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Taisu Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series A · 13 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Taisu Ventures backs entrepreneurs building the future with blockchain technologies, focusing primarily on seed and early-stage startups. The firm takes a chain-agnostic and region-agnostic approach, investing through both token and equity instruments. Its team combines Web3 business development and engineering expertise with financial-industry backgrounds, and it offers growth support across all stages of a company's development. Taisu's stated mission is to bridge blockchain ecosystems globally by connecting entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, and industry leaders through its network spanning Asia, the US, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The firm has backed more than 130 portfolio companies across infrastructure, DeFi, IP/entertainment, and user platform verticals.
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Team · 13 people
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What they invest in
from 45 of 132 portfolio companiesCrypto & Web3 ×33Fintech ×22AI & Machine Learning ×12Data & Infrastructure ×11Gaming ×7Cybersecurity ×6Enterprise Software ×5Developer Tools ×4
HQs:United States×10United Arab Emirates×2Colombia×2Singapore×2Belgium×1Cyprus×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 23 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×93 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data
Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×3Universidad de Los Andes ×2University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business ×2University of Michigan ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×11Business & Management ×9Computer Science ×4Economics ×4Finance & Accounting ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 25 founders with career history
Endeavor Catalyst ×2IXS Finance ×2Mercadoni ×2Quant One Technologies Pvt Ltd ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
1 hold an MBA (of 28 with degree data)
Investments · 132 tracked
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Aether Games develops story-driven games with a focus on strategy and world-building, with a flagship card game titled "Cards of Eternity: The Wheel of Time." It also produces animation and narrative-driven series, extending its worlds across multiple media platforms, and operates a $AEG crypto token.
Crypto & Web3GamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsCogitent VenturesDanu VenturesSWGI Ventures (SWISS GEM INVESTMENTS)
AID:Tech delivers international aid and payments using blockchain technology, with a focus on digital identity.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep TechDigital HealthFintechImpact & Social GoodDublin, IE
Niall(Co-founder)Fintan(Co-founder)
Co-investorsPix Vine CapitalSGInnovateTechstarsEmurgo Ventures
AppLayer is a blockchain platform that defines onchain rules for AI agents, specifying what each agent may do, when human approval is required, and when payments can move, with every step recorded and backed by signed proof.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer Tools
Co-investorsArcanum Ventures
Aspecta is a blockchain protocol and infrastructure that standardizes illiquid assets (such as pre-TGE shares, locked tokens, private equities, and RWAs) into ERC-20 credentials for on-chain price discovery and trading.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Co-investorsGeekCartelOnePiece LabsUpHonest Capital
Ava Protocol builds decentralized, trustless automation for Web3, aiming to integrate automated interactions into everyday users' blockchain activity.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsFintech
Shai Morag(Co-Founder & CEO)Tal Marom(Co-Founder & CPO)Chris Li(Founder & CEO)in
BoardMor Chen(Partner, Greylock Partners (Investor))in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBloccelerate VCElectric CapitalFoundation CapitalGreylock PartnersAccel+5 more
Biconomy provides developer tools and APIs that handle transaction infrastructure for blockchain applications.
Aniket Jindal(Founder)in
Co-investorsBitDAOBorderless VentureCoinbase VenturesCoinFundCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)D11-Labs+28 more
Bitcoin infrastructure company building RGB protocol and Lightning Network tooling, wallets and stablecoin payment rails.
Co-investorsEureka PartnersSignum CapitalAmber GroupArkStream CapitalFundamental LabsGate Ventures+2 more
Bluwhale creates a decentralized network of AI agents that help users manage and optimize their finances across multiple financial institutions and digital wallets.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Fintech
Co-investorsBrincCastrum CapitalJoyance PartnersRR2 CapitalSBI Ven CapitalDragonfly+1 more
Camp Network is a Layer-1 blockchain for intellectual property infrastructure, providing a global IP registry that lets users own and monetize their IP and enables AI agents to train on user-owned IP.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
James Chi(Founder)inNirav Murthy(Founder)in
Co-investors1k(x)1kxBlockchain CapitalEterna CapitalHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)Hyperithm+11 more
CopySight is an AI IP governance platform that scores copyright, trademark and likeness risk in AI-generated images and video.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSLos Angeles, US
Tommy Petrov(Founder)in
PartnerTakashi Hayashida· solo GP
Co-investorsAntlerYellow Rocks!Flint CapitalMucker CapitalPlug and Play Ventures
Japanese healthtech company developing Henry, a cloud electronic medical record system with built-in receipt (rezept) computing for clinics and small and mid-sized hospitals.
Co-investorsGlobis Capital PartnersTactile VenturesAozora Corporate InvestmentFemto Partners
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Deeper Network makes Deeper Connect, a VPN router that provides whole-home and office network privacy, encryption, and built-in cybersecurity for all connected devices, including IoT.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityHardwareSanta Clara, US
Hui Liu(Director)Xiaoshuai (Cheryl) Liu(Director)
Co-investorsYoubi Capitala16z cryptoBNP ParibasBroadridgeCME VenturesCoinbase Ventures+3 more
DIMO provides vehicle data infrastructure that gives developers a single permissioned API to real-time telemetry, identity, and consent data from over 50 connected vehicle brands.
Data & InfrastructureIoTMobility & Transportation
Yevgeny "Yev" Khessin(CEO & Co-Founder)in
PartnerTakashi Hayashida· solo GP
Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalBollinger Investment GroupBorderless VentureCoinFundConsenSys MeshLattice Capital+7 more
double jump.tokyo is an enterprise Web3 infrastructure company offering four solutions—corporate wallets, stablecoin payments, AI agent payments, and crypto asset accounting—for companies' authentication and payment needs.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechTokyo, JP
Hironobu Ueno(Director)Yukinori Matsuya(Director)inTakashi Fujishima(Director)Ryo Manzoku(Director)Hiroyuki Kawamoto(Director)Guo Yihong(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsDentsu VenturesFenbushi Capitalgumi IncPrime PartnersZ Venture CapitalSBI Investment
A modular DPoS network built to power orderbook liquidity.
Co-investorsFounderheads,Hack VCReflexive CapitalMaelstromManifold VenturesMysten Labs
Ember Sword is a social sandbox open-world MMORPG set in the fictional world of Thanabus, featuring class-based PvP/PvE combat and player-owned land and digital assets.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkMoon HoldingsMoonfire VenturesAnimoca BrandsBITKRAFT Ventures+5 more
EthosX is a blockchain-based derivatives trading platform that connects traditional finance and crypto markets, offering perpetual options, RWAs, and exotic derivatives with high leverage and transparent on-chain settlement.
Crypto & Web3FintechClaymont, US
Deepanshu (Founder)inSmit Patoliya(Founder)in
Co-investorsAscensive AssetsUpsparks CapitalY CombinatorAsymmetry VenturesCogitent VenturesDeVC+6 more
Exabits provides AI compute infrastructure by refining GPU assets (such as GB200s, H100s, H200s, and RTX5090s) from leading manufacturers to support AI workloads.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & Infrastructure
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsBloccelerate VCEdessa CapitalFOMO VenturesGenerative VenturesLBANK Labs+5 more
Flickplay is a platform that makes character IP portable and monetizable across user-generated content, social, and real-world experiences, letting fans carry characters across loyalty programs, games, and creator tools.
Creator EconomyGamingMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAcme InnovationAlumni VenturesBlue Ivy VenturesDisney AcceleratorEverywhere Ventures+5 more
Berkeley, US
Matt Wright(Founder)
Co-investorsMagnus CapitalPaper VenturesRayo Capital Group
Cross-platform gaming discovery platform offering game guides, reviews, news, deals and player rewards through one unified profile.
Mostafa Salem(Founder)in
Co-investorsHyperithmWWVenturesArkStream CapitalCompute VenturesDouble Peak GroupEmurgo Ventures+7 more
Gane offers prepaid mobile plans bundling internet data, call minutes, and SMS with varying validity periods for consumers in Colombia.
Consumer
Co-investorsFlori Ventures
GoSats operates a rewards platform that gives users bitcoin cashback when they make purchases at merchant partners in India.
E-commerceFintechDubai, AE
Mohammed Roshan(Founder)inRoshni Aslam(Founder)in
Co-investors2am VCDG Daiwa VenturesDraper DragonFirst Check VenturesFlucas VenturesFulgur Ventures+16 more
Haven1 is a permissioned yet decentralized EVM Layer 1 blockchain focused on DeFi and real-world assets (RWAs), offering an ecosystem of vetted and audited applications ("hApps") built by verified developers.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech
Co-investorsTRIVEAnimoca BrandsBlockdaemonKRONOSKronos Research
Helicap Investments manages diversified income-generating investment products focused on private credit in Asia, targeting financial inclusion for unbanked and underbanked populations.
Data & InfrastructureFintechImpact & Social GoodSingapore, SG
Quentin
Co-investorsCredit SaisonSaison Capital
Helix builds a modular, intent-driven orchestration layer and an omni-chain gateway (Helix Hub) for tokenizing and managing the full lifecycle of real-world assets (RWAs), connecting traditional finance institutions with DeFi.
Crypto & Web3Fintech
PartnerTakashi Hayashida· solo GP
Co-investorsEmooteSaison Capital
InvestaX is a blockchain-based investment platform that tokenizes various asset classes including private equity, private debt, funds, real estate, and NFTs, allowing users to buy, trade, and earn economic interest or revenue streams from diversified holdings.
AgTechCrypto & Web3FintechSaaSSingapore, SG
Julian Kwan(Co-Founder)inS.Alice Chen(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesGlobal Blockchain VenturesSPiCE VCToken Bay Capital500 GlobalBalaji Srinivasan+2 more
Kaidro is a science-fantasy entertainment IP spanning manga, Webtoon comics, animation and a multiplayer game.
Co-investors4WARDWWVentures
Karat DAO lets users create verifiable credentials from their Web2 data and authorize its use through an OAuth-like flow, with access controlled by smart contracts and MPC.
Crypto & Web3Data & Infrastructure
Kemet builds a portfolio, execution and risk management platform for institutional trading firms operating in digital asset derivatives.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Ash Ashmawy(Co-founder)inChris(Co-founder)
Co-investorsFlow TradersHyperithmBECO CapitalFurther Ventures
Konvoy is a thesis-driven investment firm focused on the video game industry, publishing a weekly newsletter on gaming industry insights and trends.
Gaming
Co-investorsDns CapitalMirana Ventures1AM GamingGFR FundGoodwater CapitalY Combinator
Littio is a mobile app that offers multi-currency accounts in USD, EUR, and COP with international payment capabilities, including a Mastercard for spending across 200+ countries and digital asset holdings in stablecoins.
Crypto & Web3FintechBogotá, CO
Christian Knudsen(Co-founder & CEO)inLuis Huertas(Co-founder & CPO)inIvan Torroledo(Founder)in
Co-investors1confirmationalphabet angelsCircle VenturesFirst Check VenturesKoyamaki VenturesKube VC+8 more
LiveArt provides financial intelligence for the art market, offering live valuations, lendable value estimates, and Hold/Sell/Accumulate signals on artworks, backed by a database of 30M+ auction records and daily-recomputed price indices.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintech
Boris Pevzner(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsAppWorks VenturesBlack DragonGreat Oaks Venture CapitalLightbankMapleblock CapitalAlameda Research+13 more
Lofty is a platform for fractional ownership of U.S. real estate, allowing investors to buy shares in rental properties and access educational resources about real estate investing.
Crypto & Web3FintechMarketplacesPropTechLos Angeles, US
Max Ball(Founder)inJerry Chu(Founder)in
Co-investorsBloccelerate VCEmooteMS&AD VenturesTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)VentureSouqY Combinator+11 more
Magic Square operates a Web3 app store where users discover dApps and games across DeFi, GameFi, Telegram Mini-Apps, AI Agents, and meme tokens, and earn token rewards for engagement.
Crypto & Web3GamingMarketing TechLimassol, CY
Benjamin Vodovozov(Founder)in
Co-investorsBCA InvestmentsHTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures)K300 VenturesUnicorn Factory VenturesBinance LabsCrypto com Capital+4 more
Melaxy is a blockchain-integrated MMORPG space exploration game where players explore galaxies, mine and trade resources, and upgrade spaceships.
Crypto & Web3Gaming
Co-investorsDigital Finance Group
Platform integrating gaming and blockchain to create immersive, decentralized metaverse experiences.
Co-investorsBitDAOMantle NetworkSevenX Ventures
Moonray develops gaming experiences distributed across major platforms including PlayStation, Steam, Xbox, iOS, and Android.
Gaming
Rodrigo Etcheto(Founder)inHans Andersson(Founder)in
Co-investorsChampion Hill VenturesGossamer CapitalAnimoca BrandsBlockchain Founders FundCardanoGBV Capital+4 more
The page is a review-style guide ranking DeFi crypto wallets (hot, cold, and paper wallets) and explaining how they work for storing, staking, swapping, and managing digital assets.
Crypto & Web3
Co-investorsBitDAOMantle Network
Nayms, now OnRe, runs a regulated on-chain insurance and reinsurance marketplace built on Ethereum smart contracts.
Co-investorsBlack DragonCogitent VenturesDigital Finance GroupSalica InvestmentsWoodstock FundInsurtech Gateway Fund+4 more
Nefture provides a security and monitoring platform for DeFi asset managers, tracking portfolio performance (PnL, exposure, historical returns) and detecting risks such as depegs, liquidations, and exploits through customizable real-time alerts.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech
Co-investors3Comma Capital
Xoilac TV is a Vietnamese website that streams live football (soccer) matches free of charge, covering domestic and international competitions.
ConsumerMedia & Entertainment
NGRAVE builds self-custody security products for cryptocurrency holders to protect and control their digital assets.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityHardwareZonhoven, BE
Ruben Merre(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsimec.istartMorningstar VenturesWoodstock Fund
Zero-knowledge proof acceleration platform optimizing ZK proving solutions for blockchain protocols and appchains
Co-investorsCV VC
Port3 Network is a Web3 data network that aggregates and standardizes on-chain and off-chain social data for applications.
Co-investorsAdaverseBitDAOCastrum CapitalMantle Network
Reap Direct provides business accounts, corporate cards, and stablecoin payment infrastructure for Web3 teams, enabling them to hold and spend USDC/USDT directly across multiple blockchains while managing expenses and vendor payments in fiat currencies.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechHong Kong, HK
Co-investorsAcorn Pacific VenturesAdaverseFresco CapitalHustle FundK3 VenturesK3V Ventures+1 more
Reveel provides infrastructure for cross-border stablecoin payments inside messaging platforms, offering cross-chain routing, a universal payment identity, and agentic payment features.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Secured Finance provides on-chain infrastructure for multi-institution tokenized markets, offering an institutional orderbook for transparent price discovery, fixed-term funding, and on-chain repo for tokenized securities and digital cash.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechZug
Masakazu Kikuchi(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMarc Schelbert(Director)
PartnerTakashi Hayashida· solo GP
Co-investorsConsenSys MeshFinTech CollectiveHOF Capital
Ethereum-based privacy infrastructure letting existing dApps add zero-knowledge transaction privacy without migrating liquidity.
Co-investorsHyperithmImpossible FinanceSora Ventures
Soarchain operates a DePIN (decentralized physical infrastructure) network that turns vehicles into connected, real-time data hubs via a plug-in device (Soarchain Mini) and app, letting drivers securely share anonymized vehicle data and earn crypto rewards.
Crypto & Web3IoTMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsCogitent VenturesHyperithm
Blockchain protocol building a decentralized Bitcoin reserve and on-chain fund infrastructure, with SolvBTC as its native token.
Ryan C.(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)BitDAOBlockchain CapitalF-Prime CapitalFermionFourth Revolution Capital (4RC)+14 more
Web3 entertainment tech combining AI, extended reality, and blockchain for interactive experiences.
Miami, US
Marc Seal(Executive Officer, Director)Jeffrey Paterson(Director)Eaven Portillo(Director)
Co-investorsArca FundsBlocktower CapitalGriffin Gaming Partners
Sparsity offers Nova, a platform for deploying applications to AWS Nitro Enclaves (trusted execution environments) with on-chain verification, taking code from GitHub to a running enclave.
Crypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsTPC Club (The presale club)TPC Ventures
STR8FIRE is a platform for investing in tokenized entertainment intellectual property, connecting token investors with IP owners.
Crypto & Web3FintechMedia & Entertainment
Synergetics.ai provides a platform for building, deploying, and monetizing autonomous AI agents, combining development tools, identity management, a marketplace, and inter-agent communication protocols.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareBengaluru, IN
Co-investorsSUVAN VENTURESTDeFi
Synnax provides software tools for engineering teams to build hardware technology.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardwareIoTDenver, US
Emiliano Bonilla(Founder)inPatrick Dotson(Founder)inElham Islam(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorOlive Tree CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementRomulus Capital
Bing J.(Founder)in
Co-investorsAZDAGBlack DragonPentos VenturesSignum CapitalBlockchain Founders Fund
Torram provides institutional-grade Bitcoin infrastructure developed as an open-source project.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech
Vakeesan Mahalingam(Co-founder & CEO)inLee Raj(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesSilvermine CapitalTRIVEBlockchain Founders FundBoost VCDeep Ventures+2 more
PartnerTakashi Hayashida· solo GP
Verisense is a blockchain platform for running AI agents onchain as "cybernetic contracts," providing verifiable, auditable, and autonomous agent execution with cryptographic identity and immutable histories.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep Tech
Creator platform with an MMOTPS core and dual-layer economy built by gaming industry veterans.
Jeffry Kim(Founder)in
Co-investorsBig Brain HoldingsHashedKraftonNeoclassic CapitalSpartan Ventures
XYRO is an AI-powered gamified social trading platform on Arbitrum where users forecast crypto prices for USDT rewards.
Co-investorsAweh VenturesCastrum CapitalZEMU Venture Capital
Zoth is an onchain neobank offering RWA-backed yield strategies and DeFi products, along with cross-border stablecoin payments, cards, and an AI agent stack for corporate finance teams and CFOs.
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechDubai, AE
Pritam Dutta(Founder)in
Co-investorsBrincFoundership VenturesHyperNestYAP CapitalAztlan CapitalBlockchain Founders Fund+4 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AmFiAPY VisionAssisterrAIAva Protocol (formerly Oak Network)Balance (previously E-Pal)Bima LabsChatyNCoinstreetConfiction Labs (formerly Mythic Protocol)Coral FinanceCSProD3X (formerly HypeX)DeFaDelab GamesDeSynEarth From Another SunEuterpeFan Controlled Sports (FCS)GalaxisHivelloHyperOddIntelligence CubedJLabsKEY3Klap AI (formerly Bitmetis)Klink FinanceKOII NetworkKrayonKromaMidnightModdioMove IndustriesMovement LabsNubilaOne Earth RisingOngaeshiOnlife (formerly Aglet)OortOpenEdenPallet ExchangePals (formerly BLVRD)Pell NetworkPencils ProtocolPlaybuxPortalsPruvPublic AIRaiinmakerREVOX (formerly ReadON)SeaSeed NetworkSecondLiveShred SpotsSonexSphereXSpice ProtocolSpout FinanceStartaleSubquerySuperSightTashi ProtocolTBookThe BeaconTru MarketUnitasVerio NetworkXross RoadsYoakeYuzu Money
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Taisu Ventures made?
- Taisu Ventures has 132 tracked investments, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Taisu Ventures invest at?
- Taisu Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Taisu Ventures focus on?
- Taisu Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Deep Tech, Fintech, Gaming.
- Who does Taisu Ventures co-invest with?
- Taisu Ventures most often shares deals with BitDAO, Hyperithm, Mantle Network, among 183 tracked co-investors.
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Alumni Ventures (AV) is a venture capital firm that co-invests alongside lead VCs in startups, backing founders with capital and access to a large investor and operator community.
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