Closethe global leader in blockchain data, today announced that Animoca Brands Lukka has selected as a provider of corporate data management. Furthermore, has Animoca Capitala growth fund focused on mid- to late-stage Web3 companies working with Animoca Brands, made a strategic investment in Lukka.
As part of the partnership, Animoca Brands will leverage Lukka’s enterprise data management software to support audit-proof financial reconciliation and reporting for cryptocurrencies globally across multiple business units.
The commercial partnership between Animoca Brands and Lukka will enhance Animoca Brands’ capabilities in managing and analyzing blockchain data across its extensive product and investment portfolio. Lukka’s Enterprise Data Management Software will provide Animoca Brands with robust financial tools for dealing with complex crypto asset data, while its Blockchain Analytics and Investigations SaaS will provide advanced insights to support compliance, AML and investigative functions.
Homer Sun, managing partner of Animoca Capital, commented: “We are very pleased to be able to support Lukka as a strategic shareholder. The team’s expertise in blockchain data management and analytics fits perfectly with our vision and the entire group’s vision for the future of digital ownership and decentralized technologies. Our investment in Lukka underscores our confidence in the company’s institutional solutions and our shared goals of driving widespread adoption of Web3.”
Robert Materazzi, CEO of Lukka, commented: “We are proud to partner with the visionary team at Animoca Brands, a company at the forefront of Web3 innovation. Animoca Brands has invested in hundreds of Web3 companies, many of which handle some of the world’s most complex data. The Lukka team is well positioned to support these companies with our advanced enterprise data solutions. Together, we aim to continuously and responsibly innovate and address business challenges from cryptocurrency valuation to on-chain investigations with trusted and independently audited data solutions.”
Despite the lack of knowledge about crypto and blockchain in traditional companies, this partnership highlights that there are now advanced technical solutions, such as those offered by Lukka, that can help a company remain risk-smart, compliant and audit-ready. The adoption of crypto assets is being accelerated by the vision of innovative companies like Animoca Brands, and this requires data that can be trusted. Lukka continually strives to provide innovators with sophisticated data products.
About Animoca Capital Animoca Capital is a growth capital fund focused on mid- to late-stage companies leveraging blockchain technologies and applications. The fund has partnered with Animoca Brands, a global leader and investor in Web3 and blockchain. For more information, see https://www.animoca-capital.com.
About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands (ACN: 122 921 813), ein Deloitte Tech Fast Winner, one Fortune Crypto 40 company, one of the Top 50 Blockchain Game Companies 2024 and one of the High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2023 of the Financial Times, is a leader in Web3, leveraging blockchain to bring digital property rights to consumers around the world and establish the open metaverse. The company develops and publishes a wide portfolio of products, including original games such as The Sandbox, PHANTOM GALAXIES™, Life Beyond and Crazy Defense Heroesas well as products that leverage popular intellectual properties from the world of sports and entertainment, such as The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™ and Formula E. It has several subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Why?, GAMES, nWay, Pixowl, Forge, Lymphoma, Animoca Brands Japan, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Darewise Entertainment, Notre Game, TinyTap, SPORTS PASS, PIXELYNX, WePlay Media, Gryfyn and Azarus. Animoca Brands is one of the most active investors in the Web3 space with a portfolio of over 540 Web3 investments, both directly and through Animoca Ventures, including Yuga Labs, Axie Infinity, Polygon, Consensys, Magic Eden, Fireblocks, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, Yield Guild Games and many more. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or follow X (Twitter), YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and TikTok.
About Lukka
Founded in 2014, Lukka provides the world’s most risk-conscious companies with enterprise data and software solutions. As a global team headquartered in the United States, Lukka solves financial, risk, compliance and trade finance cases complicated by the properties of blockchain data.
Lukka’s data and software products are award-winning, independently audited and designed to exceed institutional standards such as those of the AICPA, ISO, IOSCO and other trusted organizations that focus on data quality, accuracy and completeness of financial calculations and focus on managing technological operational risks. Lukka has achieved AICPA SOC 1 Type II and SOC 2 Type II audits, an ISO/IEC-27001 certification and NIST Cybersecurity Assessment and continues to lead the industry with best-in-class technology risk governance.
Our global team looks forward to working with you to find solutions to your data challenges.