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<p><strong><span class="legendSpanClass"><span class="xn-location">SAN FRANCISCO</span></span></strong> &#8212; <u>thirdweb</u>, a technology platform for building NFT and Web3 apps, has closed <span class="xn-money">$24 million</span> in Series A funding at a <span class="xn-money">$160 million</span> valuation. The round was led by Haun Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Shopify, Protocol Labs, Polygon, Shrug VC, <span class="xn-person">Joseph Lacob</span> and others. thirdweb will use the funding to accelerate platform development to meet increasing demand, add support for additional blockchains, onboard hundreds of thousands of developers, and ultimately bring Web3&#8217;s inevitable future one step closer to mainstream adoption.</p>
<p>&#8220;Web3 is the most important technological shift I&#8217;ve witnessed in my lifetime. We built thirdweb to give the builders that are creating this next iteration of the internet the tools they need to be successful, and when they are successful, the world as we know it will be remarkably different &#8211; remarkably better. I don&#8217;t think anybody quite realizes how much Web3 is going to change the world,&#8221; said <span class="xn-person">Steven Bartlett</span>, co-founder of thirdweb.</p>
<p>Founded in 2021 by <span class="xn-person">Furqan Rydhan</span> and <span class="xn-person">Steven Bartlett</span> with a seed funding round of <span class="xn-money">$5 million</span>, from 20+ industry entrepreneurs like Gary Vaynerchuck and <span class="xn-person">Mark Cuban</span>. thirdweb is building the infrastructure layer for Web3. thirdweb gives developers a full stack Web3 development kit to significantly reduce the time and cost required to build and launch applications. thirdweb facilitates the creation of Web3 apps across the most-popular blockchains, including blockchain games, NFT drops, DAOs, token gated membership clubs and more.</p>
<p>&#8220;I backed thirdweb because I believe they have the talent, tenacity and vision to create the infrastructure layer for Web3. Web3 is going to revolutionize multiple industries &#8211; thirdweb&#8217;s platform will enable that revolution,&#8221; said <span class="xn-person">Gary Vaynerchuk</span>, founder and CEO of Vayner/RSE who previously backed thirdweb.</p>
<p>In just nine months, over 55,000 developers have used thirdweb&#8217;s tools to build NFT drops and other Web3 applications. Over 150,000 smart contracts have been deployed across many blockchains, and thirdweb projects generate millions of dollars of revenue every week.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;</i>I&#8217;ve built internet companies in dot-com, Web2, mobile and I&#8217;m seeing the same patterns in Web3 which suggest this is going to transform the internet as we know it. thirdweb is building the infrastructure layer for Web3, giving builders the tools to unlock the power of blockchain technology and accelerating them as they build the next world-changing companies. We&#8217;re excited to expand our vision further and onboard the next 10 million developers onto Web3,&#8221; said Furqan Rydan, founder of thirdweb.</p>

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