Taisu Ventures

What Taisu Ventures does

Taisu Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests exclusively in early-stage Web3 companies globally, targeting seed to Series A rounds across infrastructure, DeFi, gaming, and user platforms. The firm operates through a Cayman-domiciled maiden fund (Taisu Ventures Web3 Fund Limited Partnership) that completed its first close in April 2024 at USD 56.25 million (8.83 billion JPY) with EMURGO Ventures as anchor investor, alongside SBI Group and ELEMENTS CAPITAL RESEARCH LLC as institutional LPs. Investment instruments include equity, tokens, SAFE, SAFT, and convertible bonds, with a chain-agnostic and region-agnostic thesis spanning Asia, the US, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

The firm is structured across three entities: Taisu Capital Limited (BVI-regulated investment manager), Taisu Ventures Pte. Ltd. (Singapore-based due diligence and investment research), and the Cayman fund partnership. By April 2024 the fund had already deployed into 62 companies with 11 listed tokens, expanding to 130+ portfolio companies by mid-2025. The team is deliberately small (1-10 employees), led by Managing Partner Takashi Hayashida (former Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas, Bank of America Merrill Lynch) with Executive Advisor Ken Kodama (Cardano co-founder, EMURGO CEO).

The business model is standard venture capital: management fees on committed/invested capital plus carried interest on exits and token value appreciation. Deal sourcing relies on a global network, accelerator partnerships (notably Outlier Ventures), hackathons (Stanford TreeHacks, Keio ChainHacks), and conference presence (TOKEN2049, WebX). Recent strategic partnerships with Movement Labs, KAIA Foundation, HAKUHODO KEY3, and Data Section extend the firm's ecosystem reach across Asia and into AI-crypto convergence investments.

Name

Taisu Ventures

Legal name

Taisu Capital Limited

Website

https://taisu.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Taisu Ventures is a Web3-focused venture capital firm investing seed to Series A globally across infrastructure, DeFi, gaming, and user platforms via a $56M maiden fund anchored by EMURGO Ventures.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Grand Cayman

HQ country

Cayman Islands

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: VC firm generating returns through equity, token, and convertible bond investments in early-stage web3 companies. Returns realized through exits, token value appreciation, and portfolio company growth.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Taisu Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests exclusively in early-stage Web3 and blockchain startups globally. The firm deploys capital through SAFE, SAFT, equity, tokens, and convertible bonds at the seed to Series A stage, focusing on four verticals: Infrastructure, DeFi, Gaming, and User Platforms. Portfolio companies also receive strategic advisory, business development support, and access to a global network spanning Asia, the US, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Product overview

Taisu Ventures is a venture capital firm that provides investment services to early-stage Web3 companies. The firm does not offer a unified product platform but operates as a fund management company providing capital, strategic advisory, and ecosystem support to portfolio companies across infrastructure, DeFi, gaming, and user platforms verticals. The firm makes investments through various instruments including SAFE, SAFT, equity, tokens, and convertible bonds, targeting seed to Series A stage companies globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Taisu Ventures Web3 Fund Limited Partnership Venture capital fund that deploys capital into early-stage Web3 and blockchain startups globally through SAFE, SAFT, equity, tokens, and convertible bonds at the seed to Series A stage, focused on Infrastructure, DeFi, Gaming, and User Platforms verticals. Available to portfolio companies alongside strategic advisory, business development support, and global network access.

Quantifiable outcome

• 130+ portfolio companies invested globally

Named customers14 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Data SectionminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 August 2025Partnership with Tokyo-listed AI Data Center operator and analytics solutions provider to facilitate technical collaboration between Taisu Ventures' portfolio companies and Data Section.
• HAKUHODO KEY3coreGTM or Marketing Partner · 15 April 2025Partnership with subsidiary of Hakuhodo Inc. (Japan's largest advertising company) to promote collaboration between domestic and international startups and Japanese companies.
• Outlier VenturescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 October 2024Strategic partnership to amplify investment opportunity development, enabling Taisu Ventures to identify and support innovative early-stage tech startups building with blockchain technologies. Outlier Ventures is the leading global Web3 accelerator with 320+ portfolio companies.
• Movement LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2024Strategic partnership to promote innovative blockchain solutions and expand Web3 ecosystem across key Asian markets (Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong). Focus on showcasing Movement Labs' Move-based blockchain technology through educational and networking events.
• Movement LabscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 October 2024Joint efforts to drive adoption of Move-based technologies through workshops, hackathons, and strategic events across Asia to strengthen Movement Labs' position in Asian Web3 landscape.
• KAIA FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 September 2024Partnership to expand Web3 adoption leveraging Kaia's Layer 1 platform (merger of Kakao Klaytn and LINE Finschia) with 250M+ combined user base. Aims to deliver scalable blockchain solutions across Asia.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Outlier Ventures: Leading global Web3 accelerator with 320+ portfolio companies, explicitly partnered with Taisu Ventures for deal sourcing. Operates the same early-stage Web3 VC/accelerator model with a token-and-equity investment focus.
• IOSG Ventures: Crypto-native early-stage VC investing across infrastructure, DeFi, and applications globally. Taisu team member Tian Yukun previously worked at IOSG, and the firm shares a similar stage, vertical focus, and global mandate.
• Hashkey Capital: Asia-based, sector-focused Web3/ blockchain VC with institutional backing and global portfolio. Highly comparable as a region-agnostic specialist investor in infrastructure, DeFi, and applications.
• Spartan Group: Web3-native investment firm with operations in Asia and the US, focused on early-stage DeFi, gaming, and infrastructure. Directly comparable on stage, geography, and vertical mix to Taisu.
• Mechanism Capital: Early-stage Web3 VC investing across DeFi, NFTs, and infrastructure. Similar fund size and early-stage, chain-agnostic approach makes it a close comparable peer.
• CMS Holdings: Web3-focused investment firm active across tokens and equity in early-stage crypto startups. Comparable stage and token-and-equity investment strategy.
• 1confirmation: Early-stage Web3 VC led by Richard Kim with portfolio across DeFi, NFTs, and infrastructure. Comparable on stage, vertical, and global scope.

Broad incumbents

• Pantera Capital: One of the largest dedicated crypto/blockchain VC firms with broad exposure across stages and verticals. A scaled incumbent in the same category; competing for many of the same founders.
• Multicoin Capital: Thesis-driven crypto VC with global portfolio spanning infrastructure, DeFi, and applications. Larger and more established but operates in the same Web3 specialist space.

Others

• EMURGO Ventures: Anchor LP and predecessor firm from which Taisu inherited its investment philosophy and partner network. Functions as both feeder and structural counterparty rather than direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/Taisu_Ventures
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/taisu-ventures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments40 records

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