Digital-art-collective-UnicornDAO-raised-of-4-5-million-for-empowering-women-and-LGBTQ-artists

Today Digital art collective UnicornDAO announced that it had raised of $4.5 million led by ConsenSys Mesh which is Bored Ape Yacht Club creators Yuga Labs, and others. The funds will go toward empowering artists who identify as women and LGBTQ-led non-fungible token (NFT) initiatives, with members from every corner of the NFT market coming together to participate in the round.

 

The members in the funding round were MoonPay, World of Women, Tribute Labs, Quantum, Flamingo DAO, The LAO, Wave Financial, Collab Currency, Polygon, and Big Sky Partners, including digital artist Mike Winkelmann (better known as Beeple) and recording artist Sia.

 

According to a press release UnicornDAO has invested $1.4 million in NFT artworks from underrepresented groups in Web3.

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Uploaded on May 23, 2022