Venturetoken, Norway's first engagement token, can be traded on the Norwegian crypto exchange NBX and has now replaced footballer Elise Thorsnes as an ambassador. The venture token is developed by Aprikos Venture, led by Jamil Rehman (left) and Sara Rana.
Venture Token (VT) is a proprietary Proof-of-Engagement (PoE) token, built on Polygon. The token does not represent a security, but acts as an ecosystem token for all players who want a commitment around their startup, product or profile,” Rehman and Rana say.
Specifically, Venturetoken rewards participation with access, benefits and opportunities across a growing partner network. Examples of the type of rewards include:
The venture token is registered with the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority and included in ESMA's register of crypto assets under MiCA Article 8 (7).
- Venturetoken is the first registered utility token under the MICA framework and listed in ESMA, and we are among the first Norwegian players to operate in line with the new European requirements for crypto assets. The purpose has been to show that one can build transparent, regulatory-anchored tokens that nevertheless have real use in business and innovation contexts,” says Rehman, who continues:
- For us, MiCA is about trust and structure. We want to bridge the gap between traditional investors and new, tokenized opportunities, without compromising compliance.
This is a direction we believe many Nordic players will follow in the years ahead.
Sara Rana leads the communications, ecosystem and product development efforts at Aprikos Venture. She has had a pivotal role in developing the Venturetoken brand both visually, strategically and socially, with a particular focus on making tokenization and Web3 more understandable and accessible to a wider audience.
Venturetoken is now working to expand the VentureToken ecosystem, where partners and entrepreneurs can accept Vt as a means of payment in connection with launches, collaborations and exclusive products. The first goal is to build an international community of creators and companies who want to use Web3 in a tangible and legal way and not as a hype, but as a tool for real value creation.
Now Rehman (left) has also welcomed footballer Elise Thorsnes as an ambassador for Venturetoken.
Thorsnes is Norway's highest scoring female footballer of all time and one of the country's most respected football profiles, where power, discipline and a winning mentality meet technology, entrepreneurship and new opportunities As an ambassador, Thorsnes becomes an important bridge builder between Norwegian (and female) sport and innovation in Web3.
Aprikos Venture, which is behind Venturetoken, is a Norwegian cross-border venture studio established in 2019, with the goal of building and developing technology companies that connect AI, digital infrastructure and financial innovations. Rather than being a passive investment fund, the studio acts as active co-entrepreneurs, identifying opportunities, developing the technology with in-house expertise and scaling the projects through the fund's venture model.
