Taisu Ventures and Keio FinTEK Center Launch Keio ChainHack 2026 Focused on Web3 Innovation

Singapore, Singapore, January fifth, 2026, Chainwire

Taisu Ventures, a world Web3 enterprise capital agency, in the present day introduced Keio ChainHack 2026, a one-day pitch and hackathon co-hosted with the Keio FinTEK Center. The occasion varieties a part of Taisu Ventures’ broader initiative to help early-stage builders working on the intersection of blockchain infrastructure, regulation, and real-world adoption.

Keio ChainHack 2026 will carry collectively college students, founders, lecturers, and traders to discover sensible functions of blockchain expertise and on-chain financial techniques. Participation and attendance particulars can be found at https://luma.com/e0pbv2og.

Alongside the occasion announcement, Taisu Ventures highlighted a number of portfolio firms that replicate a broader {industry} development towards rebuilding actual industries on-chain by addressing structural gaps that conventional techniques haven’t solved.

Helix: Building Institutional RWA and Stablecoin Infrastructure

Helix was based to deal with 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 help compliant issuance, custody, reporting, and distribution has traditionally been fragmented.

Through partnerships with banks, fintechs, and regulated originators, Helix has advanced right into a unified orchestration layer spanning structuring, issuance, tokenization, and distribution of real-world belongings (RWAs). The platform has been validated via initiatives resembling 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, suppose with us, and join us with companions who matter,” the Helix crew mentioned. “Their help has been important to our momentum, and to creating our pivot doable.”

Lofty: Expanding Access to Real Estate Ownership

Lofty was based on the perception that actual property traders usually face obstacles to entry slightly than a lack of know-how. After initially creating an AI-driven analytics platform, the corporate pivoted towards constructing a blockchain-based actual property alternate that permits fractional possession and steady buying and selling of properties.

To ship this mannequin, Lofty has built-in a number of components of the true property worth chain, together with sourcing, underwriting, transaction execution, and property administration. The firm is now centered on enabling on-platform leverage via fractional property-backed lending, with the purpose of replicating mortgage-driven economics in an on-chain surroundings.

“Taisu proactively reaches out, asks how they can assist, and connects us with the correct companions,” mentioned Lofty CEO Jerry Chu. “It’s the form of help most traders promise, however only a few really ship.”

Pruv: Unlocking a Licensed RWA Pathway in Indonesia

Pruv emerged from founder Chung Ying Lai’s expertise constructing digital asset infrastructure throughout 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 novel alternative, with regulators creating a digital-asset-specific framework separate from conventional securities regulation. After greater than two years of regulatory engagement, Pruv has obtained formal approval to function as Indonesia’s first licensed platform for permissionless real-world asset (RWA) issuance. The firm now makes use of a hybrid blockchain structure and facilitates cross-chain asset integration in collaboration with regulated asset managers.

“Taisu has been one of the crucial engaged companions we work with, constantly proactive, accessible, and prepared to help us in ways in which go far past capital,” mentioned Chung Ying Lai.

Strengthening the Builder Ecosystem

According to 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} via specialised analysis and innovation facilities such because the Keio FinTEK Center.

About Taisu Ventures

Taisu Ventures is a world Web3 enterprise capital agency with over 120 early-stage investments throughout Infrastructure, DeFi, AI/DePIN, IP & Entertainment, and User Platforms. The agency companions with founders constructing technically complicated and regulated blockchain techniques and actively helps the ecosystem via occasions, founder boards, and academic-industry collaborations, together with Keio ChainHack 2026, co-hosted with the Keio FinTEK Center (https://luma.com/e0pbv2og).

Founders and builders concerned with partaking with Taisu Ventures or submitting tasks for funding consideration can discover further data and submit particulars by way of the agency’s venture submission type right here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekoWOZJwUq-bmKc9j1Gs6FtdTsrIo4zS7rqrl7NeXsgAZWxQ/viewform)