk | pubblicato su Coinage
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