The investment was made through SBI Ven Capital’s joint fund with Sygnum Bank and Azimut Group, which aims to accelerate the rollout of Colossus Digital’s Institutional Hub, a two-sided B2B marketplace, that connects regulated custodians with top-tier validators for staking and governance.
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Strategic highlights
Investment Amount: €1,000,000 (Seed Investment)
Lead Investor: SBI Ven Capital, through its joint fund with Sygnum Bank and Azimut
Recipient: Colossus Digital
Purpose: Scale Institutional Hub, enhance custody-to-staking workflows, expand global client base
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Institutional adoption fuels the deal
86 % of institutional investors already have or plan to gain digital-asset exposure in 2025, underscoring growing demand for secure custody and staking rails. Staking-as-a-service platforms are forecast to surge as institutions seek compliant, yield-generating strategies.
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Quotes
Eiichiro So, CEO & Managing Director, SBI Ven Capital: “Colossus Digital has built the missing bridge between regulated custodians and the Yield Providers. Our €1 million commitment is a vote of confidence in their Institutional Hub and in the broader institutionalisation of digital assets.”Lorenzo Barbantini Scanni, Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer, Colossus Digital: “SBI’s backing accelerates our mission to make staking, governance, and interaction with Yield Providers as seamless as a custody transaction. Together we will deliver the tooling banks, asset managers, and exchanges need to capture on-chain yield, without compromising compliance.”
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