# Yup Raises Seed Round to Empower Web3 Curators

By [xnxfg](https://paragraph.com/@xnxfg) · 2022-08-30

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e’re incredibly excited to announce our $3.5 million funding round led by Distributed Global, an early investor in crypto unicorns Dapper Labs, Audius and Solana. The funding will be used to further develop a new web3-native social media experience, expand the Yup community, and empower curators across the web.

The funding round was also joined by major players in the blockchain and tech space, including [Dapper Labs](https://www.dapperlabs.com/), LD Capital, and various founder angels.

Yup is a social network that rewards and recognizes tastemakers for curating content across web2 and web3 platforms like Twitter, Youtube, Opensea, Mirror, and others. The protocol aims to monetize the value generated by influencers and social media users who surface quality content. Most social media platforms today focus on content creators first, with curators and tastemakers often getting overlooked despite providing massive value to their platforms and following.

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*Originally published on [xnxfg](https://paragraph.com/@xnxfg/yup-raises-seed-round-to-empower-web3-curators)*
