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The bitcoin rewards platform Lolli has announced the company has closed a $10 million Series A funding round on Wednesday. Lolli says the new financing will help the firm expand, hire and develop new partnerships. <\/strong><\/p>\n The New York-based Lolli has raised $10 million from investors, according to the company\u2019s announcement<\/a> on July 28. The company said that the Series A was led by Acrew Capital, Banana Capital, Up North Management, and Animal Capital.<\/p>\n The venture capital company Animal was founded by social media moguls Noah Beck, Josh Richards, and Griffin Johnson. Lolli further detailed that investors like Baron Davis, Kenny Beecham, Logan Paul, and Chantel Jeffries participated as well.<\/p>\n The CTO and co-founder of Lolli, Matt Senter, said that Acrew Capital\u2019s investment shows the company understands that bitcoin-based businesses are blossoming.<\/p>\n \u201cAcrew\u2019s sizable bet on Lolli says two things: bitcoin business is booming, and as the original bitcoin rewards platform, Lolli has the best team to increase adoption in the long run,\u201d Senter said in a statement. The Series A funding will be used to expand the firm, recruit new employees, and \u201cfurther development of the recently launched mobile app.\u201d<\/p>\n Tiktok star and social media giant Josh Richards<\/a> and the Youtuber and entrepreneur, Logan Paul<\/a>, also discussed the Lolli investment. \u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be investing and helping to fuel the growth of a company that allows users to earn and learn about this new asset class,\u201d Youtube star Logan Paul said on Wednesday. Josh Richards said that his firm Animal Capital believes in companies that are embracing the modern age. Richards remarked during the announcement:<\/p>\n At Animal Capital, we believe in companies that are meeting modern users where they are \u2013 by bringing opportunities to invest in bitcoin to shoppers of all ages, Lolli is poised to transform the way that people, especially young shoppers, think about investing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n <\/ins> <\/ins> <\/p>\n Lolli isn\u2019t the only service that offers crypto rewards these days for shopping, and the app competes with pre-paid crypto cards like Blockfi\u2019s and Crypto.com\u2019s Visa cards. The company was recently reviewed<\/a> on July 13 by bitcompare.net\u2019s Dean Fankhauser and achieved a score of 4.5 out of 5. Fankhauser\u2019s review is fairly comprehensive but mentions some drawbacks tied to Lolli\u2019s application.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ll need to wait between 30 and 90 days before seeing any actual earnings from the app,\u201d Fankhauser writes. \u201cConsidering how small these earnings are, that\u2019s a long time to wait for an online shopping reward.\u201d<\/p>\n The review also says that \u201creturning items on which you\u2019ve already earned bitcoin rewards can also muddy the waters of the system.\u201d In contrast, Crypto.com\u2019s wait time for crypto rewards on pre-paid crypto debit purchases is negligible because the crypto rewards are instant.<\/p>\nLolli Raises $10 Million<\/h2>\n
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Lolli\u2019s Competition, Review Score, and Drawbacks<\/h2>\n