Kairos Labs, Inc., a developer of permissionless interest rate swap infrastructure for DeFi, announced a $2.4 million seed funding round on March 25, 2026. 6th Man Ventures led the round. Lattice Fund, Advancit Capital, and Compa Capital participated in the round. The announcement followed a beta phase that generated over $300 million in notional swap volume. Kairos Labs graduated from the Alliance Accelerator.
Funding Overview
Kairos Labs secured $2.4 million in seed funding. The round supports the launch of Kairos Labs’ protocol on Ethereum mainnet and Base in coming weeks.
- Amount raised: $2.4 million
- Round type: Seed
- Announcement date: March 25, 2026
- Beta performance: Over $300 million in notional swap volume
About the Company
Kairos Labs, Inc. builds a permissionless, non-custodial interest rate swap protocol for the Ethereum Virtual Machine. Interest rate swaps are contracts where parties exchange fixed and floating interest rate payments on a notional principal.
The protocol allows users to create swap markets by setting parameters including underlying rate, swap tenor, collateral token, risk controls, and pricing oracles. Markets operate in fixed-rate and floating-rate pairs. Liquidity providers supply capital to pools that take the opposing side of swaps. Settlements occur at expiry based on rate differences.
Kairos Labs integrates with Morpho Vault V2 and ERC-4626 standards via vault adapters. The company published its technical whitepaper on March 25, 2026. This comes as broader industry activity continues, with developments such as Eunice Secures $8M highlighting growing investment in financial and AI-driven infrastructure.
Thomas Harrison serves as Co-Founder and CEO of Kairos Labs. Vince DePalma serves as Co-Founder and CTO of Kairos Labs. Harrison’s prior company was acquired by Gemini. Harrison led the Gemini Credit Card program at Gemini, which scaled to hundreds of millions in loan volume. DePalma led engineering teams at Goldman Sachs and Gemini.
Investors
6th Man Ventures led the seed round in Kairos Labs. Serge Kassardjian is Managing Partner at 6th Man Ventures.
- Lattice Fund
- Advancit Capital
- Compa Capital
Market Context
Interest rate swaps represent a $500 trillion notional market in traditional finance. These instruments enable lenders to hedge floating-rate exposure and offer fixed rates. DeFi lending protocols including Aave and Morpho secure tens of billions in deposits, but operate primarily on variable rates.
Kairos Labs addresses the absence of interest rate swap infrastructure in DeFi. The protocol supports hedging for fixed-rate lending, staking yields, and structured products. It enables swaps on any yield or interest rate, matching underlying positions. Alliance backed Kairos Labs through its accelerator.
