【Announcement of Fund Raising】 Raised a seed round of fund raising
D-Chain Inc. (Headquarters: Nakano, Tokyo; CEO: Yuto Sakai), the operator of the "PACKS" service that is revolutionizing global trading card transactions, is pleased to announce that it has raised over 70 million yen in its seed round 1st close.
The round was led by NES Venture Capital, with participation from Gaiax Co., Ltd., Hide Takanori (CEO of Key Players Inc.), Yuichi Murakami (Certified Public Accountant and Angel Investor), and other individual investors.
D-Chain raises over 70 million yen in seed round 1st close
The funds raised will be used to accelerate the development of the digital trading card (Trading Card NFT) marketplace "PACKS" and enhance the value it provides.
"PACKS" is a platform that converts physical trading cards into digital rights NFTs, called "RFTs*," allowing for real-time and instantaneous transactions in the global market.
RFT* : Redeemable Futures Token (World's First New Token Standard)
We are committed to advancing the business development and expansion of "PACKS" as a pioneering platform for "smart eco-friendly transactions" that eliminate unnecessary shipping, addressing the needs of the future global market.
Message from CEO
The world faces various challenges, such as energy issues and labor shortages, with logistics being a significant bottleneck across all business domains. As the need for eco-friendly transactions and minimizing logistics becomes increasingly essential, we have focused on the resale industry of tangible assets, which constitutes a large portion of global transactions.
Traditionally, the notion that transactions cannot occur without physical shipping has been a deeply ingrained concept. However, we aim to break this paradigm by offering a new transaction system because physical exchanges between resellers are not necessary for resale transactions. Minimizing the physical exchange of goods in resale is not only beneficial for resellers but also serves as a pioneering platform for eco-friendly transactions, which the world increasingly demands.
Our recent funding efforts were driven by the desire to bring this vision to life. We strongly believe that someone must realize this idea—to eliminate unnecessary physical shipments and standardize a more efficient transaction system. We are deeply grateful to the investors, including NES Venture Capital, who understood and supported our mission as a student-founded startup.
Once again, we sincerely thank everyone who contributed to this funding round. With this initiative, we also aspire to build transaction markets for other tangible assets, such as collectible items.