what's karatage?
Karatage is a venture capital firm specializing in investments within the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors, with a focus on innovative protocols bridging traditional finance and decentralized finance (DeFi). The firm supports projects that tokenize real-world assets (RWAs), enhance interoperability across blockchains, and develop compliant infrastructure for institutional adoption. By backing early-stage startups, Karatage aims to foster the growth of on-chain financial products that maintain regulatory standards while leveraging smart contract automation. The firm's investment strategy emphasizes programmable assets and omnichain solutions, enabling seamless asset transfers between ecosystems like Ethereum, Solana, and others. Karatage participates in funding rounds for protocols that automate fund lifecycles, including issuance, compliance checks (KYC/AML), and settlements, thereby reducing reliance on legacy systems in TradFi. Through strategic partnerships and investments, Karatage contributes to the expansion of DeFi's utility for institutional players, supporting tokenized funds in areas such as liquidity provision, private credit, and yield generation strategies.
Karatage participated in KAIO's $11M seed funding round led by Laser Digital and WebN Group.
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x.com/karatage_Raised $20M in seed funding led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Lubin.
Completed public ICO on Echo in October 2025 with a $49.9M hard cap, receiving $1.39 billion in total bids (27x oversubscribed).
Led a $7.5M seed funding round for Euphoria.
Karatage participates in KAIO's $11M seed funding round led by Laser Digital and WebN Group, alongside Further, Lyrik Ventures, and BH Digital.
Karatage leads $2M investment in dare_market (Social) together with Paper VC.