Trips, a NYC-based platform providing content creators the tools to achieve financial stability by safeguarding their IP, raised $2.5M in Pre-Seed funding.
The round was led by Shima Capital, Animal Capital, Blackwood Ventures, Serafund and Calligraphy Digital, along with Blizzard, the Avalanche Ecosystem Fund.
The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach.
Led by Michael Finkelstein, CEO and Founder, Trips provides a platform that offers tools for content creator which achieve financial stability by safeguarding their IP and transforming their copyrights into valuable assets. The company provides creators with the ability to establish their copyright’s initial digital provenance on-chain, while enabling them to turn creative assets into financial assets.
The company currently supports YouTube, but has plans to add more platforms in the near future. Trips is launching on the Avalanche Evergreen Subnet, leveraging the network’s customizability to address permissioning, privacy, and other requirements as a means to fulfilling this vision.
FinSMEs
02/11/2023