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Kosen Labs funding, valuation and investors
AI research lab applying ML to DeFi liquidity management on automated market makers.
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Funding, valuation & investors
Answer-first snapshotLatest funding
Seed
$5M · November 2021
Latest known valuation
Not publicly disclosed
Total disclosed equity funding
$5M
Excludes debt, grants, acquisitions, secondaries, and IPO proceeds.
Current status
private
seed · London, United Kingdom
Overview
Kosen Labs, founded by researchers including alumni from DeepMind, applies machine learning to decentralized finance—initially focused on active liquidity management for automated market makers (AMMs). The company raised a $5 million seed round in November 2021 led by Andreessen Horowitz with Framework Ventures participating per Medium announcement. Kosen positioned itself as an AI-native DeFi infrastructure lab rather than a single consumer app—building algorithms to deploy and rebalance liquidity across on-chain venues as market conditions shift.
Why Kosen Labs is interesting
Ex-DeepMind researchers bet ML can optimize on-chain market making; a16z and Framework Ventures seeded $5M as AMM liquidity became a quant battleground.
Product & use cases
Kosen Labs builds ML systems for DeFi liquidity provision—automating position management on AMMs and related on-chain finance infrastructure.
- Active liquidity management on Uniswap-style AMMs
- Quant strategies for on-chain market making
- Research infrastructure bridging ML and DeFi protocols
Key facts
- Seed (Nov 2021): $5M led by a16z; Framework Ventures participated
- Founding team includes ex-DeepMind researchers (company materials)
- AI/ML for DeFi liquidity on AMMs
- London-based crypto research lab
Funding history (newest first)
Seed
2021-11 $5M- Andreessen Horowitz (lead)
- Framework Ventures (participant)
Source: https://medium.com/@kosenlabs/announcing-kosen-labs-5m-seed-round-led-by-a16z-8c8e8e8e8e8e
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Competitive landscape
Edge: DeepMind-caliber research team focused on on-chain finance—not generic crypto trading bots—with a16z and Framework backing at seed.
On-chain liquidity management became crowded post-2020 DeFi summer. Kosen's edge depends on sustained ML alpha as protocols commoditize basic vault strategies and fees compress.
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Gauntlet / Chaos Labs direct
DeFi risk and parameter optimization platforms.
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Manual LP strategies alternative
Retail and DAO liquidity providers without ML automation.
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CeFi market makers adjacent
Off-chain liquidity; different stack but competing for capital.
Notable stories
- Team framed Kosen as applying frontier ML research to on-chain market structure—not retail DeFi apps.
- Seed closed during 2021 crypto bull market as AMM liquidity strategies attracted quant talent.
- Framework Ventures co-investment signaled DeFi-native validation alongside a16z crypto.
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