BitX to Expand Further in Emerging Markets with New Funding Deal
Emerging market-focused bitcoin services firm BitX has completed a SGD$1m ($824,000) seed funding round. Investors include London-based Ariadne Capital, Barry Silbert's New York-based Bitcoin Opportunity Corp (BOC) and Palo Alto-based financial innovation investor, Carol Realini. BitX CEO Marcus Swanepoel told CoinDesk the funding would help the Singapore-based firm accelerate its business, furthering international expansion of its wallet and exchange services, assist with merchant acquisition and help the company develop some new products it has in the pipeline. Silbert praised the BitX....
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Bitcoin exchange and wallet provider BitX has extended its Series A round to include undisclosed funding from Southeast Asia-focused VC firm Venturra Capital. According to BitX, the funding will be invested in recruitment and product development, as well as expanding the service beyond its current target consumers in markets including Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria and South Africa. BitX declined to release the size of the funding, but stated that the capital was secondary to bringing Venturra Capital on as an investor. "With our lean structure and very low cost base, the funds we have....
Singapore-based Bitcoin exchange startup BitX has reportedly bagged a whopping $4 million (USD) in Series A funding from online e-commerce payment gateway PayU. PayU is a subsidiary of the multinational media and internet services giant Naspers. Founded in 2013, the Bitcoin exchange recently expanded into the Nigerian market offerings its mobile Bitcoin wallet for iOS and Android, the BitX API in addition to the exchange services. The reason why the startup focuses on emerging markets is because of their high-growth potential. BitX CEO Marcus Swanepoel said, "We've been seeing very strong....
There are two things happening right now; the first one is the booming bitcoin market in Asia. A recent bitcoin exchange (known as Palarin) made its way to the Philippines not too long ago with the goal of offering migrant workers a way to send remittances home to their families. The second thing is BitX, a bitcoin enterprise that is focusing primarily on emerging markets. BitX has recently opened an office in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, thus bringing its services to a population consisting of approximately 252 million people. Adam Draper, son of venture capitalist Tim Draper feels....
BitX is delighted to report their $4M Series A funding round led by the Naspers Group, through PayU (Naspers Group's payment subsidiary). Also in participation at the round, was their long term investor, Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group. Major growths and engagements have been experienced across the markets BitX operate in over the past 12 months, and as a result, their platform is now available to more than half a billion consumers - cut across strategic markets in Africa and Southeast Asia. As a result, BitX now has the biggest market footprint of any cryptocurrency company in the....
BitX has been building a global cryptocurrency platform that provides Bitcoin products and services — like wallets, exchanges, merchant integration, and APIs — to consumers, businesses, and developers, particularly in emerging markets. The company’s latest decision to launch operations in Nigeria marks another venture into an emerging market. Headquartered in Singapore, BitX’s decision to launch its services in Nigeria is aimed at exploiting Bitcoin’s potential in Africa’s biggest economy. BitX has been focusing on the African continent since its inception; for that purpose, the company....