We’re a specialist consultancy, focusing on FinTech, Blockchain & Web3. We work with entrepreneurial, digital companies accelerating your problem-solving and growth.
Services
Growth & Strategy
We enable startups and growth companies to identify and execute successful growth strategies – including moving into international markets or into the UK – and resourcing them with interim C-level talent as necessary.
Capital Raising
We help businesses become investment-ready. Refining business models, defining the core value proposition, creating investment documentation, representing the company in the best light to investors to attract investment on favourable terms.
Legal & Compliance
We help generate and negotiate key commercial contracts and coordinate outside counsel and accountants. We resource the design and application of necessary compliance policies, increase governance capacity and reduce compliance risk.
Operations & Finance
We assist businesses to evaluate and transform their procedures and processes, connecting operations to strategy and uncovering opportunities that will create value. We also build financial models, forecasts and accounting systems.
Sectors
We bring value to tech-enabled startups and growth companies. We are sector agnostic, though we have a depth of experience across:
FinTech
We have experience working with companies at the convergence of financial services and technology, including within a regulated environment. New market and product sectors continue to evolve and we will help you innovate your operations and business models to create a sustained advantage.
Platforms & eCommerce
Market places and platforms offer a unique from a monetisation, combining strong defensible and scalable network effects with lucrative revenue models like SaaS. We also understand the importance of an effective eCommerce strategy, advising on development, performance and visibility.
Crowdfunding
Protocol has experience helping build businesses in this fast-developing space, in both regulated and unregulated environments, including the leverage of digital assets and DLT technologies.
Distributed Ledger Technology
We understand the opportunities which public and private DLT technologies offer businesses and can cut through the hype. From tracking and transferring assets to settlements and smart contracts, the potential of this new technology to transform business spans industries & applications. We can accelerate your understanding and time to market to capture the value of blockchain.
Digital Assets
Protocol enables clients looking to navigate the multiple challenges in securities and asset tokenisation. We have first-hand experience of building tokenised investment products in a demanding regulatory environment and can help you launch, issue and promote digital investments that are FCA compliant.
Real Estate
Market places and platforms offer a unique from a monetisation, combining strong defensible and scalable network effects with lucrative revenue models like SaaS. We also understand the importance of an effective eCommerce strategy, advising on development, performance and visibility.
Case Studies
FinTech: A Global First
Protocol pioneered the path to design and launch a real estate backed security token. This was the first example of property tokenisation in the UK. Globally this was the first security token investment available to everyday, retail investors. We provided C-level leadership and consulting services to our client, Smartlands Platform Ltd. The result was the design and launch of a new category of investment.
Elements of our work with Smartlands included: achieving authorisation with the FCA; holding CF1 & CF30 controlled functions; working as interim Directors of Smartlands; developing the legal framework for the investment platform; coordinating the legal documentation with outside counsel; and advising the marketing team to ensure financial promotions to the public were compliant.
Founders of Blockchain Community
OXBC – The Oxford Blockchain Foundation was founded in June 2018 with 150 Alumni of Saïd Business School’s inaugural Blockchain Strategy Programme. As Founders and Co-Chairs of OXBC, we pursue the goal of enhancing the network of our members by growing a global and diverse business community, enhancing our members expertise in DLT, Blockchain and FinTech and increasing their opportunities for personal and professional growth.
OXBC offers blockchain related projects and startups a constructive, exclusive environment for peer-to-peer mentoring and support. We run events to develop our members thought leadership, publish insightful content and contribute to the understanding of blockchain technology as a major disrupter of multiple industries.
Traditional & Digital Securities
MERJ Exchange is an innovative end-to-end, multi-market global financial exchange for Equities, Debt and Derivatives. MERJ is pioneering the next generation of global financial markets leveraging blockchain technology to create the world’s first truly global, direct access end-to-end regulated exchange built for the consumers of financial markets, issuers and investors.
Protocol Partners is one of a handful of Sponsor Advisors around the world, which provide a value-added service to issuers and help maintain the overall integrity of MERJ markets. As Sponsor Advisor we advise and guide a MERJ Issuer on its responsibilities under the MERJ Listing Rules both in respect to its admission and its continuing obligations. Please contact us below if you would like to learn more.
Team
An experienced team with a strong operational, financial, legal and entrepreneurial background.
Clemens Stromeyer
Clemens Stromeyer
Clemens has over 23 years in finance and managing high-growth companies. He began his career in M&A in London followed by C-Suite roles in startups and turnarounds across Europe. Since 2018, Clemens has advised fintech and blockchain businesses, most recently supporting Smartlands complete the first compliant digital securities offering in a UK property company and supporting Cygnes Real in winning a grant from Innovate UK to build a regulated digital securities investment platform.
Rupert Edwards
Rupert Edwards
Rupert began his career with Allen & Overy LLP as a corporate lawyer, has served as legal adviser to high growth digital and media enterprises and founded a crowd-funding startup active in the UK, USA and Australia. Rupert is also cofounder of the Oxford Blockchain Foundation.
Possibly You
Possibly You
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