Equity Tokenization
Unlock liquidity for private company shares — compliant, on-chain, global
BrightNode tokenizes shares of private companies and holding structures — giving shareholders new liquidity options, enabling fractional ownership and opening access to a global pool of qualified investors, while maintaining full regulatory compliance across the relevant jurisdictions.
Private company shares and holding interests are illiquid by definition. There are no organized secondary markets. Transfers require notarial acts, shareholder approval and cap table updates — slow, costly and opaque processes. Tokenization does not change the underlying corporate rights. It makes them more efficient to transfer, more transparent to track and more accessible to new investors. The token is a digital representation of the existing share, not a replacement of the legal structure.
We are implementation-agnostic — no conflicts of interest with technology platforms, exchanges or third-party providers. Our only interest is the best outcome for your project.
We work with founders and shareholders who want to create a secondary market without listing the company, holding companies managing multi-jurisdictional portfolios, private equity managers looking to offer liquidity to existing LPs or attract new investors, and international structures — particularly those with assets in Africa, Middle East and Asia — seeking access to European and institutional investor pools.
We start with a cap table analysis — reviewing the shareholder structure, drag-along and tag-along rights, pre-emption clauses and transfer restrictions to identify which interests are tokenizable without legal conflicts. We then design the legal wrapper: either a direct digital representation of the shares as DLT-based ledger rights under the Swiss DLT Act, or a participation in an SPV that holds the original shares.
The choice depends on the company's jurisdiction and the target investor base. We define the rights embedded in the token — voting rights, dividend rights, redemption clauses, lock-up periods and transferability conditions — and build on-chain KYC and AML compliance via whitelists or permissioned transfer modules.
Finally we deploy the smart contracts, integrate with the existing cap table system, and configure the investor onboarding process and secondary marketplace for qualified investors.
We work with ordinary and preferred shares of unlisted companies, interests in holding companies including multi-jurisdictional structures, private equity and venture capital fund interests and club deal participations, carried interest and management fee rights, and convertible instruments including SAFEs and digital convertible notes.
Cap table analysis
Evaluation of asset suitability, investor model and economic rationale.
Regulatory and jurisdictional mapping
High-level analysis across USA, Europe, Switzerland, UAE and other relevant frameworks.
SPV and asset structuring support
Advisory on legal vehicles, ownership layers and cash flow logic.
Token model and investor rights design
Definition of economic rights, governance, distributions and lifecycle events.
On-chain architecture coordination
Alignment between token model, custody, smart contracts and platform.
Go-to-market and distribution advisory
Support on positioning, investor targeting and launch strategy.
We do not sell platforms.
We help you design structures that actually work in the real world.
We follow a structured and repeatable methodology, adapted to each project’s complexity.
1. Asset and project assessment
Understanding the asset, the business objectives and the investor profile.
2. Structuring and compliance design
Defining SPV, regulatory perimeter and economic logic.
3. Token and architecture design
Translating real-world rights and flows into a coherent token structure.
4. Launch and operational readiness
Supporting execution, distribution and long-term operability.
This approach reduces execution risk and increases investor confidence.
Focused on real-world assets, not generic Web3
Independent advisory, blockchain platform-agnostic
Strong understanding of regulatory and structuring constraints
Experience at the intersection of real estate, finance and blockchain
We work with a limited number of projects at a time to ensure senior-level involvement and execution quality.
If you are evaluating a real estate tokenization initiative and need clarity on structure, regulation and execution, we can help you assess the project and define the right path forward.
