Aktionariat AG and Taurus SA have announced a partnership on tokenization. Both firms are based in Switzerland – a jurisdiction that has supported Fintech innovation.
Aktionariat is a tokenization platform with over 70 tokenized Swiss companies and more than 30.000 users. Its tools include token management, scalable shareholder relations, and the trading of digital assets.
Taurus, supervised and regulated by FINMA, holds a mission of providing enterprise-grade digital asset infrastructure for digital assets, including digital securities, crypto, NFTs, and digital currencies. Taurus supports systemic banks, universal banks, online banks, crypto-banks, private banks, and broker-dealers. TDX is an organized trading facility operated by Taurus.
The two companies explain that the collaboration will support selected digital securities with Aktionariat on the Ethereum blockchain. Aktionariat will offer client companies a path towards being admitted to trading on TDX.
In general, the two firms aim to increase liquidity and unlock value for tokenized SMEs and their shareholders by providing access to TDX’s network of banks, professional investors, and retail clients.
Murat Ögat, CEO of Aktionariat, explained that their mission is to enable companies to leverage the power of blockchain-based financing.
“While we already offer tools to enable the sale and limited informal trading of security tokens, there is a lack of licensed marketplaces for security tokens. Taurus fills this gap with its digital marketplace. Having a smooth path to access this market will provide value to our clients and also strengthen the usefulness of our offering for their investors.”
One of the first tokenized SMEs expected to be admitted for trading on TDX following this partnership is RealUnit Schweiz AG, an investment company focused on real assets. Several other companies expected to follow in 2025 as the ecosystem of tokenized SMEs expands.
RealUnit tokenized its shares with Aktionariat in April 2022 for its investors who may choose between classic bearer shares and registered shares as tokens – a first in the Swiss capital market.
The partnership is expected to go live in November, enabling the tokens to begin trading on TDX.
