Credit Saison Ventures Launches Blockchain Fund, Focusing on Real-World Asset Startups

Jinse Finance reported that the venture capital arm of Credit Saison, Japan's third-largest credit card issuer, has launched the Onigiri Capital blockchain investment fund with a total size of $50 million. The fund has already secured $35 million in investments and can accept up to an additional $15 million. The fund focuses on early-stage real-world asset startups, including stablecoins, payments, asset tokenization, and DeFi, with a particular emphasis on connecting the Asian market and providing a springboard for U.S. entrepreneurs to enter Asia, combining Silicon Valley innovation with Asian institutional resources. This year, global crypto venture financing remains sluggish, with only about $370 million raised, mostly flowing into financial services and DeFi projects.