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December 15, 2021

Crypto payments infrastructure startup Ramp raises $53m on the back of impressive growth

The round, the largest of its kind to come out of Poland, highlights the ongoing hype around cryptocurrencies, NFTs and platforms that can help to take them more mainstream


Kit Gillet

5 min read

Ramp cofounders Przemek Kowalczyk and Szymon Sypniewicz

Polish cryptocurrency payments startup Ramp has announced a $52.7m Series A round, just months after the company closed its $9m seed round. It comes on the back of 30x growth in transactions over the last year, as well as a tripling of its team in just the last six months.

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