<article>US-based liquidity provider SharesPost has closed a $15 million Series C round led by China&#8217;s LUN Partners and Hong Kong&#8217;s Kenetic Capital, it said in a press release.</article>

US-based liquidity provider SharesPost has closed a $15 million Series C round led by China&#8217;s LUN Partners and Hong Kong&#8217;s Kenetic Capital, it said in a press release.
The funding will be used to build out the startup&#8217;s Alternative Trading System (ATS) for private company shares and security tokens as well as global expansion into Asia.
“Our strategy is to create a single, global marketplace for traditional and digital securities of private growth companies. Connecting US and Asian investors and companies on our ATS is a key objective in realizing that vision. With the relationships, capital and expertise of Kenetic Capital and LUN Partners, SharesPost is positioned to rapidly expand its presence throughout Asia,&#8221; said founder and CEO, Greg Brogger.  
In May, SharesPost has also managed to include blockchain securities and tokens to be traded on its platform. SharesPost is now available to conduct ICOs and facilitate secondary transactions in digital securities in compliance with the US regulations.
“SharesPost is building what we think will be the world’s leading secondary platform for ICO’s and secondary trading of security and utility tokens. Where others are still just talking about when they might launch their ATS, SharesPost has been operating their ATS for years and has the technology, team and customers necessary to enable global trading of digital securities,&#8221; said Kenetic Capital founder and managing partner, Jehan Chu. 

Shanghai-based LUN Partners Group founder and chairman Peilung Li commented: “As the number of unicorns in China and the rest of Asia continues to grow, the need for SharesPost’s liquidity platform has become increasingly urgent here. Providing U.S. investors with access to these companies and providing Asian investors with access to American unicorns has enormous value.”
LUN Partners and SharesPost has partnered to extend the startup&#8217;s digital securities and private market investment platform into China.
A liquidity provider to late-stage and private growth companies, SharesPost claimed that its trading volume has recently surpassed $4 billion, with trading in shares of more than 200 private growth companies. It was founded in 2009.
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China's LUN Partners, Kenetic Capital lead $15m round in fintech startup SharesPost

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