LONDON: Valereum PLC (AQSE: VLRM), announced a US $2.5 million strategic investment in Blubird Global, Inc., (“Blubird”) (“Investment”) for a minority stake and will be granted a Board observer seat. The Investment will be made in eight tranches. The Company expects to complete the acquisition of the first tranche of shares in June 2025, with the remaining tranches expected to be completed by September 2025.
Blubird, a Delaware-based SaaS business, provides mission-critical tools to Web3 startups, as well as traditional Web2 companies migrating to Web3’s blockchain technology, with the aim of innovating and disrupting traditional markets. Blubird’s tools provide cap table management, tokenomics modeling, Real-World Asset (RWA) tokenisation, smart contract deployment and more.
Over US $55 billion in assets have already been tokenised and are administered on Blubird’s platform. Subject to issuer consent and technical and regulatory approval, Valereum and Blubird (“the Parties”) will initially target up to US $2 billion of these assets for listing on Valereum’s forthcoming marketplace.
Blubird operates primarily from the USA, serving corporate clients, carbon trading initiatives, asset managers, founders, and developers globally across multiple jurisdictions and industry sectors. Its platform integrations and team have been strategically positioned to support the needs of users across both Eastern and Western markets.
Blubird’s primary market has been in providing solutions and services to clients in equity and asset management, compliant tokenisation of RWAs, and the investment management sector unifying traditional finance and blockchain ecosystems. It has built an enviable network of international partners that each have a substantial database of projects and clients that could benefit from its tools and services.
Examples of current partnerships include:
Sony Partnership
Sony’s Soneium project is an Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain that brings together Content creators, fans and brands. Blubird is one of a small cohort of qualified service providers recommended by Sony to provide services to users of the Soneium ecosystem.
Redbelly Network Partnership
Redbelly Network is one of the world’s fastest-growing compliant networks for asset tokenisation, where Blubird serves as the first solution and preferred provider for asset tokenisation services. This includes being the primary tokenisation provider to Arx Veritas and Carbonhood global providers of Carbon Trading services.
This strategic Investment aligns with Valereum’s vision of building a robust and interconnected digital asset and tokenisation ecosystem. The Directors believe there are significant synergies and complementary expertise to capitalise on during the opportunities ahead.
James Formolli, Chairman of Valereum Plc, commented: “This investment follows on from our recently announced Digishares collaboration. Blubird have an impressive suite of tools and are already partnered up with leaders like Sony via the Soneium project and Redbelly Network. This investment is designed to speed up innovation and open opportunities for both companies to push forwards in real-world asset tokenisation.”
Corey Billington, Co-founder and CEO of Blubird Global Inc., commented: “This investment forms an extremely exciting step in Blubird’s development journey and allows Blubird to scale from its current team of 25 to meet the increasing demand for Blubird services globally. A key for us isn’t just the funding but the active involvement and additional skills pool that this partnership with Valereum brings.”