NiftyApes is an Ethereum-based protocol focused on NFT seller financing and collateralized lending, co-founded by Kevin Seagraves and Zach Herring. NiftyApes's Twitter Score is 23 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #41,663 (top 10%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
NiftyApes was co-founded by Kevin Seagraves, who serves as CEO, and Zach Herring. The protocol originally operated as an NFT lending platform before pivoting to a peer-to-peer seller financing model. A Seller Financing SDK was launched to allow NFT marketplaces to integrate the protocol's financing capabilities directly into their platforms. The protocol's smart contracts have been audited by Quantstamp.
NiftyApes raised $4.2 million in seed funding, announced in November 2022, in a round led by Variant and FinTech Collective. Additional backers include Robot Ventures, Polygon, Coinbase Ventures, The LAO, and FlamingoDAO. NiftyApes also maintains affiliations with Compound, SuperRare DAO, and Regen Collective. NiftyApes has been mentioned by 31 accounts, with 69 total mentions, and has published 1,623 posts on the platform with 4,151 followers as of August 2026.
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The accounts that follow NiftyApes include 69 founders, 23 angel investors, 45 influencers and 3 VCs, among them Tarun Chitra, sassal.ethacc, Mario Nawfal, DeFi Dad defidad.eth, Austin Griffith and Owockai.