Services / Strategic Business Development

Capital, coordination, and execution for digital-asset foundations.

We partner with foundations and digital-asset projects to expand institutional reach, channel capital structurally, and design treasury and product frameworks that generate measurable economic activity.

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Overview Practice areas How we work Who it's for Disclosures Contact
I – Overview

Capital markets meets crypto-native execution

Foundations and protocol DAOs need a counterpart that speaks both languages – institutional capital markets and the operational realities of digital-asset infrastructure. Our edge is durable proximity to the institutional allocator base through our asset-management arm, and to the protocol layer through operating relationships across DeFi, lending and RWA.

II – Practice

Three practice areas

We engage selectively and structure mandates around durable outcomes, not transactional fees.

  • 01

    Foundation business development

    Protocol partnerships, co-marketing, ecosystem economics, and integration with institutional venues. We embed as an extension of foundation BD teams.

  • 02

    Institutional capital flow

    Channeling qualified capital into protocol mandates that generate verifiable TVL across DeFi, on-chain credit and RWA rails.

  • 03

    Strategic projects

    Designing and operating Digital Asset Treasuries (DATs), stablecoin frameworks, and structured yield vehicles on foundation balance sheets.

III – How we work

Engagement model

Mandates progress through four phases.

1 · ScopingMap objectives against capital markets and protocol-side realities; propose viable structures.
2 · DesignFinalise economics, governance, regulatory positioning, counterparties, and reporting to a level institutional capital can underwrite.
3 · ExecutionRun the live BD process – capital introductions, partnership negotiations, product launches, and co-ordination with custodians, exchanges and counsel.
4 · OngoingContinue to operate or oversee the resulting structure as treasury manager or embedded BD partner.
IV – Fit

Who this is for

We add the most value with mid- to late-stage foundations and protocols looking to scale institutional adoption – not pre-launch projects, not retail distribution.

Designed for protocol foundations, token-issuing entities, DAOs with treasury responsibility, and corporate treasuries with material digital-asset exposure.

Not designed for retail investors, pre-launch fundraising, or projects whose primary need is engineering – for which we'll introduce a partner.
V – Disclosures

Important information

Strategic Business Development is an advisory and operational service offered by 265 Capital. Each engagement is governed by an individual contract negotiated with the counterparty foundation or protocol entity.

Nothing on this page constitutes an offer of securities, an invitation to invest, or regulated investment advice. Statements about TVL, capital deployment, and project outcomes are illustrative; actual results vary materially and depend on market conditions, regulatory developments and execution. 265 Capital makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of third-party data referenced here.

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If you're operating a foundation or treasury at the institutional edge of digital assets, we'd like to hear from you.