August筹集了2500万美元，将机构投资者与DEFI协议联系起来

August与大型金融机构（例如对冲基金和家庭办事处）合作，这些机构正在寻找收益率和加密投资的回报

August, a startup offering crypto financial services to large institutions, has raised $25 million in a Series A funding round led by Point72 Ventures and Wing Venture Capital, with participation from existing seed investor Distributed Capital. The startup, which boasts 70 DeFi protocols and 13 blockchains on its platform, aims to be the central hub for institutional investors engaging with Web3.

August是一家为大型机构提供加密金融服务的初创公司，已在Point72 Ventures和Wing Venture Capital领导的A系列资金中筹集了2500万美元，并从现有种子投资者分发资本参与。该初创公司在其平台上拥有70个Defi协议和13个区块链，旨在成为与Web3互动的机构投资者的中心枢纽。

"We work with large financial institutions, such as hedge funds and family offices that are looking for yields and returns on their crypto investments, through lending, borrowing, and trading," August co-CEO Aya Kantorovich told Fortune. "Our goal is to be the first place they go."

August August August August August告诉《财富》，我们与大型金融机构（例如对冲基金和家庭办事处）合作，这些机构正在通过贷款，借贷和交易来寻找其加密货币投资的收益率和回报。” “我们的目标是成为他们第一个去的地方。”

While August integrates with 70 DeFi protocols—sets of rules and smart contracts that help traders conduct transactions without a centralized entity like a bank—and 13 blockchains, Kantorovich wants to eliminate the confusion that comes with deciding which one to use. When you think about institutions, you want to get rid of this idea of or abstract away both chains and protocols. You just want to have one place.”

尽管August与70个Defi协议（可以帮助交易者进行交易的规则和智能合约集合在一起，而没有像银行这样的集中实体，又有13个区块链，但Kantorovich希望消除决定使用哪个使用的混乱。当您考虑机构时，您想摆脱或抽象链条和协议的想法。你只想有一个地方。”

August seeks to connect clients with DeFi networks like Aave, Morpho, and Uniswap, which lend crypto and offer derivative and token trading. The startup also aims to help clients monitor all of their positions from a single dashboard.

August试图将客户与AAVE，Morpho和Uniswap等DEFI网络联系起来，这些网络借用了加密货币并提供衍生品和代币交易。该初创公司还旨在帮助客户从单个仪表板中监视其所有职位。

That makes August a middleman of sorts. However, Kantorovich says that because August has access to clients’ positions the company can let clients pay for their loans, derivative positions, and trades all at once instead of putting money down for each individual position. “We aggregate all the positions and the clients just fund one big vault on a daily basis.”

这使八月成为了各种各样的中间人。但是，Kantorovich说，由于August可以访问客户的职位，因此公司可以让客户为其贷款，衍生职位支付并立即进行交易，而不是为每个单独的职位投入资金。 “我们每天汇总了所有职位，客户只会为一个大保险库提供资金。”

August generates most of its revenue through trading spreads—money made off the difference between the price a token is bought at and the price it is sold at—and also charges its clients trading fees on each transaction. Kantorovich declined to disclose the company’s annual revenue.

August通过交易差价产生了大部分收入 - 货币销售了代币的价格和以其出售价格的价格之间的差额，还向客户收取每笔交易的交易费用。坎托维奇拒绝透露公司的年收入。

August is not the only crypto-focused prime brokerage. Coinbase (COIN) has a division that caters specifically to large institutional clients known as Coinbase Prime. FalconX is another well-known brokerage in the space.

八月并不是唯一以加密为重点的主要经纪人。 Coinbase（Coin）的部门专门针对称为Coinbase Prime的大型机构客户。 Falconx是该领域的另一个著名经纪人。

August will use the money from its latest fundraising to build out its marketing strategy, hire more employees, and continue developing new technology. The company previously raised $6 million in a seed round earlier this year.

August将利用其最新筹款活动中的资金来制定其营销策略，雇用更多员工，并继续开发新技术。该公司此前在今年早些时候在一轮种子轮中筹集了600万美元。