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Indian bitcoin startup raises $1.5 million from US, Indian investors

Unocoin describes itself as the Coinbase of India. San Francisco-based Coinbase is the largest US bitcoin company and runs an exchange and a wallet service, among other businesses. 

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Indian bitcoin startup raises $1.5 million from US, Indian investors
The money raised by Unocoin was the largest for an Indian bitcoin startup. Photo: Pixabay

Unocoin, a Bangalore-based bitcoin startup, has raised $1.5 million in funding from a mix of Indian and US investors, the company announced on Thursday.

The company, which runs a trading platform to buy, sell, and store bitcoins for Indian customers, said the money raised was the largest for an Indian bitcoin startup. Unocoin, which has 100,000 users and more than 30 employees, has been in operation since December 2013.

Unocoin describes itself as the Coinbase of India. San Francisco-based Coinbase is the largest US bitcoin company and runs an exchange and a wallet service, among other businesses. 

Funding came from Indian entities such as Blume Ventures, Mumbai Angels and ah! Ventures along with US investors such as Digital Currency Group, Boost VC, Bank to the Future, and FundersClub.

Digital Currency Group was founded by one of the top U.S. bitcoin investors Barry Silbert, while Boost VC is run by U.S.-based Adam Draper, the son of billionaire entrepreneur Tim Draper.

"We needed a separate exchange for India. A few years ago when we wanted to buy bitcoin, there was nothing available in India," Sunny Ray, Unocoin`s co-founder and president told Reuters in an interview.

"So if you want to buy bitcoin from an international exchange, you will have to do a wire transfer from India to these international exchanges and get your bitcoin and oftentimes it takes three to five days."

Unocoin raised about $200,000 in its first financing round. It started from a small hometown called Tumkur, near Bengaluru.

Bitcoin, a digital currency, was trading at $604.50 on the Bitstamp platform.

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Updated: Fri, Sep 30, 2016
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