Quick take:
- FUTURE describes its business model as designed to serve institutional Bitcoin adoption end-to-end.
- It includes treasury operations, which focus on accumulating, custody, and managing Bitcoin as the core balance sheet foundation.
- The firm is also investing in research and analytics to produce proprietary research, market intelligence, and analytical dashboards tailored for institutional investors.
- It also plans to build infrastructure for building secure, compliant treasury and wallet infrastructure solutions for institutions, as well as advisory operations.
Future Holdings AG, the digital asset treasury and blockchain infrastructure company based in Switzerland, has raised CHF 28 million (approximately $34.54 million) in a round led by Fulgur Ventures, Nakamoto, and TOBAM.
FUTURE is building a digital asset treasury anchored on Bitcoin. The company is led by a team it describes as having “combined expertise in Bitcoin, venture, structured finance, and capital markets.”
According to the press release seen by NFTgators, the leadership team is comprised of Chairman Richard Byworth, Managing Partner at Syz Capital, and CEO Sebastien Hess, a fintech and Bitcoin entrepreneur and investor.
Co-Founders Marc Syz, CEO at Syz Capital, Julian Liniger, CEO of Relai, and Adam Back, the inventor of Hashcash and CEO of Blockstream, are also part of the team.
The company describes its business model as designed to serve institutional Bitcoin adoption end-to-end. Besides the treasury operations, which focus on accumulating, custody, and managing Bitcoin as the core balance sheet foundation, FUTURE is also investing in research and analytics to produce proprietary research, market intelligence, and analytical dashboards tailored for institutional investors.
Furthermore, the firm plans to build infrastructure for building secure, compliant treasury and wallet infrastructure solutions for institutions, as well as advisory operations.
Commenting on the fundraising, Sebastien Hess, CEO of FUTURE, said in a statement: “[The investors’] commitment reflects confidence in our execution and in our vision to build Europe’s Premier Bitcoin Treasury Company, a trusted institutional gateway that connects Bitcoin with global capital through financial discipline, technology, and transparent governance.”
Richard Byworth, Chairman and co-founder of FUTURE, added: “The calibre of the investors in this round, and the strong interest we have seen in a challenging environment, highlights the demand for a Swiss BTCTC, while underscoring the quality of our handpicked team.”
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