# World Foundation Raises $52.5 Million

*World Foundation raised $52.5 million by selling WLD to Pantera Capital and other investors.*

By [ETH Daily News](https://ethdaily.io) · 2026-07-24

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Today marks the World project's 3-year anniversary since launching in 2022. World Foundation [raised](https://x.com/worldcoinfnd/status/2080677191122120997) $52.5 million from Pantera Capital, Bain Capital Crypto, Eightco Holdings, Selini Capital, Susquehanna Crypto, and other strategic investors through a direct purchase of market-priced WLD tokens subject to a one-year lockup.

World also announced the launch of Phase 3 of its Simple Plan, a push to take World proof-of-human (PoH) verification into consumer platforms, enterprises, and AI agents. World ID, the network's biometric iris-scanning identity layer, is now live inside Zoom meetings, Tinder matches, Shopify storefronts, and concert ticketing flows, quietly verifying that interactions involve real people.

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