- A Sygnum Singapore report revealed that three in four high-net-worth and professional investors have exposure to tokenized RWAs.
- Almost half are either holding or are planning to gain exposure to tokenized private equity and VC.
- The market cap of private equity and VC tokens has exceeded $2 billion.
- Leading chains in these sectors are ZKsync Era and Solana.
Real-world asset (RWA) tokenization is undoubtedly changing how retail and institutional players gain access to traditional investments. High net-worth and professional investors in Singapore are already realizing that, leading to a gradual rise in their exposure to these financial instruments.
A new report by Sygnum Singapore, the Southeast Asian hub and regulated financial services arm of Sygnum Bank, confirms this fact. A majority of these investors show increasing preference for tokenized private equity and venture capital (VC).
Rising Adoption of Tokenized Private Equity And VC
Citing a new study by Sygnum Singapore, the Singapore Business Review revealed that three in four high-net-worth and professional investors have tokenized assets in their portfolio. Around 48% of survey respondents either hold or are planning to acquire tokenized private equity and VC exposure.
Tokenized private equity and VC are among the fastest-growing subsets of RWA tokenization. These enable fractional ownership of exclusive private-market investments, providing investors with means to allocate capital to previously illiquid alternative asset classes with significantly lower minimum commitments.
The same study highlighted that 47% of the same types of investors hold or target tokenized private credit and 45% have exposure or plan to buy tokenized commodities.
Tokenized Private Equity and VC by the Numbers
RWA.xyz data indicates that the total value of tokenized private equity is now at $1.26 billion. Meanwhile, the market for tokenized VCs is at $1.02 billion. The figures have skyrocketed from less than $1 million and slightly over $70 million, respectively, exactly three years ago.
The leading projects in the tokenized VC space by market cap are the following:
- Blockchain Capital Token, a tokenized VC capital fund, valued at $953.45 million.
- Titan III Token, representing Ctrl Alt’s PCC Titan III for litigation financing, valued at $362.18 million.
- Hera I Equity Token, another digital asset representing Ctrl Alt’s Protected Cell Company (PCC) for litigation financing, valued at $342.18 million.
On the other hand, the following projects are currently dominating private equity tokens:
- Exodus Movement (Class B) Token, based on non-publicly traded stock shares of Exodus, valued at $95.17 million.
- Colb B Revolut Token, Swiss structured tokenized certificate from Colb Finance, valued at $88.09 million.
- Pre-SPAX Token, a digital token issued by Republic that tracks SpaceX’s economic performance after public launch, valued at $85.8 million.
ZKsync Era (ZK), a Layer 2 (L2) rollup on Ethereum (ETH), and Solana (SOL), one of the leading high-performance public blockchains, are networks that currently possess a lion’s share in tokenized private equity and VC projects. The former accounts for a $959.5 million share of these markets while the latter accounts for $852.4 million.
