Zerion raises $2M from investors including Placeholder to build 'Coinbase for DeFi'
DeFi startup Zerion has secured $2 million in seed funding from Placeholder, Blockchain.com Ventures, and Gnosis.
Founded in 2018, Zerion has created a platform for non-technical crypto users to easily access and manage assets on popular decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols including MakerDao, Compound, Uniswap, Set, and Fulcrum. Users can connect as many crypto wallets as they want to the company’s platform, Zerion CEO and co-founder Evgeny Yurtaev told The Block. Non-custodial in nature, the platform mitigates centralization risks and allows users to control their own funds.
According to a company statement, DeFi has begun to cover all areas of the financial sector, from credit creation to insurance to asset management, presenting superior investment options for users.
Zerion hopes to build a future of permissionless finance where users do not have to rely on any platform. The company is not looking to build its own DeFi protocols, according to Yurtaev, but aims to integrate existing DiFi protocols and make them more accessible to users.
/Source: The Block/
Dec. 5, 2019