Singapore, Singapore, January fifth, 2026, Chainwire
Taisu Ventures, a worldwide Web3 enterprise capital agency, at present introduced Keio ChainHack 2026, a one-day pitch and hackathon co-hosted with the Keio FinTEK Heart. The occasion kinds a part of Taisu Ventures’ broader initiative to assist early-stage builders working on the intersection of blockchain infrastructure, regulation, and real-world adoption.
Keio ChainHack 2026 will deliver collectively college students, founders, teachers, and traders to discover sensible purposes of blockchain know-how and on-chain financial methods. Participation and attendance particulars can be found at https://luma.com/e0pbv2og.
Alongside the occasion announcement, Taisu Ventures highlighted a number of portfolio corporations that replicate a broader {industry} pattern towards rebuilding actual industries on-chain by addressing structural gaps that conventional methods haven’t solved.
Helix: Constructing Institutional RWA and Stablecoin Infrastructure
Helix was based to handle a core problem dealing with monetary establishments exploring blockchain adoption: whereas demand for tokenized belongings and on-chain cash flows exists, the institutional infrastructure required to assist compliant issuance, custody, reporting, and distribution has traditionally been fragmented.
By partnerships with banks, fintechs, and controlled originators, Helix has developed right into a unified orchestration layer spanning structuring, issuance, tokenization, and distribution of real-world belongings (RWAs). The platform has been validated by initiatives comparable to a Malaysia tokenization whitepaper with Kenanga and Saison Capital, Shariah-compliant bill financing with SILQFi, and a LATAM non-public credit score pipeline by way of AmFi.
“Taisu doesn’t simply make investments; they present up, assume with us, and join us with companions who matter,” the Helix crew stated. “Their assist has been important to our momentum, and to creating our pivot attainable.”
Lofty: Increasing Entry to Actual Property Possession
Lofty was based on the perception that actual property traders typically face boundaries to entry moderately than a lack of expertise. After initially creating an AI-driven analytics platform, the corporate pivoted towards constructing a blockchain-based actual property change that allows fractional possession and steady buying and selling of properties.
To ship this mannequin, Lofty has built-in a number of components of the actual property worth chain, together with sourcing, underwriting, transaction execution, and property administration. The corporate is now targeted on enabling on-platform leverage by fractional property-backed lending, with the objective of replicating mortgage-driven economics in an on-chain setting.
“Taisu proactively reaches out, asks how they can assist, and connects us with the proper companions,” stated Lofty CEO Jerry Chu. “It’s the form of assist most traders promise, however only a few truly ship.”
Pruv: Unlocking a Licensed RWA Pathway in Indonesia
Pruv emerged from founder Chung Ying Lai’s expertise constructing digital asset infrastructure through the early progress of Southeast Asia’s crypto markets. After a number of market cycles, the crew recognized the dearth of yield-bearing, regulated belongings as a key supply of instability.
Indonesia provided a singular alternative, with regulators creating a digital-asset-specific framework separate from conventional securities regulation. After greater than two years of regulatory engagement, Pruv has acquired formal approval to function as Indonesia’s first licensed platform for permissionless real-world asset (RWA) issuance. The corporate now makes use of a hybrid blockchain structure and facilitates cross-chain asset integration in collaboration with regulated asset managers.
“Taisu has been probably the most engaged companions we work with, persistently proactive, accessible, and prepared to assist us in ways in which go far past capital,” stated Chung Ying Lai.
Strengthening the Builder Ecosystem
Based on Taisu Ventures, Keio ChainHack 2026 displays the agency’s broader technique of supporting founders past capital by fostering early experimentation, expertise improvement, and collaboration between academia and {industry} by specialised analysis and innovation facilities such because the Keio FinTEK Heart.
About Taisu Ventures
Taisu Ventures is a worldwide Web3 enterprise capital agency with over 120 early-stage investments throughout Infrastructure, DeFi, AI/DePIN, IP & Leisure, and Consumer Platforms. The agency companions with founders constructing technically complicated and controlled blockchain methods and actively helps the ecosystem by occasions, founder boards, and academic-industry collaborations, together with Keio ChainHack 2026, co-hosted with the Keio FinTEK Heart (https://luma.com/e0pbv2og).
Founders and builders desirous about participating with Taisu Ventures or submitting initiatives for funding consideration can discover further info and submit particulars by way of the agency’s undertaking submission kind right here (https://docs.google.com/kinds/d/e/1FAIpQLSekoWOZJwUq-bmKc9j1Gs6FtdTsrIo4zS7rqrl7NeXsgAZWxQ/viewform)
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