Kim Da-In. Venture Partner

Venture Partner at Laser Digital, the digital asset arm of Nomura. Previously at Circle. I meet early teams building stablecoins, payments, tokenization and the infrastructure institutions need to use them.

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FocusEarly stage

Rails for money
that institutions can use.

I look for teams building the plumbing between traditional finance and onchain markets: how money moves, how assets get tokenized, and what regulated players need before they can take part.

StablecoinsPayments & FXTokenization / RWACustody & complianceMarket infrastructure
What I look at · 4 areas
Stablecoins & payments
  • Cross-border settlement and FX
  • Merchant and B2B payment rails
Tokenization
  • Real-world assets and tokenized funds
  • Onchain credit and collateral
Institutional infrastructure
  • Custody, identity and compliance tooling
  • Settlement and reconciliation
Markets
  • Trading infrastructure · Liquidity · Market structure
Where I've worked
Laser DigitalVenture Partner · now Nomura Groupparent of Laser Digital Circlepreviously
How I helpFounders

What you get
from a first call.

A straight read on whether what you're building fits Laser Digital's focus, and why or why not.

An honest answerFit, or a clear no

Perspective from both sides of the stablecoin world: an issuer and an institutional player.

Industry contextCircle · Laser Digital

Context on Japan and Europe, two markets where regulated digital assets are moving fast.

Regional viewJapan · Europe

Building the rails?Let's talk.

Send a short note about what you're building. Early stage is fine, and so is a rough deck.

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