RSQ is the short form of the company name, RSQ Technology Ventures GmbH. The company operates in various business areas. The focus is on the development of new business models using new technologies, particularly in the area of digitalization, especially in all financial market-specific topics. Commitments are made specifically in data mining, deep tech, artificial intelligence and digital security. RSQ operates a lab and develops new products, tools and applications itself or with partners. The company's asset portfolio includes a number of valuable brand and IP rights, technologies and exclusive, industry-specific expertise. RSQ sees itself as a company builder and acts as an incubator for early-stage investments.
RSQ is at the forefront of technological disruption. With a clear focus on high technology, digitalization, data mining, big data, deep tech, cyber security and artificial intelligence, the investment company develops pioneering solutions for innovative business models as a company builder. As an all-rounder, broadly positioned and embedded in a unique network, RSQ acts as a far-sighted strategy architect, corporate developer and investor that transforms visionary ideas into marketable successes.
🔹 Focus on technology start-ups - RSQ supports, promotes and scales future-oriented companies with disruptive potential.
🔹 Project development & Investments - RSQ acts as lead or co-investor in early phases or as part of strategic financing rounds.
🔹 Trademark & License management - RSQ acts as an exploitation company for trademark rights and licensors.
🔹 Company acquisition & restructuring - Companies are acquired in a targeted manner, restructured and sold after value enhancement or brought to market maturity.
🔹 Strategic expansion - RSQ operates particularly promising business models itself until they either reach break-even or are strategically positioned through downstream financing rounds.
The most significant milestone to date: the acquisition of the 80 million euro asset portfolio of the former ayondo Group (2019), including the subsequent core restructuring - a transaction that has impressively positioned RSQ as one of the leading players in the field of digital business models.
RSQ is much more than a traditional incubator. The company specializes in developing new business models from scratch, scaling them up and promoting them to market maturity - and beyond. RSQ not only takes on a supporting role, but also acts proactively as a strategic partner: from the first sketch on the drawing board to the final implementation, RSQ actively shapes the entire development process - a decisive advantage that results from decades of experience and an extensive international network.
In order to make the most of synergy effects, RSQ relies on targeted joint ventures and strategic partnerships that accelerate innovation and market penetration. A combination of capital, expertise and operational excellence creates a scalable foundation for sustainable success.
Depending on the business model and degree of innovation, RSQ supports start-ups either through direct funding or as an early-stage investor with a strategic stake.
In addition to traditional investment models, RSQ offers tailored growth support by providing start-ups with targeted resources - these include:
🔹 Development services for technological implementation
🔹 Media budgets to increase brand visibility
🔹 Discounted usage and licensing rights that can be combined with other growth financing
The support for start-ups is divided into four TIER groups, where the equivalent value of support services can be between €1.000 and €50,000 is possible. For particularly promising and disruptive business models, the commitment - through the involvement of our international network - can go well beyond this.
The following commitments are possible:
TIER I: €1,000 - €5,000 (media, development and consulting services)
TIER II: €5,000 - €15,000 (media, development and consulting services)
TIER III: €5.000 - €25,000 (media, development and consulting services, participation)
TIER IV: €5,000 - €50,000 (media, development and consulting services, participation)
If you are interested, please get in touch with us. Please use the online form on the website. A pitch deck and a brief description of the business model are sufficient for a non-binding assessment. It is up to the Investment Committee to decide whether funding is possible and to what extent.
The former drivers of innovation in the financial sector have lost momentum. CFD providers as well as smart and neo-brokers now shine more through clever marketing than through genuine technological advances or ground-breaking ideas. In fact, apart from the user interface and mobile access, hardly anything has fundamentally changed in brokerage over the last 25 years. The target audience may have expanded, but the underlying mechanisms remain the same.
This is where the opportunity lies. While the current players are operating at the limits of their innovative strength, RSQ sees itself in an ideal starting position: strategically aligned, technologically forward-thinking and consistently oriented towards the needs of users.
The future of brokerage is being redefined. The next generation of multi-asset brokerage solutions is being built on a solid foundation - linked to a community that not only welcomes real innovation, but actively demands it. RSQ is ready to lead the change - replacing the legacy of smartphone brokers with an era of true technological transformation
Since its foundation in 2008, our network has grown to over 100 partners - a development that continues as our reach increases and our franchise concept expands. With each new market, additional cooperation opportunities and synergies arise.
Our partners come from a regulated environment, particularly the financial sector, which covers the entire spectrum - from asset managers to crypto exchanges. However, our network extends far beyond the financial sector: media companies, publishers, press agencies, data providers and specialized experts in the fields of law, auditing, tax advice and strategic consulting are also integral components.
Thanks to our long-standing partnerships and direct management of media contingents, we are able to pass on attractive purchasing conditions to our partners. Our cooperation partners include international marketing agencies as well as companies that want to expand specifically in the D-A-CH region - efficiently, brand-specifically and without wastage.
Investor and consumer protection is not a duty for us, but a conviction. It is the central guiding principle behind all strategic decisions, product developments and business activities.
When developing new products and services, we ensure that there are no asymmetries between commercial objectives and the interests of investors. Fairness, transparency and sustainability are our top priorities. This means:
🔹 Clear, understandable information - No misleading promises or unclear risks
🔹 Regulatory compliance as a minimum standard - Our solutions not only meet legal requirements, but in many areas set higher standards than the regulatory requirements demand
🔹 Sustainable investment strategies - Promoting responsible investment decisions with long-term value
🔹 Avoiding conflicts of interest - A business model that protects investors' interests instead of compromising them
Trust is our most valuable asset. That is why we rely on transparent processes, clear communication and ethical principles that are actively practiced in practice. Our mission is to create a financial infrastructure that offers investors not only access to markets, but also security, orientation and long-term added value.
Sustainable growth only occurs where economic success and responsibility go hand in hand.
In the case of economically strained projects or companies, a comprehensive range of instruments is available to provide targeted, strategically oriented technical, organizational, personnel or financial support.
We have extensive experience in compliance and regulatory issues as well as in the management of challenging projects. If required, a network of specialized experts can be put together to form task forces in order to tackle key challenges quickly, pragmatically and in a solution-oriented manner.
The RSQ can temporarily take on management tasks, participate in advisory bodies or be called upon as an independent body for control tasks. We can also provide specialist expert opinions.
We support both investors and lawyers with operational issues - particularly in connection with business models that are difficult to understand - in order to close any specialist gaps. On request, we also make our expertise available to law enforcement authorities.
ayondo is far more than just a brand in RSQ's asset portfolio - it is symbolic of the spirit of innovation that has revolutionized the financial industry. While RSQ operates as a separate legal entity, ayondo is a virtual asset that is inextricably linked to disruptive technologies in the financial sector.
As one of the early adopters of a branch of technology that later gained global prominence under the term FinTech, ayondo has played a key role in shaping the development of innovative business models. The brand is mentioned in the same breath as leading peer group companies such as eToro as well as business models such as social trading - a clear reference for its pioneering role in the digital transformation of the financial markets.
RSQ manages an extensive asset portfolio of brand, technology and exploitation rights - including the technology stack of the former ayondo Group, a central component of digital investment solutions.
ayondo embodies a pioneering spirit and is synonymous with innovation, digital financial technology and the next generation of investing - Made in Germany.
The FAQ section fulfills an important task. It is primarily aimed at users of the information service who were previously unfamiliar with the service provider and the portfolio and want to get a quick and targeted initial overview. However, the FAQs are also aimed at the group of people who associate the ayondo brand primarily with social trading, a business model that left its first mark on the then still very manageable landscape of innovative IT start-ups in the early 2010s and later played a key role in shaping it. ayondo's innovative strength made it one of the most influential companies in the industry, which was still in its infancy at the time and for which the term FinTech was later invented and coined, as early as 2013. In 2017, ayondo portfolio management GmbH was the first pure digital asset manager to receive authorization from BaFin to offer the business model associated with social trading marketplace technology under EU supervisory law.
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