# Karatage

> Karatage is a VC fund in London backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 84 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 84
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/karatage
- Website: https://x.com/Karatage_

Karatage is an investment firm.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Karatage. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Karatage. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/karatage?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.2M–$15M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.7M–$10M |
| Series A | $12M–$520M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 25 | 30% |
| Cryptocurrency | 22 | 26% |
| Web3 | 14 | 17% |
| Software | 12 | 14% |
| Financial Services | 10 | 12% |

78 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 42 | 50% |
| Series A | 11 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 10% |
| Series B | 6 | 7% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 32 | 38% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 6% |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 4% |
| Israel | 2 | 2% |
| Singapore | 2 | 2% |

18 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marius Barnett | CEO | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marius-barnett |
| Stephen Mackintosh | CEO | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-mackintosh |
| Vincent Rong | Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vincent-rong |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Epic Markets | 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 | 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 |  |
| Nof1 | 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 |  |
| KAIO | 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 | 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 |  |
| Based | Payment protocol for Web 3.0 | $11.5M | Series A | Feb 22, 2026 |  |
| Apptronik | 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 | 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 | AKEDO is a AI framework that creates and designs engaging games. | $5M | Seed | Jan 17, 2026 |  |
| Architect | 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 |  |

10 of 84 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Maven 11 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maven-11-capital) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [BH Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bh-digital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Paper Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paper-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [6th Man Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/6th-man-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Amber Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amber-ai) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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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?

Public channels for Karatage include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### 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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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