The investment was made through a joint fund with SBI Vencapital's Sygnum Bank and Azimut Group. It aims to accelerate the deployment of Colossus Digital's Institutional Hub, a two-sided B2B marketplace that connects regulated custodians with top tier variators of staking and governance.
Strategic highlights
- Investment amount: 1,000,000 euros (seed investment)
- Chief Investor: SBI Ven Capital through joint funds with Sygnum Bank and Azimut
- Recipient: Colossus Digital
- Purpose: Workflows to scale facility hubs and enhance storage, expanding global client base
Institutional adoption promotes transaction
86% of institutional investors already have or plan to gain digital assets exposure in 2025, highlighting the growing demand for safe custody and rail staking. Staking as a service platform is projected to surge as institutions seek strategies to generate compliant yields.
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Eiichiro SO, CEO and Managing Director of SBI Vencapital: “Colossus Digital has built a lacking bridge between regulated custodians and yield providers. Our 1 million euro commitment is a vote of trust in the broader institutionalization of facility hubs and digital assets.” To staking, governance, and interaction with yield providers that are as seamless as custody transactions, you need to earn chain yields without compromising compliance.
About Colossus Digital
Headquartered in Rome, Italy, Colossus has created a hub for institutions, the only B2B market that will allow digital asset owners to access staking, governance and Defi protocols natively from detention. The hub enables native transactions in a secure, compliant and verifiable way across 25+ chains and multiple valtters.
About SBI Ven Capital
Through a joint fund between SBI Ven Capital (https://www.sbivencapital.com.sg/), a subsidiary of Japan's financial services Conglomated SBI Group in Singapore, the company will bring together the collective digital asset experience and network of three founding partners to drive the growth of digital asset companies.
The Joint Fund is an early stage fund aimed at supporting best-in-class digital asset companies in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia and Europe.
Forward-looking statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results may vary significantly due to market conditions, regulatory changes, and other risk factors.
Important points
SBI Ven Capital's 1 million euro seed investment position has become an institutional standard for maintaining custody for Rome-based Colossus Digital, riding the wave of record institutional cryptography adoption.
