Arcton
RWA · Tokenized Equities · ARCTON
Tokenized pre-IPO and private equity access.
Tokenized pre-IPO and private equity access.
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Main components (4)
Startup IPO / share tokenization
Arcton legally tokenizes the shares of an existing Swiss company under the Swiss DLT Act and offers them to the public in an on-platform 'IPO'. Investors buy tokenized shares with USDC or fiat (CHF/EUR) and become registered shareholders with the same rights (dividends, sale proceeds) as holders of the paper version.
Swiss legal / registry layer
New tokenized shares are authorized by existing shareholders with notarial approval, entered into the Swiss Commercial Register (verifiable via zefix.ch), and issued as share tokens under the DLT Bill (effective 2021), so the token is legally equivalent to a paper share certificate.
Secondary market on Camelot (Arbitrum)
After the IPO and registry entry, a 50/50 liquidity pool is created on Camelot, the Arbitrum-native DEX, letting shares trade permissionlessly 24/7 without lock-ups. Roughly 12.5% of funds raised are seeded into the pool alongside an equivalent value of shares.
spNFT staking + Nitro pools
Liquidity providers stake their Camelot LP tokens to mint a staked-position NFT (spNFT), which can be deposited into a Nitro pool for boosted rewards. A minimum ~30-day lock applies, and longer locks earn more; rewards accrue in the form of shares.
Differentiator
Tokenized pre-IPO and private equity access.
Organizational structure
Units & roles
- Operating company
Arcton (MetaOne AG / Arcton, Zurich)
Zurich-based Swiss fintech founded in 2022 that builds and operates the platform, runs due diligence and curates startups for listing. Emerged from the University of Zurich (UZH) entrepreneurship ecosystem and was associated with the Tenity incubator.
Investment rounds
| Date | Round | Amount | Investors | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-15 | Pre-seed | CHF 350,000 | Francesco Illy (former co-owner, Gruppo Illy)Prof. Aleks Berentsen (University of Basel)Undisclosed investor affiliated with Camelot | Source |
Similarity to traditional finance products
How Arcton maps onto established TradFi structures, and where it diverges.
| TradFi product | Similarity to Arcton | Key differences |
|---|---|---|
| Equity crowdfunding + a stock exchange IPO | Like an equity crowdfunding platform, retail investors buy real ownership shares of a private company; like a public listing, those shares then trade on a liquid secondary market. | Shares are issued as blockchain tokens under the Swiss DLT Act rather than as registry book-entries at a traditional broker; the secondary market is a permissionless DEX (Camelot on Arbitrum) trading 24/7 with no lock-up, instead of a regulated stock exchange with settlement windows and brokers. |