Key Takeaways
- Aria has secured 15 million in combined seed and strategic funding to expand its on-chain IP markets.
- The company launched APL, the first IP real-world asset token, representing income rights to music by BLACKPINK, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, and BTS.
- The funding will accelerate protocol development, onboarding of rights holders, and expansion into art and cultural IP.
Aria has closed a 15 million seed and strategic funding round to transform how intellectual property IP is owned, monetised, and shared. The round was backed by major investors, including Polychain, Neoclassic Capital, and the Story Protocol Foundation.
The project is pioneering what it calls IP real-world assets IPRWA. These tokens turn cultural assets such as music, art, and media into accessible, yield-generating financial products on the blockchain.