SMART VALOR

Europe's 10 Most Exciting Technology SMEs

Selected by Swiss Innovation Agency for Government Grant

Alumni of Thomson Reuters Incubator

SMART VALOR wins in Lions Den Switzerland

What we do

Founded in the Swiss Crypto Valley in 2017, SMART VALOR was one of the first companies to embrace tokenization and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). Acknowledged by Forbes as one of Europe's 10 Most Exciting Technology SMEs, SMART VALOR today is leading the way with its fully compliant cryptocurrency exchange and marketplace for digital assets. It is supported by leading Venture Capital funds and a global community of VALOR stakeholders.

Our journey has begun with establishing a safe and fully compliant crypto-fiat exchange - a foundational layer for our infrastructure. On top of this infrastructure, we are building out a decentralized marketplace for NFTs, derivatives and security tokens.

Two Pillars of SMART VALOR

Regulated Cryptocurrency Exchange

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VALOR Prime

Marketplace for NFTs and Tokenized Real Assets

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The Big Idea

Today, the digital and real worlds exist separate from each other. Blockchain technology enables the tokenization of real assets, connecting these worlds. The big idea we are working on is to build a bridge between the digital and real worlds making assets digital and liquid, and thus democratizing access to investments.

Who is behind SMART VALOR

The Leadership Team

Oliver Feldmeier

CEO & Co-founder

An expert in technology, Oliver has a strong background in managing large scale technology projects in the financial sector. Previous roles include founder and Managing Director of Verto Advisory, Swiss company advising large Swiss insurance companies in digital transformation. Previously to that Oliver worked at Capgemini (Germany) as strategy consultant. He holds Masters Degree from Reutlingen University, Germany and MBA from EGADE, Tec de Monterrey, Mexico.

Thomas Felber

CTO & Co-founder

With over 12 years of experience building custom software products and solutions for multiple industries, Thomas Co-founded and was Head of IT at BeeZero, the Linde Group’s hydrogen-powered car initiative in Germany. Prior to this Thomas was the co-founder and Managing Partner of software development company Tekaris and a senior IT consultant for enterprise application integration.

Zsolt Finta

Head of Finance & Accounting

An entrepreneur at heart, with a passion for cryptocurrencies, Zsolt has over 10 years of experience as a Finance and Accounting leader, mostly at Intel Corp. He was an advisor at a start-up acquired by Rollbar, founded an online marketplace guided by the Founder’s Institute and opened the 4th Subway restaurant in Budapest. He graduated with distinction from both McGill University, Montreal (bachelor’s) and CEU, Budapest (MBA).

Jean-Baptiste Zufferey

Board of Directors

Jean-Baptiste Zufferey was a member of the FINMA board of directors 2009-2014. Prior to that he was one of the leading experts developing the modern financial market infrastructure regulation as the president of the expert group "Supervision of Financial Markets" 1998 - 2000 and a vice-president of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission between 2001-2008. Today Jean-Baptiste is a professor at the University Fribourg teaching financial market regulation.

Olga Feldmeier

Executive Board Chairman & Co-founder

Olga Feldmeier is an entrepreneur and a thought leader focusing on the intersection between financial technology and blockchain. Prior to founding SMART VALOR, Olga held the position of the Commercial Managing Partner at Xapo, one of the first global Bitcoin custodians. In 2015 she enabled the first Bitcoin license in Switzerland and with that started to write the history of the Swiss Crypto Valley, today one of the largest blockchain hubs worldwide. Before diving into the blockchain industry, she has held senior executive positions at several banks such as UBS and Barclays Capital. Prior to that she advised global banks on strategy during her five year stance at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

Markus Rinderer

Board of Directors

Markus Rinderer is a serial entrepreneur and experienced executive manager with an outstanding track record in building and working with software companies within the financial services, mobile, banking, and payments sectors. Markus is well known for co-founding PAY.ON, the global market-leading multi-channel payment enabler for PSPs, ISOs, Acquirers, and Merchants.

The Advisory Board

Matthew Roszak

Chairman & Co-Founder, at BLOQ

David A. Johnston

Managing Director at Yeoman's Capital

Ron Chiong

Managing Partner - AvantFaire

Fong Jek

Jubilee Capital Management Pte Ltd

Alain Falys

Board Member and Co-founder at Yoyo

SMART VALOR Regulatory Status

SMART VALOR was the first crypto exchange established in Liechtenstein in 2019 and the first local exchange to receive regulator’s authorization from FMA (Financial Market Authority) for custody and exchange under the new Blockchain Act (TVTG).