Mubadala Capital, KAIO Assess Digital Access to Private Market Investments

The initiative outlines a joint effort to study how regulated digital frameworks may support secure and efficient participation in private investment strategies.

The release states that the two companies now embark on a structured assessment of KAIO's blockchain infrastructure and its possible role in the provision of digital entry points into Mubadala Capital's investment offerings. It focuses on how technology can help smoothen participation processes, improve operational efficiency, and increase access to these within a regulated environment.

Fatima Al Noaimi and Max Franzetti, Co-Heads of Mubadala Capital Solutions, said the collaboration underscores the firm’s strategic focus on expanding access to institutional investment opportunities. “This partnership reflects Mubadala Capital’s continued commitment to broadening access to institutional investment strategies through secure and innovative financial infrastructure,” they noted. They added that the initiative aims to responsibly introduce new digital channels for global participation. “By leveraging KAIO’s compliant tokenization framework, we are enabling new global access channels while maintaining the highest standards of governance, regulatory alignment, and investment oversight.”

KAIO develops blockchain infrastructure intended for regulated financial use cases, and the company positions its technology around enabling secure, compliant access to digital investment opportunities while maintaining governance and investor safeguards.

Shrey Rastogi, Chief Executive Officer of KAIO, said the initiative reflects a significant step forward for institutional participation in on-chain financial infrastructure. “This launch demonstrates how traditional institutional capital is now scaling onchain,” he said. Rastogi noted that the collaboration highlights the growing interest in regulated tokenization models. “Mubadala Capital is leaning into the future of how real-world assets can be tokenized and made globally accessible without compromising compliance, governance, or investor protections. We are honoured to be collaborating with Mubadala to bring private market opportunities to a digitally native investor base."

The partnership comes at a time when tokenization-especially that of real-world financial assets-continues to attract attention and expand among global institutions. While the wider industry is still in the early days of adoption, a large number of asset managers and financial infrastructure providers have been exploring how blockchain might lower the administrative barrier, provide more flexible investment formats, and optimize distribution mechanisms more generally. These trends do, however, remain exploratory in most jurisdictions, with firms adopting gradual, research-driven approaches.

In this context, the effort by Mubadala Capital and KAIO reflects a cautious yet intentional effort to examine how digital infrastructure may create new pathways for private market participation. Historically, private markets have included high thresholds and complex operational processes, and many financial institutions globally consider whether technology can support efforts at simplifying onboarding, settlement mechanics, or investor management. This partnership makes no assumptions about future outcomes but rather focuses on gathering the insights needed to decide whether such developments can be viable.

KAIO noted in the release that its platform has already supported a number of institutional applications, demonstrating how tokenization frameworks could be designed in order to meet the standards expected by sophisticated market participants. The company believes this work with a major asset manager offers an opportunity to deepen research into what secure digital access might look like at scale.

At this stage, the collaboration remains a study in feasibility, with both organizations putting emphasis on evaluation, consideration of regulations, and testing of infrastructure. Any subsequent steps would be contingent upon the results of that assessment, broader market readiness, and regulatory support.

This evolution of interest in the tokenization of real-world assets is starting to shape how the next stage of digital finance will emerge, driven through partnerships such as Mubadala Capital and KAIO.

Whether this study leads to new investment channels or remains part of internal research endeavors, it embodies a holistic part of the industry, making its transition from conceptual discussions to practical evaluation. The output from that study may provide important guidance on how private market strategies might interface with the emergent digital infrastructure over the coming years.