Karatage
VC Fund
London, United Kingdom
Karatage is an investment firm.
- Total investments:
- 84
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 14%
Last updated:
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Industries Karatage invests in
Stages Karatage invests in
Countries Karatage invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $3.2M–$15M
- Pre-Seed
- $1.7M–$10M
- Series A
- $12M–$520M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 25 (30%)
- Cryptocurrency 22 (26%)
- Web3 14 (17%)
- Software 12 (14%)
- Financial Services 10 (12%)
Stage
- Seed 42 (50%)
- Series A 11 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 8 (10%)
- Series B 6 (7%)
- Funding Round 6 (7%)
Country
- United States 32 (38%)
- United Kingdom 5 (6%)
- Hong Kong 3 (4%)
- Israel 2 (2%)
- Singapore 2 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Marius Barnett
CEO
|
CEO | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| CEO | Total investments: 1 | Find email | ||
|
Vincent Rong
Investor
|
Investor | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epic Markets is a financial technology and retail brokerage firm built to deliver institutional-grade trading infrastructure to everyday investors. | $10M / Pre-Seed / Jul 21, 2026 | ||
| Nof1 is an AI research lab focused on financial markets.Nof1 is training models from scratch using frontier AI techniques to launch the era of agent-based investing. | $15M / Seed / May 15, 2026 | ||
| Libre Capital, a pioneer in onchain real-world assets (RWAs), today announced its rebrand to KAIO, signalling a bold step forward in bridging traditional finance with decentralized ecosystems via compliant, institutional-grade tokenized funds. | $8M / Seed / Apr 20, 2026 | ||
| Recursive Superintelligence develops artificial intelligence systems designed to autonomously improve their own capabilities through recursive self-learning processes. The company focuses on building AI models and frameworks that can iteratively refine their performance without direct human intervention, targeting the automation of the full AIdevelopment lifecycle. Its technology aims to handle tasks such as experiment design, model training, evaluation, and optimization within a continuous feedback loop, enabling AI systems to enhance themselves over time. This approach is based on recursive methodologies, where outputs are used to inform subsequent improvements, supporting the development of increasingly capable machine learning systems.The company operates as an AI research and development platform, combining machine learning, deep learning, and automated decision-making processes to reduce reliance on manual engineering workflows. Its systems are intended for applications that require scalable AI development, including advanced research, enterprise AI deployment, and complex data-driven environments. | $650M / Series A / Apr 18, 2026 | ||
| Payment protocol for Web 3.0 | $11.5M / Series A / Feb 22, 2026 | ||
| Apptronik develops humanoid robots designed to operate alongside human workers and assist with physical tasks. The company focuses on creating general-purpose robotic systems that combine hardware, software, and AI to perform activities such as material handling, case picking, palletizing, and machine tending in industrial and logisticsenvironments. Its flagship product, the Apollo humanoid, is engineered to navigate spaces built for people and interact with existing tools and infrastructure. Apptronik also integrates robotic solutions through service and ownership models to support operational workflows. The company partners with technology and industrial firms to advance robot capabilities and real-world deployment. | $520M / Series A / Feb 11, 2026 | ||
| Talos Trading is an institutional technology infrastructure provider that connects all crypto ecosystem participants to support a full trading lifecycle. Talos Trading is based in New York, NY and was co-founded by Anton Katz and Ethan Feldman in 2018. | $45M / Series B / Jan 29, 2026 | ||
| AKEDO is a AI framework that creates and designs engaging games. | $5M / Seed / Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Architect gives traders customizable infrastructure that reimagines access to international markets for digital assets. Building institutional-grade infrastructure to link different crypto venues across centralized and decentralized exchanges is one of the project's goals. | $35M / Series A / Dec 23, 2025 | ||
| Harbor is a purpose-built trading platform for wallets to access liquidity in a performant execution environment. | $4.2M / Seed / Dec 17, 2025 | ||
| See all 84 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Karatage invest in?
Karatage invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 84 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Karatage's check size?
Karatage typically joins rounds of $3.2M–$15M at Seed, $1.7M–$10M at Pre-Seed and $12M–$520M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Karatage participates in.
How do I contact Karatage?
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Who are the partners at Karatage?
The team at Karatage includes Marius Barnett (CEO), Stephen Mackintosh (CEO) and Vincent Rong (Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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