Tokenize
Blockchain-based German startup fundraising platform issuing virtual shares
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A German equity crowdfunding platform that has used GmbH tokens since 2022 to raise capital and structure employee participation for startups in the German-speaking market. It addresses the notarisation requirement for share transfers in a German limited liability company, which makes small and continuous rounds expensive. The instrument is a virtual participation: investors receive dividend rights and exit proceeds matching shareholder economics without entering the commercial register or voting on shareholder resolutions, so each capital increase avoids a notary; contract templates are drafted for German and Austrian company law, subscriptions are recorded by Ethereum contracts, and ownership and transfer records are queryable. A public round is capped at 8 million euros with a 50 euro minimum.
Fundraising, employee participation and secondary transfers share one ledger, so founders can open subscriptions continuously and investors can list virtual shares on the platform, with exits and dividends executed by contract. Compared with a single large venture round, it suits community-driven and consumer brands raising small amounts from many backers; compared with security token offerings, it avoids a prospectus-based public issue and sits inside the German crowdfunding exemption. Its reach is limited to German and Austrian GmbHs and UGs, and companies in other jurisdictions cannot use it directly.
In 2026 Tokenize Xchange was defined by contraction and reorganization. Through 2026 there has been no public news of new funding or an approved licence, and the platform's focus shifted to cross-border digital asset services.
Tokenize's onchain data also points to limited decentralization: a holdings snapshot on 28 February 2026 showed the top ten addresses controlling about 99.31 percent of TKX supply, with the contract address and a few internal wallets taking large shares. Titan Chain remains built on the Cosmos SDK with EVM compatibility, with Animoca Brands as a major validator, and IEOs plus RWA tokenization remain its headline use cases.The platform still runs spot trading, yield products and IEOs, with TKX used for fee discounts, membership tiers and launchpad allocations, and yield products paying interest in TKX, which amplifies the link between token price and platform credibility.
Tokenize intends to rebuild compliance channels from Labuan and the Middle East and differentiate through Titan Chain's issuance capacity, though restoring user trust depends on licensing progress and asset transparency.
Christoph Jentzsch — Founder & CEO; early Ethereum core developer and co-founder of Slock.it; founded Tokenize.it in 2022, later rebranded beel.
beel (formerly Tokenize.it) is entered in Germany's Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) tied-agent register under number 80179598, acting for Concedus GmbH, which lets it broker investments in tokenised virtual shares.