Bitcoin Remittance App Abra Raises $12m in New Funding
Bitcoin remittance app Abra recently confirmed raising $12 million in a new venture financing round. The Series A round drew support from noted investors like Arbor Ventures, RRE Ventures and First Round Capital. Other investors that took part in the funding are Blockchain Capital, Digital Currency Group, Liberty City Ventures, etc. The total valuation of Abra, upon receiving the new funds, has now reached $14 million. Announced in March this year, Abra is a brainchild of a seasoned technology entrepreneur Bill Barhydt. The former Netscape director said during the launch that he is looking....
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Abra is gearing up to release its bitcoin-powered remittance app in the next few weeks, pending final approval from the Apple App Store. The company, which recently closed a $12m Series A funding round, has announced its remittance app will be first available to customers in the US and the Philippines, with other countries in the pipeline over the weeks and months ahead. Today, Abra also unveiled two previously undisclosed investors in its funding round: American Express, by way of its venture arm American Express Ventures, and Ratan Tata, a well-known Indian business magnate.....
Within 10 days since its launch, Abra's Bitcoin remittance Android application has attracted thousands of Abra users and tellers across many countries. Bitcoin remittance application Abra, which secured a US$12 million Series A funding round from prominent venture capital firms including Arbor Ventures, RRE Ventures and First Round Capital in September 2015, launched its highly anticipated iOS and Android applications on February 5, 2016. Since then, over 5,000 users and Abra tellers have registered and downloaded the application on Google Play, with users across regions including the....
Abra, the startup developing a bitcoin powered remittance app, has raised just over $12 million in new funding. The Series A round drew support from a large number of investors including Arbor Ventures, RRE Ventures and First Round Capital. Combined with previous capital raised during a seed round, the startup has netted more than $14m in investment to date. The company plans to use the new funding to further develop the functionality of its remittance app as well as support efforts to expand the reach of its service. In a statement, Jim Robinson, general partner at RRE Ventures and a....
Bill Barhydt, the founder and CEO of Abra, the highly anticipated Bitcoin-based remittance application, announced at the North American Bitcoin Conference on January 17 that the firm will launch its global digital cash network next month. Upon the launch of Abra, users will be able to send and receive money in over 50 currencies. Abra also includes direct Bitcoin support allowing users to send Bitcoin payments to family members or friends abroad with low fees. Essentially, Abra is a peer-to-peer version of today’s remittance service providers. Instead of having to visit physical locations....
The Abra team has a plan to expand the availability of their mobile apps to different countries in the coming months. Abra is a Bitcoin remittance application a lot of people seem to have high hopes for. Ever since the company raised money to bring their project to the masses, things had gone quiet. But it appears the Abra app has now launched for both iPhone and Android, albeit it is still limited to the US and the Philippines only. Remittance solutions are always in high demand, especially when the Filipino community is involved. A lot of Filipinos work overseas and send money back home....