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Edwin Aoki
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Edwin Aoki
Portfolio
KITE AI
1 round invested
Series A
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Edwin Aoki
CTO, Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Currencies at PayPal.
Funding Rounds
Deals
1
Latest Round
Sep 2, 2025
KITE AI
raised
$18 million
in a
Series A
funding round led by
PayPal Ventures
,
General Catalyst
with participation from
Hao Min
,
GSR Ventures
,
Edwin Aoki
,
Avalanche Foundation
,
Navin Gupta
,
Essence Venture Capital
,
Animoca Ventures
,
Dispersion Capital
,
Alchemy Ventures
,
LayerZero
,
John Liu
,
Grigore Rosu
,
Vertex Ventures
,
Evan Cheng
,
Samsung NEXT
,
Alumni Ventures
,
HashKey Capital
,
8VC
,
Hashed
,
SBI Group
,
Frank Chang (Uber)
,
Bohan Zhang (OpenAI)
,
Haiyan Huang (UC Berkeley)
,
Sriram Vishwanath (Georgia Tech)
, and others.
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Co-Investors
General Catalyst
Early-stage and transformational investments.
Grigore Rosu
President and CEO at Runtime Verification.
Navin Gupta
Managing Director, South Asia and MENA at Ripple.
Essence Venture Capital
Early stage fund partnering with technical teams changing the enterprise.
