Luxembourg (Europe)

Tokeny a annoncé lundi soir, à la clôture des marchés, qu’Euronext avait souscrit à l’intégralité de son augmentation de capital de 5 millions d’euros. Une double bonne nouvelle.

«Nous boirons un petit coup avec les dix personnes de l’équipe de Luxembourg et à distance avec ceux qui sont un peu partout en Europe!»

Dans le TGV qui le ramène de Paris, lundi soir, le CEO de Tokeny a le triomphe modeste. Luc Falempin sait que ses équipes auront encore beaucoup de travail avant que les institutions financières et bancaires se mettent à l’heure des vacances.

La start-up luxembourgeoise qui a décroché le prix de «fintech de l’année» lors de la récente 4e édition des Fintech Awards Luxembourg a signé la semaine dernière un accord avec Euronext.

Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, London, Oslo and Paris – Luxembourg – 1 July 2019 – Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, announced today that it has subscribed the entire €5 million capital increase of Tokeny Solutions, resulting in a 23.5% stake and strong governance representation.

Launched in 2017, Tokeny Solutions provides all private markets securities issuers, from mid-cap companies and asset management companies to advisors like investment banks, with modular and user-friendly end-to-end solutions to issue, manage and transfer tokenized securities on public blockchain. Tokeny Solutions’ unique T-REX protocol[1] integrates compliance obligations into the digital asset smart contract, to create tokens compliant by design.

Tokenization[2] allows institutions to digitize financial assets, such as equities, debt-like instruments, funds and streamline administration to provide clients a digital-first service. Tokeny Solutions’ end-to-end platform enables the issuance and the management of tokenized securities throughout their lifecycle.

This investment complements Euronext’s position in the nascent digital asset industry, combining Tokeny Solutions’ token management expertise with LiquidShare’s post-trade solutions.

Selected as 2019 Startup of the Year at KPMG’s FinTech Awards Luxembourg, Tokeny Solutions will allow Euronext to onboard a renowned team in the digital asset industry, and broaden its client base towards private companies and investment firms.