Key Takeaways
- • DeFi Technologies (Nasdaq: DEFT) announced that its subsidiary Valour Inc. has launched Valour Funds SPC, a new business line focused on actively managed digital asset investment strategies, extending Valour beyond its exchange-traded products.
- • Smart Crypto Fund SP is Valour Funds' first hedge fund, offered to professional and qualified investors and established as a portfolio of a Cayman Islands company registered with CIMA.
- • The fund's strategy is developed and managed by Swiss portfolio manager Neuronomics AG (FINMA-authorized), using a proprietary AI ensemble to size positions across a regularly reviewed set of liquid digital assets.
- • The fund is not designed for fixed or full market exposure; it reduces exposure when model signals weaken or assessed risk rises, subject to predefined risk budgets and concentration limits.
- • Valour, which offers over 100 digital asset ETPs, is positioning the fund as an institutional-framework product, with a separated structure covering management, administration, custody, execution and audit.
Summary
DeFi Technologies Inc. announced that its subsidiary Valour Inc., a leading issuer of exchange-traded products (ETPs), has launched Valour Funds SPC, a new business line focused on actively managed digital asset investment strategies. Valour Funds is a wholly owned subsidiary of Valour Inc. and is a Cayman Islands company registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). Its first product, Smart Crypto Fund SP, is a hedge fund offered to professional and qualified investors, marking Valour's expansion beyond exchange-traded products into hedge fund strategies. According to the release, the fund builds on Valour's range of over 100 digital asset ETPs.
The fund's investment approach is developed and managed by Neuronomics AG, a FINMA-authorized Swiss portfolio manager specializing in artificial intelligence and systematic investing. DeFi Technologies holds a minority stake in Neuronomics. The strategy uses a proprietary AI ensemble of complementary models that analyze price, volume and other market data over short and medium time horizons to assess potential returns, risk and market conditions. Allocations are adjusted across a regularly reviewed selection of liquid digital assets rather than maintained at fixed exposure to one cryptocurrency or a static basket. The fund is not designed to remain fully invested at all times; it seeks to reduce exposure when model signals weaken or assessed risk increases. Position sizes remain subject to predefined risk budgets, limits on individual assets and concentration, and controls on overall market exposure. Trades are executed using algorithms selected according to market liquidity and expected transaction costs.
The structure separates investment management, fund administration, custody, banking, execution and audit, which are handled by specialist service providers, according to the release. Johan Wattenström, CEO and Chairman of DeFi Technologies, said the launch expands Valour's offering into actively managed hedge fund strategies within an institutional fund framework. Dr. Michael Kometer, Founder and CEO of Neuronomics AG, said the AI ensemble "helps separate signal from noise and translates forecasts into disciplined portfolio decisions."
The release does not disclose fund size, fees, performance or minimum investment levels. DeFi Technologies describes itself as a publicly listed financial technology company bridging traditional capital markets and decentralized finance, with businesses including Valour, Stillman Digital and DeFi Alpha.
The fund's investment approach is developed and managed by Neuronomics AG, a FINMA-authorized Swiss portfolio manager specializing in artificial intelligence and systematic investing. DeFi Technologies holds a minority stake in Neuronomics. The strategy uses a proprietary AI ensemble of complementary models that analyze price, volume and other market data over short and medium time horizons to assess potential returns, risk and market conditions. Allocations are adjusted across a regularly reviewed selection of liquid digital assets rather than maintained at fixed exposure to one cryptocurrency or a static basket. The fund is not designed to remain fully invested at all times; it seeks to reduce exposure when model signals weaken or assessed risk increases. Position sizes remain subject to predefined risk budgets, limits on individual assets and concentration, and controls on overall market exposure. Trades are executed using algorithms selected according to market liquidity and expected transaction costs.
The structure separates investment management, fund administration, custody, banking, execution and audit, which are handled by specialist service providers, according to the release. Johan Wattenström, CEO and Chairman of DeFi Technologies, said the launch expands Valour's offering into actively managed hedge fund strategies within an institutional fund framework. Dr. Michael Kometer, Founder and CEO of Neuronomics AG, said the AI ensemble "helps separate signal from noise and translates forecasts into disciplined portfolio decisions."
The release does not disclose fund size, fees, performance or minimum investment levels. DeFi Technologies describes itself as a publicly listed financial technology company bridging traditional capital markets and decentralized finance, with businesses including Valour, Stillman Digital and DeFi Alpha.
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