AGORACOM & tZERO Partner to Tokenize Public Company Assets

AGORACOM RWA DBX, the real-world asset tokenization initiative of AGORACOM, and tZERO Group, Inc., a leading innovator in blockchain-powered multi-asset infrastructure, have announced a strategic partnership to bring compliant real-world asset tokenization to small- and mid-cap public companies. This collaboration merges AGORACOM's issuer origination and asset-curation platform with tZERO's regulated financial markets and tokenization infrastructure, creating a structured pathway for public companies to evaluate and implement asset-level tokenization within established regulatory frameworks. The partnership aims to solve historical challenges in the tokenization space by focusing on public companies with existing disclosure, market analysis, and investor understanding, rather than illiquid, niche asset classes.

Under this initiative, tZERO will provide regulated infrastructure and tokenization services supporting qualifying offerings, including digital securities issuance, trading, settlement, and on-chain custody, while AGORACOM RWA DBX will focus on issuer engagement, asset analysis, and investor communications. Key executives emphasize that this partnership extends familiar capital markets principles into tokenization form, allowing issuers to tokenize assets, intellectual property, and revenue streams as a structured, compliant financing tool to unlock liquidity and raise non-dilutive capital. The initiative is already gaining momentum, with AGORACOM signing its first RWA letter of intent with a public company and announcing ecosystem partnerships with Dubai Blockchain Center, BlockRidge, and Pegasus Fintech.

tZERO operates one of the most comprehensive regulated digital securities platforms in the U.S., approved for on-chain custody of digital securities within a regulated broker-dealer framework, while AGORACOM RWA DBX focuses on enabling tokenization of operating assets held by public companies subject to ongoing disclosure and regulatory oversight. Together, they aim to provide public issuers with an additional, compliant financing pathway designed to complement existing public market structures while maintaining transparency, governance, and institutional standards. This partnership represents a significant step toward making real-world asset tokenization accessible and trustworthy for sophisticated investors, funds, and family offices worldwide, with the broader RWA market projected to reach $16 trillion.