Digital Collectibles
Boulder, US · Founded 2018 · Delaware corporation · 1 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors
Los Angeles NFT and digital-collectibles platform that helped entertainment brands issue licensed fan collectibles and drops (including Fremantle’s American Gods and later Topps/Mars Attacks). Public founder roles appear to have ended around 2024; no confirmed acquisition was found.
Also known as Curio · Curio Digital Collectibles
Founders & leadership
Digital Collectibles was founded in 2018 by Ben Arnon, Juan M. Hernandez, and Rikin Mantri.
Investors · 7
Also in the syndicate · 2
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$34M disclosed across 5 of 6 rounds · 2018–2022
▶$15MraisedDec 2022 · 11 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Matt CutlerExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Seth LevineDirector
- Niel RobertsonDirector
- Spencer BogartDirector
- Daniel RuchDirector
- Chris MeislExecutive Officer
- Offering amount
- $15M
- Amount sold
- $15M
- First sale
- Sep 2022
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$12MraisedJul 2021 · 14 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Chris MeislExecutive Officer
- Niel RobertsonDirector, Promoter
- Matt CutlerExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Daniel RuchDirector
- Seth LevineDirector
- Spencer BogartDirector
- Offering amount
- $12M
- Amount sold
- $12M
- First sale
- Jun 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$5MraisedNov 2020 · 7 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Chris MeislExecutive Officer
- Spencer P. BogartDirector
- Matthew J CutlerExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Niel RobertsonDirector, Promoter
- Seth LevineDirector
- Offering amount
- $5M
- Amount sold
- $5M
- First sale
- Jul 2020
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$2MraisedJun 2018 · 1 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Matthew J CutlerExecutive Officer, Director
- Seth LevineDirector
- Niel RobertsonDirector, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $2M
- Amount sold
- $2M
- First sale
- Jun 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
▶$50KraisedApr 2018 · 2 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Niel RobertsonExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
- Offering amount
- $150K
- Amount sold
- $50K
- First sale
- Feb 2018
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware, 2018
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Curio operates a platform on which brands, studios and content owners license and monetize officially licensed digital collectibles built on non-fungible token (NFT) technology. Fans can own, share or trade digital items in a manner comparable to physical trading cards and collectibles, with authenticity and ownership recorded on a blockchain. The company positions the collectibles as more than static assets: they can serve as access passes to exclusive digital engagements, brand ambassador programs, VIP experiences and modern fan-club style communities.
The first publicly announced deployment was with producer Fremantle for the Starz drama American Gods, which used Curio to create a series of digital experiences and collectibles for the show's third season. Curio described the American Gods drop as the first in a planned series translating popular entertainment brands into fan experiences; collectibles for the show's main characters sold out shortly after release. Following its seed financing, Curio said it would accelerate integrations with Filecoin and Polygon (formerly Matic) to extend platform functionality for entertainment brands issuing NFTs.
Founding story
The founding team combined entertainment and blockchain backgrounds: Juan Hernandez, previously founder and CEO of security-token trading platform Openfinance, served as CEO; Rikin Mantri, previously at William Morris Agency, Disney/ABC and Monitor Deloitte, served as COO; and Ben Arnon, previously at Universal Pictures, Jersey Films and Universal Music Group, served as CRO.
Business model
Curio provides a premium marketplace and issuance platform to brands and content owners, who license their intellectual property into limited-edition, rare and exclusive digital assets sold to fans.
The company's platform enables brands and content owners to license and monetize digital assets based on their owned IP; specific fee or revenue-share terms are not disclosed in available sources.
Traction
Digital collectibles for the main characters of American Gods sold out shortly after their February 2021 release, and the seed round announced in March 2021 was reported as oversubscribed.
Latest developments
Following the seed round, Curio said it would accelerate integrations with Filecoin and Polygon to expand platform functionality for entertainment brands creating NFTs.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Curio competes in the licensed entertainment digital-collectibles category alongside other NFT and fan-collectible platforms that court pop-culture and sports IP.
The company emphasizes officially licensed, certified and authenticated collectibles tied to established entertainment IP and to experiential perks such as exclusive access and VIP experiences, rather than open, purely speculative NFT trading.
Technology
Non-fungible tokens issued on blockchain infrastructure, with announced integrations with Filecoin for storage and Polygon (formerly Matic) for low-cost, production-ready transactions.
Go-to-market
Curio partners directly with rights holders and producers to build branded collectible drops tied to specific properties, as with Fremantle's American Gods, and distributes them through its own marketplace at oncurio.com.
Entertainment, media and sports brands, studios and content owners seeking fan engagement, plus the consumer fan bases and collectors who buy the resulting collectibles.
Geography
The March 2021 funding announcement was issued from Los Angeles; the American Gods collectibles accompanied a show distributed on Starz in the United States and Amazon Prime Video internationally.
History
Curio launched its first publicly announced brand collaboration in February 2021, rolling out digital collectibles and experiences for Fremantle's American Gods. In March 2021 it announced the close of a $1.2 million oversubscribed seed round and said it would use the capital to expand its team and operations and build out proprietary technology and partner integrations.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsCurio announced the closing of a $1.2 million oversubscribed seed round led by Future Perfect Ventures, with participation from A195 Capital, LongHash Ventures, Moonwhale Ventures and media veteran Rich Battista, to expand its team and operations and develop its technology and partner integrations.
$1.2M source ↗
As part of its seed financing, Curio said it would accelerate integration with Filecoin and Polygon (formerly Matic) to enhance platform functionality for entertainment brands creating NFTs.
Curio and producer Fremantle began rolling out a series of digital experiences and NFT collectibles for the Starz drama American Gods, described as the first in a planned series translating entertainment brands into fan experiences.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Digital Collectiblesoncurio.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Digital Collectibles do?
- Curio is an NFT platform that lets entertainment brands and content owners issue licensed digital collectibles for fans.
- Who founded Digital Collectibles?
- Digital Collectibles was founded by Ben Arnon, Juan M. Hernandez, Rikin Mantri in 2018.
- Who are Digital Collectibles's investors?
- Digital Collectibles's investors include PICUS CAPITAL, ZMT Capital, Blockchain Capital, Future Perfect Ventures, LongHash Ventures.
- How much funding has Digital Collectibles raised?
- Digital Collectibles has disclosed $34M raised across 5 of its 6 known rounds.
- Where is Digital Collectibles headquartered?
- Digital Collectibles is headquartered in Boulder, US.