The tokenization process enables companies to create assets that represent shares in a digital environment, allowing investors to hold shares digitally and execute transactions more quickly and efficiently.

Tokenized shares offer investors two different options: unregistered (bearer) and registered shares.

While unregistered shares are used as an instrument that indicates ownership only when it changes hands, without being recorded in a ledger, registered shares are known as shares that are recorded in an official register and indicate legal ownership. This flexibility offers investors greater freedom of choice according to their needs.

Taurus accepts Aktionariat’s tokenized shares to the TDX platform, making these shares available to banks, investors and individual customers.

The TDX platform operates as a blockchain-based regulated marketplace and provides an environment where investors can safely buy and sell tokenized stocks. With this cooperation, it is aimed for Swiss SMEs to reach a wider investor base.

RealUnit Schweiz AG became one of the first companies to tokenize shares through Aktionariat in April 2022. By listing these tokenized stocks on the TDX platform, the company will be one of the first companies to begin trading in this space.

Dani Stüssi, CEO of RealUnit Schweiz AG, emphasized in the press release that their company will be one of the first Swiss firms to offer tokenized instruments. He also noted that being accepted for trading on TDX is an important step in the process of increasing accessibility and liquidity for investors.

Taurus’s work on tokenization is not limited to stocks. In December 2023, Taurus began tokenizing SME loans in collaboration with German fintech firm Teylor. This collaboration allows token holders to provide monthly cash flows.

A portion of Teylor’s loan portfolio was blockchain-based tokenized using the Taurus infrastructure and made available for trading on the TDX platform. In this way, professional private debt investors have the opportunity to participate in blockchain-based secondary markets and earn returns on these investments.

Lamine Brahimi, co-founder and managing partner of Taurus, stated that this collaboration, in addition to making smaller investments possible, opens a new door for trading tokenized instruments. Brahimi also stated that this collaboration is one of the first applications in the field of private debt portfolio tokenization.

Tokenization technology digitizes traditional investment instruments, allowing investors to access liquidity and opportunities faster. Especially for SMEs, this technology stands out as an important step in expanding the investor base and increasing access to finance.

Taurus and Aktionariat’s collaboration will enable Swiss SMEs to reach a wider investor base and facilitate access to liquidity by tokenizing their shares.

This development reveals both the increasing importance of blockchain technology in the investment world and the new opportunities offered by digitalization in the financing models of small and medium-sized businesses.