Startale Group Closes $63M Series A Funding Round

Startale Group, a Japanese blockchain infrastructure firm, has closed a 63 million Series A funding round with investments from SBI Group and Sony Innovation Fund, advancing its efforts to integrate traditional finance with onchain technologies.

The round, announced on March 26, 2026, includes a 50 million commitment from SBI Group, a major financial services conglomerate, marking the second close of the funding. This follows an initial 13 million investment led by Sony Innovation Fund in January 2026. The capital will support Startale's expansion in tokenized securities, stablecoins, and consumer applications, targeting institutional and retail users across Asia.

The investment deepens an existing partnership between Startale and SBI Group, which began with a joint venture in August 2025 to develop JPYSC, described as the first trust bank-backed stablecoin pegged to the Japanese yen. The companies have also collaborated on Strium, a Layer 1 blockchain designed for tokenized securities and real-world asset trading. These initiatives aim to create settlement and exchange infrastructure for onchain capital markets, including features for fiat-to-crypto integration, onchain...