British bank Standard Chartered has invested in Metaco, a crypto custodian focused on the institutional market.
- The Series A round was oversubscribed, twice, due to high demand; the 17 million Swiss franc ($18 million) raised will primarily go toward expansion to the U.S., Western Europe, and Southeast Asia, according to a press release.
- Metacoâs main product is SILO, which provides financial institutions with a cold storage and exchange service, as well as the ability to tokenize assets.
- Alex Manson, Standard Charteredâs head of ventures, said they had invested in Metaco to improve the undeveloped market infrastructure surrounding digital assets.
- Standard Charteredâs revenue was $15.42 billion in 2019; itâs unclear how much it invested into Metacoâs round.
- The round was led by Giesecke+Devrient, a Leipzig-based specialized printer in currency notes as well as, more recently, a manufacturer in smart cards.
- Other participants included Zürcher Kantonalbank, the fourth largest bank in Switzerland, and Swiss Post, the countryâs postal service, which invested in a previous round in 2018.
- Olivier Laplace, director at Swiss Post Ventures and member of Metacoâs board, said the companyâs clientele had grown considerably over the past three years.
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