Osero Raises $13.5M Led by Sky Ecosystem to Build Stablecoin Yield Infrastructure

Sky Ecosystem Leads Funding Round for Stablecoin Yield Platform

Osero, a stablecoin yield infrastructure project incubated by Stablewatch and Soter Labs, has successfully raised $13.5 million in a funding round led by Sky Ecosystem and co-led by Plasma. The investment round also attracted angel investors from prominent crypto organizations including USDT0, Maple, Accountable, Four Pillars, RedStone, The Rollup, and Kairos Research.

The funding comes as the stablecoin market has surged beyond $300 billion in total value, according to data from DeFiLlama. Despite this substantial market size, the majority of yields generated from backing assets continue to flow to stablecoin issuers such as Circle and Tether, leaving token holders without direct returns and limiting options for fintech companies seeking to provide stablecoin savings products without direct asset management.

Three-Product Strategy to Democratize Stablecoin Yields

Osero is launching with a comprehensive three-product suite designed to address the current yield distribution gap in the stablecoin ecosystem.

Osero Earn enables wallets, neobanks, custodians, and exchanges to integrate the Sky Savings Rate directly into their platforms. The company claims the product can be implemented with approximately 10 lines of code, making integration straightforward for financial service providers. The platform automatically routes user deposits into the Sky Savings Rate while managing the underlying asset-management, routing, and risk infrastructure on behalf of integrating partners.

Osero App provides users with direct access to stablecoin yields across multiple blockchain networks, eliminating the need for intermediary platforms.

Osero Foundry targets asset managers and structured product issuers, offering infrastructure to bring yield-generating products on-chain. The Foundry product will provide up to $2.5 billion in allocation capacity for anchor funding, swap liquidity, and lending liquidity. Each deployment will undergo a risk review process inspired by Basel III banking standards, according to company statements.

Capital Deployment and Risk Framework

The $13.5 million raised will be allocated toward capital requirements for Osero's initial Foundry deployments. Specifically, the funds will underwrite the first cohort of projects under the risk assessment framework aligned with Sky Protocol's evaluation process.

Sky, formerly known as MakerDAO, has been actively expanding its balance sheet and distribution network surrounding USDS and sUSDS tokens. The protocol achieved a significant milestone last year when S&P assigned it a B- credit rating, marking the first time the agency rated a DeFi protocol.

Sky-backed initiatives have increasingly focused on yield-bearing real-world asset products. In March, Obex announced plans to deploy $1 billion across credit, energy, and AI assets to expand stablecoin yield opportunities.

Strategic Investor Background

Plasma, the co-lead investor in Osero's funding round, is developing a blockchain specifically designed for stablecoin applications. The project demonstrated strong market interest when its token sale raised $373 million in an oversubscribed offering last year.

The investment in Osero reflects broader institutional momentum toward stablecoin infrastructure and yield-generation mechanisms, as traditional finance increasingly intersects with decentralized finance protocols.