🐻 Social Giant Line Raises $140 Million for NFT Push, 'Brown and Friends' Games Line Next, the NFT subsidiary of Japanese messaging giant Line, has raised $140 million in a funding round led by private equity firm Crescendo Equity Partners. The investment marks the largest backing for an Asian blockchain company this year, the company claims. The firm plans to use the fresh capital injection to expand its global NFT business and introduce new services to promote wider Web3 adoption. First on the agenda is the official launch of Dosi, Line Next’s global NFT marketplace, in January 2024. Integrated with Line's existing NFT platform in Japan, Dosi will be offered as a mobile app that enables global trading of digital assets.