Aria Secures $15 Million in Seed Funding on September 3, 2025

According to industry sources, Aria secured $15 million in Seed funding on September 3, 2025. The round was led by Polychain, Story Protocol, Neoclassic Capital, among others. Following this investment, Aria's total cumulative funding reached $25.95 million, with its latest valuation at $50 million.Aria is an innovative platform that integrates RWA (Real-World Assets) with intellectual property, focusing on the compliant tokenization and fractionalization of RWIP (Real-World Intellectual Property). Through the Aria platform, users can manage distributed ownership and decision-making for real-world assets and intellectual property, while supporting remixing and creation of derivative works—unlocking new revenue streams for creators and investors. The platform enables RWIP liquidity via secondary trading and lending markets, further advancing the value realization of intellectual property within the digital economy.Since its initial funding, Aria has made significant progress. On October 13, 2025, the platform established the Story Ecosystem IPRWA Protocol Foundation, subsequently launching Aria PRIME, an institutional-grade on-chain intellectual property investment platform, and entered into a partnership with digital art platform Sedition. In terms of tokenomics, Aria announced a total supply of 1 billion tokens, with 61% allocated to the community and ecosystem. The platform also revised its community airdrop program, increasing the proportion allocated to intellectual property holders to 10%. As of November 4, 2025, the ARIAIP token has been listed on major exchanges, further expanding the platform’s reach and accessibility.