Faze Technologies, a startup that builds digital collectibles has raised $17.4 million in a seed round of funding led by Tiger Global with participation from Coatue and Sequoia Capital India. Its other investors in the round include Dapper Labs, Samsung Next, Courtside Ventures, as well as Vivek Ranadive’s Bow Capital.
The startup also announced its partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC) to create exclusive digital collectibles (using NFTs) for cricket to launch on the Flow blockchain. The startup is founded by Anshum Bhambri, a Stanford-grad and Wall Street veteran, Sundar Raman, the founding COO of the Indian Premier League