Top 10 Most Exciting Technology SMBs in Europe
Thomson Reuters Incubator grads
Сhosen by Swiss Innovation Agency for Government Grant
Industry: FinTech, Digital assets exchange / Crypto / Blockchain
Location: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany
Employees: Over 50
Smart Valor is the first crypto exchange to debut in Liechtenstein in 2019 and the first to gain regulator approval for custody and exchange under the new FMA’s Blockchain Act
Smart Valor is a Swiss company operating a full-service digital asset exchange for trading, custody, staking and issuance which serves the European, Asian, and South American markets. Founded in 2017, the company is backed by leading institutional investors such as Venture Incubator funded by global Swiss brands such as Credit Suisse and Nestle.
Сryptotokens is taking over the digital world. The digital and physical worlds have been existing in separate realms for a long time. The base concept our client is working on is to create a link between the digital and physical worlds, making assets digital and liquid and democratizing investor access in the process.
SMART VALOR was one of the first companies to adopt tokenization and decentralized finance (DeFi) when it was founded in the Swiss Crypto Valley in 2017. Forbes named SMART VALOR as one of Europe’s 10 Most Exciting Technology SMEs, and the company is currently leading the way with its 100% regulations-compliant cryptocurrency exchange and digital asset marketplace.
Aterise has introduced a strategic plan for product and project team development. We have performed an insightful discovery phase that allowed for a highly effective project kick-off. This also included a well-structured team setup and ambitious ramp-up plan to productively realize the envisioned concepts and solutions by a committed team of engineers. Thanks to vast experience in the Fintech space and knowledge of the industry supported with a highly proactive discovery, we earned the trust of the customer and were selected in a challenging competition among multiple IT companies from all over Europe.
Aterise was tasked to develop and implement new features and services, enrich the existing UI, and increase productivity of the rapidly evolving software product taking into account regulatory requirements (FINMA in Switzerland and FMA in Liechtenstein) during implementation of a highly scalable solution.
Another big chunk of the scope was to automate the Client’s internal business processes in order to optimize employee performance.
One of the major challenges of the engagement was the very high technological complexity of the product, which required from any vendor a top level of architectural and technical maturity.
The mission we have been focusing on from the early beginning is refining and building high-priority features that generate core business value — brokerage mechanics and cryptocurrency exchange. This focus required a constant attention to a multiple jobs and factors:
- Enhancing software architecture without interrupting the operations
- Ensuring high security and great performance
- Continuously improving user experience
To accomplish the objective, Aterise successfully took over a number of important project tasks:
- Got a clear understanding of the current project’s structure, as well as challenges of a smooth end-user lifecycle
- Ensured that our team is fully integrated into the current process supporting different Agile models
- Quickly transferred and adopted the knowledge
- Pro-actively shared the knowledge of Blockchain and Fintech industries across the involved teams
