Uncharted territory: Foundation Capital’s Paul Holland talks Kik’s ICO
Initial coin offerings took the summer by storm, with more than US$1.5 billion raised from April through August. Reactions have been extreme and varied. For VCs, digital-token offerings present opportunities and challenges. They open the door to new liquidity for startups and investors, while presenting a host of regulatory issues. Waterloo-based Kik Interactive, the anonymous social-media app founded in 2009, is raising US$125 million by selling digital tokens called Kin. Paul Holland, a general partner at Foundation Capital, which invested in the company five years ago, spoke with Venture Capital Journal about the ICO strategy.
22 September 2017•4 mins read
