Renaiss has closed a $1.5 million first funding round led by YZi Labs, with participation from Gate Ventures, Hash Global, XIN Family, Redline Labs, and angel investors tied to Mask Network, Far East Group, Logoman, Hoopi, and Legit App. Built on BNB Chain, the project focuses on RWA liquidity infrastructure for physical collectibles.
The company said the capital will be used to scale its vault network, move into additional collectible categories, deepen product and ecosystem integrations, improve capital efficiency, and expand its global footprint. Its pitch is straightforward: bring real-world collectible assets on-chain with more standardized custody, settlement, and market access.
Turning vaults and card shops into on-chain verification nodes
At the center of the stack is RenaissOS, which converts independent vaults and card shops into on-chain verification nodes. Assets are co-signed through cryptographic multi-signature design, a setup the project says reduces dependence on any single party and allows custody status to be verified independently.
Renaiss began with trading cards as its first major category. Its user-facing application layer, Renaiss.xyz, is designed for market access, trading, and on-chain ownership. The broader plan reaches beyond cards, with the platform aiming to support more physical collectible categories through the same rails.
That structure is meant to let ownership change on-chain without requiring the physical item to move every time a trade happens. For collectible markets, that targets a familiar set of bottlenecks: authentication, custody, pricing, settlement, and cross-border transfer workflows that still sit in disconnected offline processes.
A consumer-facing RWA segment with fragmented infrastructure
Renaiss argues that high-value collectibles already carry global demand, active secondary markets, and cultural relevance, yet the infrastructure around them remains fragmented. While much of the RWA conversation has centered on treasuries, credit, and real estate, the project positions collectibles as a more consumer-native category shaped by scarcity, identity, community demand, and financial value.
Its answer is a verifiable custody and liquidity layer spanning multiple regions, allowing physical collectibles to trade on-chain through trustless infrastructure. The emphasis is not only on tokenization, but on the custody and settlement rails required to make the assets usable on-chain in the first place.
Traction figures disclosed since the beta launch
According to the company, since its beta went live in November 2025, Renaiss has generated more than $20 million in revenue in roughly six months and grown to over 260,000 users. It said activity has been especially strong across Asian markets, including South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Growth has come from primary collectible distribution, marketplace trading, and rising participation around on-chain collectible assets.
Renaiss also said secondary marketplace activity has become an early liquidity signal, suggesting usage beyond one-off drops. Within the BNB Chain ecosystem, the project said it won at Binance Blockchain Week Dubai Demo Night in December 2025 and was ranked the No. 1 RWA on BNB Chain. In May 2026, it graduated from EASY Residency Season 3, an incubation program backed by YZi Labs.
New capital earmarked for SDK, DeFi integrations, and AI agent tooling
With fresh funding in place, Renaiss said it will expand its vault network, add new collectible verticals, and push product growth through the Renaiss SDK, DeFi integrations, and AI agent infrastructure. It also pointed to its Trustless Leverage Engine, which is intended to improve capital efficiency as more verified, vault-backed supply moves on-chain.
Based on the details released, Renaiss is trying to connect verifiable possession of physical collectibles with on-chain liquidity for collectors who want to trade without repeated physical movement of the assets. The announcement did not disclose a valuation for the round or any token issuance plan.