- CEO
- Gary Cottle
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Regional banks
- Address
- Gibraltar Gibraltar
- IPO Date
- May 5, 2020
- Business
- Valereum PLC is a financial technology company that provides blockchain-based digital market infrastructure, real-world asset tokenization platforms, and banking-as-a-service solutions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Gibraltar, the company operates at the intersection of traditional capital markets and decentralized finance, serving institutional clients, corporate asset originators, financial intermediaries, and global investors. Valereum PLC is publicly traded on the Aquis Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol VLRM and cross-trades in the United States on the OTCQB Venture Market under the ticker symbol VLRMF.
The company organizes its operations across three primary business divisions: Real-World Asset Tokenization, Digital Financial Market Infrastructure, and Banking-as-a-Service. Through its proprietary platforms and operating subsidiaries, the company provides a comprehensive suite of products and services, comprising:
VLRM Markets, a regulated digital asset trading platform operating under a Digital Asset Service Provider license issued by the National Commission of Digital Assets (CNAD) of El Salvador, providing end-to-end asset origination, fractionalization, primary issuance, and secondary market trading for tokenized real-world assets;
Asset tokenization structuring, technical onboarding, and advisory services across diversified categories, including commercial and residential real estate; natural resources, energy, and precious metal commodities; sports franchises, media rights, and athlete contracts; intellectual property and music royalties; and traditional financial assets, such as private equity, debt securities, and structured funds;
GATENet, also deployed as The Bridge, a proprietary blockchain-enabled Digital Financial Markets Infrastructure (DFMI) offering high-throughput matching engines, digital securities registry management, and real-time instant settlement (T-Instant) protocols for regulated exchanges and institutional financial market operators;
The GATE Token ecosystem, functioning as the utility and governance mechanism across the company's tokenization architecture to facilitate asset onboarding, network transaction fee settlements, and platform incentive programs; and
Banking-as-a-Service infrastructure, delivering white-label payment gateway integrations, multi-currency digital asset wallets, fiat-to-digital asset on- and off-ramp connectivity, and cross-border settlement channels for enterprise and commercial partners.
In recent corporate developments, Valereum PLC completed the full acquisition of the GSX Group, integrating proprietary GATENet digital market technology into its core architecture and initiating a comprehensive strategic reorganization away from traditional exchange operations toward scalable proprietary software and tokenization marketplace platforms. The company expanded its international regulatory footprint by securing a Digital Asset Service Provider license in El Salvador through its VLRM Markets subsidiary. To scale its commercial pipeline and technology stack, Valereum entered into strategic infrastructure and distribution partnerships with DigiShares for white-label issuance platforms and ZIGChain for blockchain network infrastructure. Additionally, the company entered into a commercial agreement with Quorium Global Photonics SPC to support tokenized commodity offerings, initiating the scheduled receipt of quarterly installments of VGOLD-CORE+ tokens, while executing strategic treasury accumulations of GATE tokens to strengthen platform governance and network capitalization.