Kota Murakami

Venture Capitalist at Lotte Ventures

πŸ“ JapanπŸ”„ Updated September 2026πŸ’Ό 5 investmentsπŸ“… 4 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Jul 2023
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Jul 2023
An Earning-Enhancing Network, Incentivized by the Bitcoin Ecosystem.
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May 2023
Orbiter Finance is a decentralized cross-rollup bridge that offers secure, low cost and almost instant transfer. It has supported transactions of assets over 40 networks including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, ZKSync Era, Base, Scroll, Linea, TON, Solana, and other ETH L2s & BTC L2s.
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Apr 2023
Taiko is an Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup, scaling back Ethereum by supporting all EVM opcodes in a layer-2 architecture that is decentralized, permissionless, and secure.
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Feb 2023
Unleash the power of every soul.
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Dec 2022
In Blockchain We Trust!
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2025
Venture Capitalist
Feb 2025
Lotte Ventures, previously known as Lotte Accelerator, aims to leverage the entire infrastructure and business of Lotte Group - retail, logistics, culture, tourism, food & beverages, chemical, and finance- to support aspiring young entrepreneurs so that their passion and ideas may develop into global companies. Lotte Ventures have renamed to enhance synergies with Lotte Group and to expand investments into late stage start-ups. Moreover, Lotte Ventures will provide a new paradigm in shared growth by partnering with government organizations and programs such as the Creative Economy Innovation Center and Entrepreneurial Incubation Center. Lotte Ventures evaluates the potential of start-ups to make investments and shape the future together. Biannual Lotte Accelerating Program supports the young entrepreneurs to build competitiveness during the 6 months program.
2023
Investor
Jul 2023
An Earning-Enhancing Network, Incentivized by the Bitcoin Ecosystem.
Investor
May 2023
Orbiter Finance is a decentralized cross-rollup bridge that offers secure, low cost and almost instant transfer. It has supported transactions of assets over 40 networks including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, ZKSync Era, Base, Scroll, Linea, TON, Solana, and other ETH L2s & BTC L2s.
Investor
Apr 2023
Taiko is an Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup, scaling back Ethereum by supporting all EVM opcodes in a layer-2 architecture that is decentralized, permissionless, and secure.
Investor
Feb 2023
Unleash the power of every soul.
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