Agora
Digital dollar issuance with white-label stablecoins
About
Agora issues AUSD, a yield-sharing digital dollar, and offers a white-label issuance service letting partners launch self-branded stablecoins that share AUSD's reserves, liquidity and interoperability. Its reserve fund (cash, repo and short-term Treasuries) is managed with VanEck and State Street. Agora raised a $50M Series A led by Paradigm in 2025.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2023
- HQ
- USA
- Stage
- Venture
- Funding
- $50M Series A (Paradigm, 2025); $12M seed
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