Smartlands Set for Expansion into U.S. with New Agreement

Cooperative Agreement

Tokenisation platform, Smartlands, has just announced a ‘cooperative agreement’ with United States based broker/dealer, IIP Securities.

This move was undertaken, as Smartlands looks to expand their operations into other nations. By partnering with IIP Securities, Smartlands is now able to reap the benefits of their existing broker/dealer licensure. This means that Smartlands can now support U.S. based investors on their popular platform.

The company indicates that this is just a first step into their U.S. expansion, as they look to soon establish offices stateside.

U.S. Expansion

Expansion into the United States is a big move. Already expressing a desire to expand globally, the U.S. represents a major milestone for Smartlands.

Beyond the agreement with a U.S. based broker/dealer discussed here today, Smartlands is looking to fuel their expansion by raising funds. We recently covered their decision to host an equity sale through conventional means in the following article.

Smartlands Eyes Continued Expansion with Equity Sale

Commentary

Upon announcing this development, multiple representatives from Smartlands took the time to comment. The following is what each had to say on the matter.

Ilia Obraztsov, CEO of Smartlands, stated,

“Initially, the talks with IIP Securities revolved around our Joint Venture program…but eventually we have broadened the scope of the discussion and are now examining several options far beyond the broker-dealer licence agreement. Allowing US citizens to purchase securities issued on Smartlands compliantly has always been an essential part of our roadmap for global development, and we’re happy that this stage of our plan is now complete.”

Yaroslava Tkalich, CMO of Smartlands, stated,

“The agreement with IIP Securities would allow Smartlands to meet one of the company’s main challenges of broadening and diversifying the current investor base…We have already created a proprietary solution for fractional ownership of the real economy assets for most jurisdictions around the world. Today, working with a FINRA-licenced broker-dealer, we’re in a position to provide US investors with a huge array of brand new opportunities.”

Shuffling Seats

As Smartlands continues moving towards their goals, the company has recently repositioned a couple of its most prominent employees.

This move saw previous CEO, Arnoldas Nauseda, transition to ‘Chairman of the Board’. The change was undertaken, as Arnoldas looks to contribute more towards company expansion and business development.

With this move, Smartlands CTO, Ilia Obraztsov, assumed the vacant role of CEO. In doing so, he is now the lead in Smartlands day-to-day operations.

Speaking with Arnoldas

While he still resided as CEO of Smartlands, we had the priviledge of interviewing Arnoldas. In this exclusive interview, we discuss not only Smartlands, but tokenisation at large.

Interview Series – Arnoldas Nauseda, Chairman of Smartlands

Smartlands

Operating out of London, England, Smartlands is a tokenisation platform which was founded in 2017. The company operates under the watch of the Financial Conduct Authority.

CEO, Ilia Obraztsov, currently oversees company operations.

IIP Securities

Operating out of New York, IIP Securities is a brokerage firm, which was founded in 2011. The company is registered as such with, both, the SEC and FINRA.

In Other News

With Smartlands targeting global expansion, it should come as no surprise that we have covered a variety of their moves over the past few months, as they work towards this goal. The following articles discuss, not only their plans moving forward, but an on-going project of theirs.

Smartlands Announces Tokenisation of ‘Disruptive Fund’

Smartlands to Tokenise $1B in Assets as they Release Roadmap 2.0