[DigitalToday reporter Chi-gyu Hwang (황치규)] Renaissance, a BNB Chain-based real-world asset (RWA) liquidity infrastructure project, has raised $1.5 million in funding led by EZ Labs.

Participants in the round included Gate Ventures, Hash Global, XIN Family, Redline Labs and Mask Network, as well as individual investors such as Feist Group, Logoman, Hupi and Legit App.

Renaissance is building infrastructure to offer physical collectibles on-chain. Its core technology, RenaissanceOS, supports nationwide storage facilities and card shops in directly recording and verifying the custody of physical assets on the blockchain.

Assets are co-signed through cryptographic multisignatures, enabling independent verification of custody status without relying on any single entity.

Renaissance has chosen trading cards as its first flagship collectibles category. Users can access the collectibles market, trading and on-chain ownership through the application layer Renaissance.xyz. Once on-chain custody is verified, ownership can change hands and permissionless trading becomes possible without having to move the physical asset each time.

Renaissance plans to use the funds to expand its storage network, enter new collectibles categories, integrate its SDK and decentralised finance, and strengthen its AI agent infrastructure.