Not kidding. KAIO @KAIO_xyz is truly a top-tier project. 1️⃣ Team Co-founder @odang75 is the Venture Capital Head at Laser Digital, a subsidiary of Nomura Securities, and still holds the position. Quick note: Nomura Securities is the largest investment bank and brokerage group in Asia. Laser Digital’s investments in the RWA space, Plume and MANTRA, have left a lasting impression on me. Another co-founder, @avtarsehra, is the co-founder of STBL and holds a PhD in Physics. COO Pinku Surana was previously the CTO of Ondo Finance. Ondo Finance was founded by Nathan Allman and Pinku Surana in 2021, after both worked together at Goldman Sachs. After leaving Ondo, Pinku Surana served as a Senior Engineer at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (a national lab under the U.S. Department of Energy) for 2 years and 5 months. 2️⃣ Investors Seed round raised $11 million, led by Laser Digital. (Classic left-hand funding the right-hand move.) Other notable investors: - Further Ventures: The venture arm of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund ADQ - BH Digital: The crypto and digital assets division of hedge fund Brevan Howard - Karatage: Hedge fund Looking at the entire RWA space, this lineup is as top-tier as it gets. You get what I mean, right? 8.