🚨HUGE: @aipaywithcrypto has raised $10 million in a strategic round backed by @animocabrands, @Titans_ventures, @Adaverse_Acc, @castrumistanbul, and @M2MCapital to accelerate infrastructure for AI-powered payments.
The capital will support the development of its AI Agent Marketplace, native payment integrations across gaming and digital collectibles, and infrastructure designed for both individual users and autonomous AI agents.
The company is building payment rails intended to support a future where AI systems can transact, purchase services, and participate directly in digital economies.
Honored to see Castrum recognized among the most active VCs in the ecosystem.
We’ll keep backing ambitious founders, supporting innovation, and building for the long term.
The journey continues. 💪
Perp DEXs are quietly winning the most important battle in DeFi.
On-chain perps already do billions in daily volume and they're capturing it without custody risk, without KYC walls, and without a CEX deciding what you can trade.
The infrastructure finally caught up: low-latency orderbooks, deep liquidity layers, cross-margin, sub-second execution. The "CEX UX, DEX trust" gap is closing fast.
The next cycle won't be about whether perp DEXs can compete with centralized venues. It'll be about how much share they take.
Self-custody + leverage + permissionless markets is a hard combination to bet against.
.@IstanbulBlockWk 2026 is now behind us, and once again Türkiye proved its position as one of the most active and vibrant crypto ecosystems in the world.
At Castrum Capital, we are proud to support initiatives, events, founders, and communities that accelerate blockchain adoption and drive real-world innovation.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to making IBW another success. The future of Web3 is built through collaboration, education, and community and we're just getting started.
See you at the next chapter. 🚀l
We are pleased to announce that Castrum Istanbul has made a strategic investment in AIPayWithCrypto
This partnership extends far beyond capital support. It represents a deep strategic alignment, with a shared vision that the future of AI + payment integration requires solid infrastructure to serve both individual users and autonomous AI economic agents.
The payment layer for AI agents just got stronger.
.@IstanbulBlockWk 2026 is now behind us, and once again Türkiye proved its position as one of the most active and vibrant crypto ecosystems in the world.
At Castrum Capital, we are proud to support initiatives, events, founders, and communities that accelerate blockchain adoption and drive real-world innovation.
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to making IBW another success. The future of Web3 is built through collaboration, education, and community and we're just getting started.
See you at the next chapter. 🚀l
☯️🚀 TAIJI has closed a $3.5M Strategic Financing Round
📅 June 2, 2026
Special thanks to @castrumistanbul, @BeckerVentures, and @CoinvestorV for their participation and support.
Built on BNB Smart Chain (BSC), TAIJI is developing an AI-driven on-chain market intelligence network that turns fragmented market signals into structured, actionable insights.
This funding will accelerate:
🟠 Product Development
🟠 AI Engine Upgrades
🟠 Multi-Agent Analytics
🟠 Data Infrastructure Expansion
🟠 Global Community Growth
🟠 Ecosystem Development
Clearer signals.
Smarter decisions.
Stronger market intelligence.
Kurban Bayramı’nın; sağlık, huzur, bereket ve birlik getirmesini dileriz.
Tüm topluluğumuzun ve iş ortaklarımızın Kurban Bayramı kutlu olsun.
— Castrum Capital
We’re happy to share that Castrum Istanbul (@castrumistanbul) has joined the https://t.co/BwCNbzxWkt journey as a strategic investor 📢
At https://t.co/BwCNbzxWkt, we’re focused on exploring the future of AI-powered meme creation, remix culture, and viral storytelling within Web3.
With the support of Castrum Istanbul, we’re excited to continue building and expanding our vision around meme-driven communities and digital attention economies.
More updates coming soon. #2U2ai
🚀DAOKraft has raised $3.4M in private funding.
Backed by Animoca Brands, Castrum Capital, Nodebase, Moniq Ventures, Blockwave Capital, and Mesh Fund.
Building the Governance Intelligence Layer for DAOs — helping contributors make better decisions before voting.
More soon.
Turkey processed $200B in crypto volume in 2025. 🇹🇷
Istanbul isn't a bridge between East and West anymore. It's the operating center for the next generation of Web3 capital.
We've been building here since 2021. This city chose us back.
Most VCs write a check and disappear. 💸
We write a check. Then marketing, KOL distribution, guild activation, talent pipeline.
Capital is where the relationship starts. Not where it ends.
Investing in Turkiye's crypto market isn't just a geographic bet.
It's a macro hedge.
Inflation forces adoption.
A population that uses crypto to survive
is more durable than one that uses it to speculate. 📈
We’re proud to announce that Castrum Capital is strategically supporting the @OriginsNetwork_. Looking forward to contributing to its growth and journey ahead.
Origins Network is excited to announce we have raised $8M from @animocabrands, @tbvxyz
, @CandaqCom, @castrumistanbul, and @CoinvestorV, alongside family offices and angel investors.
With a focus on verifiable compute, we continue building the infrastructure layer for an AI native future, where compute, data, and execution are transparent and verifiable, further strengthened by the support of strategic partners @awscloud and @tencentcloud.
In the next phase, we will accelerate core infrastructure upgrades, expand decentralized compute capacity, and deepen AI integration across the network.
Come build with us: https://t.co/7xpyiGeQf1
We’re pleased to share our strategic investment in @ClawIntelli. Claw Intelligence is building a strong AI Agent infrastructure designed to make on-chain operations smarter and more efficient.
We believe AI Agents will become an important part of the on-chain world, and we’re happy to support Claw Intelligence on this journey.
Proud to support @SwarmBase. Multi-agent AI orchestration is becoming an important layer of AI infrastructure, and SwarmBase is building in that direction. Swarm intelligence at scale.
We are excited to announce a major milestone: SwarmBase has closed $3M in strategic funding, with participation from @castrumistanbul, @M2MCapital, @notchvc and @BeckerVentures.
SwarmBase is the orchestration platform powering autonomous AI swarms. Deploy coordinated agents that research, reason, and execute in parallel across any task. From deep research pipelines to enterprise decision workflows, SwarmBase replaces single model prompting with true multi-agent intelligence.
Swarm Intelligence at Scale.
https://t.co/vh9GpyIWk9