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Castrum Capital

Istanbul, Turkey

Overview

We bring the access and innovation to help crypto teams in their journey to the end. Through our components, Castrum Capital creates influence and contributes crypto adaptation. Castrum Capital is here to support you from day-one to global scale impact.

Total investments
8
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
6
Active investors
0
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Investment portfolio

  • ORCA AI Agent

    Participated · Series A · Aug 2026

    ORCA AI Agent is building an AI-native execution layer designed to connect intelligence, automation, and liquidity across the prediction market ecosystem. Its platform offers real-time data analysis, autonomous strategy execution, cross-market routing, portfolio management, and institutional-grade risk controls. ORCA is supported by Nodepay's data and ecosystem infrastructure to process distributed market signals and translate them into actionable intelligence. The company plans to expand prediction market integrations and strengthen its AI agent infrastructure following the Series A. The $7 million strategic funding round provides capital to accelerate product development and support the project's global ecosystem growth.

  • SwarmBase

    Participated · Equity · Jul 2026

    SwarmBase provides the coordination and identity layer for AI agents operating on-chain, offering audited SwarmCore smart contracts, a tiered NFT badge system linked to on-chain activity, and a points engine to incentivize participation. The protocol enables autonomous systems to register, build verifiable reputation, and transact through smart contracts while handling high-throughput agent interactions with transparency and auditability. Since launch the project has recorded 24,000+ registered wallets, 19,600+ minted badges, and 4,500+ daily on-chain transactions. The architecture is designed to be composable for use cases such as DeFi automation, autonomous trading, compute orchestration, and multi-agent collaboration. Future plans include an upcoming Token Generation Event followed by wallet-connected agent staking, an agent marketplace, and a shift toward decentralized governance.

  • aitraceroot

    Participated · Equity · Jun 2026

    aitraceroot develops on-chain AI analytics and AIGC digital asset tools for Web3 ecosystems. The project positions itself as assistive infrastructure to support developers and users interacting with decentralized systems. Following the $3.5 million funding round, it plans to invest in large model development, expand its developer ecosystem, and deploy operations globally. Leadership and investors have emphasized continued iteration of on-chain AI services. The company aims to grow its global user base and deepen integration with decentralized infrastructure. No revenue, user, or prior funding metrics were disclosed in the announcement.

  • NEXST

    Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

    NEXST operates an AI-integrated entertainment platform that blends artificial intelligence, real-world assets (RWA), and blockchain technology to streamline access to global entertainment content. The company’s product vision is to let fans engage with music, video, and other media through a more interactive and immersive digital interface. By layering blockchain and RWA, NEXST aims to give users verifiable ownership of digital collectibles and other in-platform assets, while AI personalizes content discovery and engagement. Management positions the platform as a way to ‘reshape the global entertainment industry landscape’ through these converging technologies. Future plans, as indicated in the announcement, focus on scaling the platform internationally and broadening its technology stack to support additional entertainment verticals. Financially, the firm has secured a strategic seed round of just over $3 million; no revenue, user, or profitability metrics were disclosed in the articles.

  • MetYa

    Participated · Equity · Dec 2025

    MetYa operates a fast-growing platform designed to connect traditional asset management with emerging technologies such as blockchain, AI analytics, and decentralized finance. Current offerings include AI-powered portfolio insights, integrated social features that let users interact around financial activity, and streamlined payment and settlement rails for cross-border and tokenized asset transfers. The company also provides infrastructure that improves access to a wide range of digital and tokenized assets, appealing to both retail and institutional users. With its new financing, MetYa plans to double down on social and payment integration, refine its AI investment tools, and deepen global liquidity connectivity so users can trade across markets seamlessly. Management positions these upgrades as critical to staying ahead in the rapidly evolving digital asset and fintech sectors. Although the firm did not disclose revenue, user numbers, or valuation, the sizeable investment signals strong investor confidence in its growth trajectory.

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