Curio lets NFT hards browse, track and buy everything in one browser tab – TechCrunch
People who are dedicated to the NFT world have access to lots of analytics and browsing tools, but none of them really work together. At least that’s how the newly started Curio looks at things.
Curio uses several different data sources to offer a powerful analysis tool for both browsing and tracking NFTs.
Co-founders Chrys Bader and Sean Dadashi started working with Curio about two years ago, but it was not called Curio at the time. They started an anti-loneliness app called Ikaria which was meant to bring people together in a vulnerable and authentic way. The adoption of the app went slowly. At about the same time, Dadashi and Bader began to enter the web3 site.
“Web2 is pretty saturated when it comes to incentives and what drives and motivates people,” said Bader. “Everything is done, more or less. Web3 somehow presented this whole new design space where we can create new incentives and motivate people on a more basic level than what already exists today. “
They tried to use that idea on their social app, and it did not work so well. “If you try to add incentives to relationships, things get weird,” Bader said.
That’s when they started thinking about what they could bring to the web3 site. They were particularly interested in NFTs, but found the process of flipping through them, understanding them and tracking their value boring and annoying. It required multiple browser windows and information cross-references.
So they set out to build an all-in-one place for people to not only look at the arts, but to track the value of these NFTs and make better decisions.
Curio retrieves information from the OpenSea API and the blockchain itself, with plans to incorporate data from LooksRare soon. The startup beautifies this data to allow users to track rarity, flooring, average cost per collection, volume and more. Users can dive into a specific collection and get full information or even filter by properties. For example, users can search the Bored Ape collection for 3D glasses and brown fur to see floor depth, a scatter plot of sales, and track sales in real time.
People who just want to see what’s out there today can also browse for the best value or see what’s trending today.
Curio has been in beta with 1000 users until today, when it is launched to the public. As part of the launch, and part of a revenue strategy, the startup offers an NFT pass called Genesis that gives people lifetime access to Curio’s premium tools.
The company also generates revenue through its Discord bot, which allows server administrators to provide on-demand analytics to their Discord communities.
Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six led Curio’s $ 3.7 million seed round, bringing the total funding to $ 5.1 million for the project.
