Arch, a financial technology company targeting alternative asset investors, announced started its first product on Wednesday.The firm also announced that it had closed a $2.75 million funding round, which closed in the second half of last year.
Founded in Feb 2022, New York-based Arch’s platform allows users to take out a single loan collateralized across combined alternative assets – starting with cryptocurrencies. The loans are custodied by BitGo and denominated in either U.S. dollars or USDC stablecoins (and can be repaid in any combination of the two).
The target customers for Arch are higher income or asset individuals who invest heavily in alternative assets who might feel discouraged by traditional lenders and financial institutions.
Arch will also use the funding to continue adding regulatory approvals, which come with steep legal costs. Investors in Arch included Tribe Capital, Castle Island Ventures, Picus Capital and Global Founders Capital, among others.
Arch is starting with crypto but plans to eventually expand to use public stocks, equity investments in pre-initial public offering (IPO) companies, and real estate so that borrowers can use a diverse portfolio of assets as collateral. The startup is also considering other types of financial technology such as cash management software.
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