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About Syleum

Built by operatorsfor operators.

We combine traditional investment banking expertise with hands-on go-to-market execution.

The problem

The current modelisn't working.

The entire finance industry is moving towards liquidity and transparency, except when it comes to corporate financing.

An SME founder considering financing options
Step 01

On the corporate side

Need of financing to grow

  • No transparency
  • High costs
  • No alignment
A qualified investor weighing private opportunities
Step 02

On the investor side

Need of liquidity and high returns

  • Time-bound mandates
  • Many-to-one-to-many
  • No liquidity
The new model

The new modelof SME financing.

Four convictions shape how we structure and distribute private capital. We started Syleum to bring all four together in one platform.

  • South-East Asia

    We are strategically positioned in Singapore to capture growth in the world's most dynamic economic region.

  • SDG focus

    We intentionally partner with businesses driving positive change. Advancing Sustainable Development Goals is close to our hearts.

  • Battlefield expertise

    As experienced founders ourselves, we bring hard-won operational knowledge directly to the trenches to solve real-world challenges alongside our founders.

  • Technology

    We leverage AI to accelerate our speed of execution and deploy blockchain technology to unlock seamless funding and future secondary liquidity.

Digital Infrastructure

For security and scale.

  1. Assets

  2. Verification of ownership

    over the asset

  3. Asset valuation

    Creating the tokenomics

  4. Choosing the blockchain platform

    Developing smart contracts

  5. Building the app

    to manage tokenised assets

  6. Token release on the secondary markets

    Token issuance

    ITO, STO, IDO, etc

Tokenisation of pre-existing assets

  1. Off-chain world

    1. Pre-existing RWA

      Real-world assets

      Vault / custody

  2. On-chain world

    1. Blockchain

    2. Tokens

      Representing the economic value and rights of the asset

Native tokens

  1. On-chain world

    1. Issuer

    2. Blockchain

      Rights (ownership, coupons)

    3. Investors

      Tokenised securities

The region

Where South-East Asiais building.

  • Singapore, Singapore: 4,200 startups
  • Jakarta, Indonesia: 2,400 startups
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: 1,300 startups
  • Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: 1,100 startups
  • Bangkok, Thailand: 1,100 startups
  • Manila, Philippines: 900 startups
  • Hanoi, Vietnam: 700 startups
  • Yangon, Myanmar: 260 startups
  • Phnom Penh, Cambodia: 220 startups
  • Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei: 110 startups
  • Vientiane, Laos: 90 startups
  • Dili, Timor-Leste: 40 startups
404,200

Number of startups

The founder

LionelSteinitz

CEO & founder of Syleum

Having sat on both sides of the table as an entrepreneur and an investor, Lionel bridges institutional-grade finance with real-world entrepreneurship. He founded Syleum to give SMEs the quality of private banking combined with the speed and fairness that founders deserve.

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Lionel Steinitz, founder and CEO of Syleum

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