Kaia’s KIP Launches Tokenized Private Credit Fund Yield8 to Tap Asia RWA Market

Kaia Investment Partners, or KIP, the investment arm of the Kaia DLT Foundation, said April 22 that it launched Yield8, a tokenized private credit fund.

KIP is the foundation’s investment and incubation unit and operates under the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s regulatory framework to connect traditional finance with the blockchain ecosystem. Yield8 is the first product in KIP’s real-world asset, or RWA, business.

KIP said it sees a shift in the tokenization market, with practical use taking priority over asset size. The firm views private credit as a segment with high utility in decentralized finance despite its relatively small share of the broader market, and believes Asia offers significant room for growth.

Yield8 tokenizes a Kaia multi-asset fund structure and targets annual returns of more than 8%. It is designed to broaden access to private credit investing by bringing an asset class that was largely limited to institutions on-chain. The initial portfolio includes three asset groups: shipping finance, energy finance, and financing for small businesses and payrolls. KIP plans to diversify the portfolio over time.

KIP said it has also built an institutional-grade operating and compliance framework. The fund is managed by KIP, while global fund administrator Ascent Fund Services handles NAV valuation and administration. It also uses a regulatory sandbox environment and third-party security audits to bolster safeguards.

"The launch of Yield8 shows Kaia is evolving beyond a fast, low-cost layer-1 chain into an end-to-end on-chain financial ecosystem spanning stablecoin-based deposits, trading and investment," Kaia DLT Foundation Chairman Seo Sang-min said. "RWA funds are one of the core building blocks of that ecosystem."

KIP Chief Executive Officer Lee Yoon-ho, who also serves as a director at the Kaia DLT Foundation, said Yield8 marks visible progress in moving Kaia beyond digital-asset trading and into capital allocation linked to the real economy. He said the fund entered the market with a regulatory compliance pathway, third-party technical audits and an institutional-grade operating framework. KIP plans to serve as a bridge linking yield-generating off-chain assets with on-chain markets and to expand high-quality RWA assets within the Kaia ecosystem.

Lee said KIP plans to introduce more RWA products with different risk-return profiles following Yield8. He also said RWA funds are a core pillar linking the Kaia ecosystem with the real economy. KIP’s venture capital business, another pillar of the firm, is separately running an investment portfolio focused on stablecoin payments and infrastructure, with details to be disclosed later.

KIP said it will gradually unveil plans to expand its RWA product lineup and work with South Korean financial institutions.