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Institutional-grade, market-neutral yield, accessible on-chain to anyone.

WHAT THEY’RE BUILDING

Tori Finance is a yield-bearing stablecoin protocol bringing institutional delta-neutral trading strategies on-chain. Users mint trUSD with USDC or USDT and stake it into strUSD, which accrues yield generated by off-chain HFT and arbitrage partners executing basis trades, calendar spreads, and options arbitrage, rather than relying on token emissions, unsecured credit, or crypto price direction.

THE FOUNDING TEAM

Tori Labs was founded by Samed Düzçay, a serial entrepreneur and crypto-native operator with ~7 years in DeFi, experience managing significant active DeFi positions, and one prior exit through Infoset's acquisition by BtcTurk. The broader team and advisor base adds institutional trading, market structure, and crypto BD depth, including experience from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Binance, Citi, Takasbank, and Turkey's Capital Markets Board.

WHY WE BACKED THEM

The stablecoin market has grown enormously, yet most holders earn nothing on their balances, and the yield strategies that actually work (delta-neutral, institutional) have stayed locked behind accreditation requirements and high minimums. Tori packages that access into a liquid, DeFi-composable token instead.

Website
Investment date
2026 / Q1
Founders
Samed Düzçay
Stage
Pre-Seed
Fund
Fund II
Sector
DeFi · Stablecoin
HQ
[Cayman Islands]
Status
Active