Gary Vee’s NFT Project Raises $50 Million

Gary Vaynerchuk’s VeeFriends raises $50 million in seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

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Gary Vee first rose to the top echelons of NFT kingpins last year after making $90 million in 90 days.

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Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z has joined VeeFriend’s growing portfolio of partnerships.

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VeeFriends said it will use the funds to support its intellectual property ecosystem, which contains 283 VeeFriends characters.

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The NFT project aimst to expand its creative, technical and experiential operations.

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VeeFriends NFT characters are among the most popular in the NFT ecosystem, amassing over 200,000 ETH in primary and secondary sales since launching in May 2021.

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