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Blockchain startup Havven raises $39 million in Australia’s largest ICO
- Published December 20, 2018 12:00AM UTC
- Publisher Wholesale Investor
- Categories Company Updates
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Havven raised $39 million in ICO.
- The token sale was over in 90 minutes.
- Public contributors to the sale were left with approximately 1.2 million of the startup’s HAV tokens (or around $US4 million worth of tokens), to get their hands on.
Blockchain startup Havven finalised a $US30 million ($38.6 million) initial coin offering (ICO) this year.
Kicking off at 7.00am, the token sale was over in just 90 minutes. But the full $US30 million was not sold in that time, as the company had already completed a massive $US26 million pre-sale from high net worth individuals and crypto investment funds.
Public contributors to the sale were left with approximately 1.2 million of the startup’s HAV tokens (or around $US4 million worth of tokens), to get their hands on.
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