Asset tokenization company KAIO has completed an $8 million strategic funding round, with Tether leading the investment to tokenize a UAE fund.

BlockBeats News, April 20th – Abu Dhabi-based regulated tokenization infrastructure company KAIO announced the completion of an $8 million strategic financing round, led by Tether, with participation from multiple crypto and institutional investors, bringing the total funding to $19 million. New investors including Systemic Ventures, Further Ventures, and Laser Digital co-invested, while existing shareholders like Brevan Howard Digital continued to participate.

KAIO aims to tokenize traditional fund products from institutions such as BlackRock, Brevan Howard, and Hamilton Lane, reducing the entry barrier with a minimum investment amount of only $100 for eligible users. The company plans to expand its business to credit, structured products, and ETFs, and collaborate with Mubadala Capital, a UAE private equity giant managing $385 billion in assets, to launch on-chain funds.

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino stated that KAIO is bringing institutional-grade assets to the blockchain to achieve broader accessibility, opening up new paths for capital formation and investment. The KAIO platform is embedded with a compliance framework and supports regulatory systems in Abu Dhabi, the Cayman Islands, Singapore, among others. The company currently manages around $100 million in assets and has processed transactions totaling over $500 million.