GLOBAL CAPITAL
REDEFINED
A boutique investment firm rebuilding the architecture of value in the 21st century
The arrangements that layer value in the world today have outlived their use.
Investment banks, venture capitalists, brokers, exchanges and capital markets were
built for another era. Each layer adds friction, opacity and distance between people
and the value they create.
And the system has become captured.
Abaku invests in its replacement: modern financial systems rebuilt on blockchain — open, programmable and designed to move value as naturally as information. Because we believe:
money is shared infrastructure and should serve everyone equally
Vow
The Vow ecosystem
A living experiment in a new economy of value.
Our current investment focus is the Vow ecosystem: companies building the protocols, products and experiences that make a blockchain-native economy useful in everyday life—moving value instantly, reducing friction and returning custodianship to the customer.
Many touchpoints
of transformation.
These are portfolio companies in which Abaku has has taken a stake, each addressing a distinct layer of the new capital architecture. We actively seek partnerships with people and organisations who can help bring our vision to reality.
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A loyalty rewards programme that allows the customer to dictate discounts.
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The human nexus to blockchain identity, access and participation in the new economy.
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VowCorpA Vow-centric implementation of the keiretsu economic model.
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Research and development for the protocols that move value forward.
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Liquid equity rewards, as crypto incentives for trad-fi investors.
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Payment relay infrastructure connecting the Vow ecosystem to everyday commerce.
* PriceEdge includes its multi-tenant shop as part of the Abaku portfolio.
A depiction in the Sumerian cuneiform syllabary, dating to the late imperial period of Sargon the Great
The word a'ba-ku originates with the Akkadian language and means “to pay”. More generally it conveys the notion of settling a transaction or trade.
We believe it is important to recognise that the business of trading value between men dates back to the earliest memory in human history. It thus seemed appropriate to christen the birth of our most economic models with the most ancient of words.