Saison Capital Establishes Blockchain-Focused Investment Fund Onigiri Capital with an Initial Target Size of $50 Million

BlockBeats news, September 15, according to techinasia, Japan's Credit Saison venture capital arm Saison Capital announced the establishment of a blockchain-focused investment fund, Onigiri Capital, with an initial target size of $50 million. The fund has already secured $35 million in funding commitments and will focus on investing in startups developing solutions for stablecoins, payments, asset tokenization, DeFi, and financial market infrastructure related to real-world assets (RWA). Onigiri Capital is co-led by Qin En Looi and Hans de Back, both of whom have extensive experience in fintech and digital asset investments across Asia. The fund plans to leverage Credit Saison's network resources in Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines to build a bridge connecting U.S. startup projects with the Asian cryptocurrency community and financial institutions.