Valereum Plc, a UK-based fintech company specializing in regulated tokenization platforms, digital asset infrastructure and payments technology, has announced that it has secured a major investment partnership.
The transaction is structured as an investment-grade, asset-backed financing and is expected to generate $10.5 million in annual revenue for Valelum at a coupon rate of 5.25%.
Valereum announces $100 million funding deal
According to official report According to an announcement from the company, related parties Valerium and Valerium QGP-SP have agreed to a $200 million investment partnership. The partnership will not only strengthen Valerium’s liquidity and balance sheet, but also accelerate growth and facilitate its pursuit of a Nasdaq/New York Stock Exchange listing targeted for the first half of 2026.
Valereum Plc will receive $200 million in investment grade asset-backed financing, while Valereum QGP-SP will receive a one-year option to acquire up to 49.9% of Valereum Plc, depending on the size and composition of the committed capital.
The funds are expected to be used for a variety of initiatives, including strengthening Valereum’s capital base, advancing next-generation digital market infrastructure, building a Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) that will enable the company to strategically accumulate and manage digital assets, and pursue new acquisitions and partnerships to accelerate commercial development and diversify its revenue streams.
The deal is expected to expand the company’s commercial footprint, provide additional revenue opportunities, and facilitate its planned listing on the US National Exchange, increasing global investor access and market visibility.
Commenting on the funding plan, Gary Cottle, Group CEO of Valereum, said: “This unprecedented agreement reflects the level of institutional confidence in our strategy to bring together traditional finance and regulated digital markets. It gives us access to prime capital to drive expansion, innovation and growth across our ecosystem.”
DAT is at a critical point
Valereum’s $200 million in funding appears to be earmarked specifically for the DAT strategy. However, corporate treasurers are under intense scrutiny.
Sailors Strategy, the leading DAT model, has come under serious attack from index providers such as MSCI and analysts at JPMorgan, who argue that if MSCI were to remove the company from major stock indexes, Strategy could lose billions of dollars from its stock, which would obscure the DAT model and cause Strategy to go bankrupt.
Analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou highlighted in a report that Strategy’s stock price has fallen more than Bitcoin in recent months as the company’s valuation premium has compressed significantly. However, they say the recent share price decline is likely the result of growing concerns that the company will be removed from major benchmark indexes.
Currently, Strategy is included in major indexes such as Nasdaq-100, MSCI USA, and MSCI World. According to JPMorgan analysts, about $9 billion of the company’s $50 billion market capitalization is in passive funds that track these indexes.
The inclusion of Bitcoin in these indexes has effectively facilitated the penetration of Bitcoin exposure into the portfolios of both retail and institutional investors through passive investment vehicles. But analysts say the trend would reverse if it were removed from these indexes.
“If MicroStrategy is removed from these indexes, it could face significant pressure on its valuation given that passive index-tracking funds account for a significant portion of its ownership,” the analysts wrote. “If MicroStrategy is removed from MSCI indexes, outflows could reach $2.8 billion and $8.8 billion from all other equity indexes if other index providers choose to follow MSCI.”
MSCI’s decision is expected to be made on January 15, 2026, which analysts believe will be a “pivotal” day for MSTR stock. Talk of strategy exclusions began last month when MSCI revealed it was discussing a proposal to exclude companies whose primary activity is the financial management of Bitcoin and other digital assets if their holdings account for more than 50% of their total assets.
The announcement was made quietly on October 10th, and many users are now linking it to the collapse of BTC prices from October’s highs, when prices were in the $120,000 range. Some analysts still claim that this is all a coordinated attack on Strategy, the offspring of the DAT business model.
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