Startale Group recently wrapped up its Series A funding, bringing in $63 million. This capital will be used to grow its tokenized securities, stablecoins, and various on-chain products.
The funding round wrapped up with a $50 million investment from SBI Group, Inc., marking the second and final close. This comes after the $13 million first closed by the Sony Innovation Fund, which took place in January 2026.
Startale isn’t just building a single app; they are building an entire ecosystem. The funding will be used to speed up Strium, a Layer-1 blockchain that debuted in February 2026. Strium was designed for institutional trading, foreign exchange, and settling real-world assets, including tokenized equities.
Pushing stablecoins into the mainstream
Beyond the infrastructure, Startale is doubling down on its stablecoin dominance. The company is aggressively expanding the adoption of JPYSC, the first trust bank-backed Japanese yen stablecoin, and USDSC. These aren’t just digital currencies; they are being engineered to handle on-chain dividends and yield distributions for everyone, from retail investors to massive enterprises
Startale is developing the Startale App, a platform designed to hide the scary parts of blockchain. Connected to Soneium, the Sony-backed Ethereum Layer-2 network that has already processed hundreds of millions of transactions.
Plans to bring stocks on-chain
Sota Watanabe, CEO of Startale Group, stated that the company would accelerate the adoption of tokenized stocks, focused on Japanese equities and the JPY stablecoin, this year through its deep collaboration with SBI. He added that the new funding demonstrated strong partner conviction in Startale’s overall vision.
The initial steps were taken in August 2025, when SBI joined forces with Startale, Circle, and Ripple. A memorandum of understanding, finalized by December of that year, paved the way for SBI Shinsei Bank to fully regulate and issue the JPY stablecoin.
Yoshitaka Kitao, SBI Group’s Chairman, is fully on board with the agreement. He points to Startale’s expertise as the key element fueling SBI’s growth in digital infrastructure.
Startale, now integrated with over 80 million customers in the SBI ecosystem, has moved beyond its early days as a startup.
