Startale Group
Japanese Web3 infrastructure firm issuing yen and dollar stablecoins
About
Startale Group is a Japan-based Web3 infrastructure company that operates Astar Network and co-develops the Sony-backed Soneium L2 via Sony Block Solutions Labs. In partnership with SBI Holdings it is launching JPYSC, the first trust-bank-backed JPY stablecoin (issued by Shinsei Trust & Banking), alongside a dollar stablecoin USDSC and the tokenized-asset chain Strium. It raised a $63M Series A backed by SBI Group and Sony Innovation Fund.
Stablecoins
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2022
- HQ
- Singapore / Tokyo, Japan
- Stage
- Series A
- Funding
- $63M Series A (SBI Group, Sony Innovation Fund)
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