Our Mission

NYALA unlocks access to capital markets for the 95% of companies left behind by legacy finance.

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Pioneers of digital securities

Founded in 2019, NYALA was established to provide financial institutions with secure and scalable digital asset infrastructure. Recognizing the need for trusted blockchain solutions in an evolving regulatory environment. NYALA developed a robust suite of tokenization services that enable seamless capital raising and asset management. Today, it stands as the trusted partner for banks, asset managers, and financial service providers looking to thrive in the digital economy.

2020

First tokenized bond in Germany

We issued the first digital security in Germany for L‘Osteria, a famous restaurant chain. The company then successfully raised €2.3 M via Invesdor crowdfunding platform.

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2021

BaFin-regulated Crypto Registrar

After the Electronic Securities Act (eWpG) entered into force, our subsidiary Smart Registry GmbH started operating as a Crypto Registrar entity, based on BaFin’s supervision.

2023

Expanding across Europe

Leveraging our robust tokenization engine and our Crypto Registrar, we began issuing and registering European-wide tokenized securities, supporting companies and platforms across geographies such as Austria and the Netherlands.

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January 2024

First tokenized shares in Germany

We became the first and only Crypto Registrar in Germany to directly tokenize company shares under the eWpG, setting a new benchmark for the industry.

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2024

New solution for capital raising

We partnered with Tokenforge and Tangany to launch EasyInvest, a true all-in-one whitelabel investor onboarding solution for companies seeking to raise capital independently.

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2025

Building the secondary market

After having processed over € 140 M+ worth of tokenized assets, and as the logical extension of our value chain, we are actively working towards the establishment of a Secondary Market ecosystem for digital assets to unlock liquidity for all.

What does the future of finance look like?

Digital assets will be everywhere

The German electronic securities act (eWpG) is just the start and within five years all financial asset classes will be possible on-chain.

Established players will play a role

We believe that financial institutions will continue to play a role in the financial markets of tomorrow. They will not disappear, as they are well positioned in the regulatory framework.

Some intermediaries will disappear

The cooperation of financial institutions will move on-chain - thus breaking up data silos, constant consolidation, and errors while reducing the number of players involved.
“I believe the next generation for markets, the next generation for securities, will be tokenization of securities.”
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Larry Fink

CEO of BlackRock
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What role does NYALA play?

Empowering the financial industry

We provide the tools to financial players who are on their journey towards a digital asset future.

Bringing digital assets into the mainstream

We support you in connecting assets without current capital market access to market infrastructures.

Building a sustainable ecosystem

We continue to build solutions for new asset classes and emerging use cases in line with the developing regulations.
Unser Team

Wir sind NYALA

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Daniel Wernicke

Co-CEO
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Previously with BCG, Truventuro, PALTRON. MBA at London Business School and Law State Exam from Bucerius Law School in Hamburg. Daniel adjusts our strategy, tailoring it to legal and regulatory requirements, and leverages his management experience in order to further professionalize processes.

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Dr. Johannes Schmitt

Co-CEO
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Previously at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Southern California. Johannes is responsible for Product Strategy, Sales and IT and focuses on the expansion of services and the expansion of our network of partners.

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Jingran Zhang

Product Manager
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Previously with Air France and Shippeo. MSc in Strategy and Digital Business from ESCP Business School and MA in French-Chinese Interpretation from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Jingran has multiple years of experience in business development before joining two startups based in Paris. As Product Manager, Jingran is responsible for product research, development, and customer-facing operations.

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Carlos Ficola

Product Manager
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Previously at UBS, Switzerland. BA in International Business from HTW Berlin. Carlos was part of the core team that acquired Germany’s second crypto custodian license from BaFin. Nowadays Carlos is responsible for onboarding new tokenization clients and for building the NYALA powered secondary market for tokenized securities. Carlos has been invested in crypto assets for many years and witnessed many bull and bear runs.

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Laurent Cirlini

Head of Product
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Previously at BCG Digital Ventures and FinTech incubator FinLeap. MSc in Business Administration from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. As a Head of Product, Laurent combines years of experience building products in several early-stage startups with his FinTech background to create an industry-leading B2B product. He has been invested in crypto assets since the launch of Ethereum.

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Ricardo Rúbio

Product Designer
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Previously at Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Group, NTT Data, and Itaú Private Bank. Bachelor's degree in Product Design from PUCPR and Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Awari's specialization in Product Design. Currently designing the new NYALA Design Language, building the foundation for the Design System and new product from end-to-end. Working alongside the Product team to create a new and valuable user-centered product.

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Laura Rathmann

Legal Analyst
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Student at Bocconi University in Law & Technology (LL.M) in Milan, Italy. Laura is part of the Legal Team and assists with all legal issues and regulatory compliance to further develop the existing legal framework and actively influence legislation on crypto custody solutions.

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Korina Katsaouni

Junior Product Operations Manager
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BA in Social Anthropology. AWS re/Start graduate. Previously with Zalando. Korina is the Junior Product Operations Manager, serving as the vital link between Nyala and Smart Registry. With strong problem-solving abilities, a detail-oriented approach, and a passion for user-centered design, she plays a key role in optimizing product operations and ensuring that innovative solutions effectively meet user needs and drive business success.

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Johannes Rolly

Legal Analyst
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Currently obtaining a law degree from the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Johannes focuses on all legal questions and ensures our compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements. Among his core duties are the drafting of contracts and communication with regulatory authorities.

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Celina Homps

Business Development Manager
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MSc in International Business from HWR Berlin and Law degree from the Catholic University of Argentina. Celina is part of the Growth Team, focusing on our sales process, the development of leads for potential new accounts and marketing outreach.

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Mamta Gupta

QA Assurance Engineer
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BTech in Computer Science Engineering from Rajasthan Technical University, India Mamta is a highly skilled Software Quality Assurance Engineer, possesses extensive expertise in all aspects of the Software Testing Life Cycle. She plays a vital role in assisting our project teams in delivering top-notch work by conducting comprehensive quality assurance assessments and expanding testing capabilities.

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Mohamed Lofty

DevOps Engineer
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Previously at anynines GmbH & Vodafone TSSE.BSc Telecommunication and Electronics Engineering. Mohamed is responsible for establishing DevOps practices and culture in the company, assuring the required automation and Tooling to improve the development and deployment life cycles, building and maintaining scalable/efficient/observable infrastructure, and accomplishing the best DevSecOps practices.

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Ahsan Waqar

Software Engineer
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BSc degree in Information Technology. Ahsan works as a Full Stack Software Engineer specializing in backend development with a focus on Blockchain integration, With extensive knowledge of Web3 libraries.

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Randy Castillo

Software Engineer
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Previously at MicroNexus GmbH. BSc in Computer Science As a Software Engineer. Randy is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing software solutions that meet business needs.

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Atila Takacs

Software Engineer
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Previously at Nokia, evosoft. As Software Engineer Attila is responsible for Blockchain Integration into our system as well as the implementation of new features with a special focus on backend integration.

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Adnan Inayat

Technical Lead
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Previously in Lampenwelt. MSc in Global Software Development from the Hochschule Fulda. Adnan works as Full Stack Developer and focuses on the creation of new features and the implementation of new ideas into our existing systems.

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Tobias Born

Head of Engineering
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Previously at KPMG. MSc in Computer Science for Medicine at the Technical College Brandenburg. As an application engineer & full stack developer, Tobias conducts the front and backend development for our platform. He also looks at our internal IT operations, data modeling, and system integration.

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Susanne Albrecht

Operations Manager
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Studying Communication Sciences in Münster, Susanne eventually became a graduated bookseller. After more than 10 years of experience in sales and marketing as well as administrative work for both retail and international wholesale in the book business, she switched industries to financial technologies. As Operations Manager, Susanne is responsible for accounting, HR, recruiting and office management at NYALA.

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Laura Hauke

Operations Manager
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Previously at the Boston Consulting Group in Berlin. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and a Master's degree in Business Psychology, Leadership, and Management. She is our Operations Manager, responsible for accounting, HR, recruiting, and office management.

Press enquiries

Contact us for any questions related to NYALA

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Susanne Albrecht

Operations Manager
s.albrecht@nyala.de
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