Speaking, writing and media

Edwin Mata explains that Brickken turns company shares into tokens to streamline financing and give issuers more autonomy through APIs. The interview also covers the LightSpeed accelerator's workshops and corporate access, Spain's sandbox, and the role of startups in legal-sector innovation.

The interview describes LightSpeed as a European accelerator for growth-stage legal and advisory technology startups. Brickken was selected for its first cohort, and Edwin Mata said the program reinforced the company's tokenization and blockchain direction.

The interview examines the March 2022 MiCA proposal and possible restrictions on proof-of-work blockchains. Edwin Mata argues that the proposed environmental conditions could limit Bitcoin's expansion and Ethereum-based innovation, and could drive blockchain development outside the European Union.

Innova Legal’s written Q&A explains Brickken’s tokenized startup-financing and governance model, its Spanish financial sandbox selection, security-token compliance requirements and plans to move from an MVP toward a tokenization platform.

The report surveys 4YFN’s return to in-person startup and investor activity and Barcelona’s emerging companies. Edwin Mata explains how Brickken converts company equity into tokens and extends the approach to assets and property.

The article describes experimental tokenization projects including financing Costa Rican reforestation and fractional funding of a dinosaur fossil for museum donation. It explains that tokens can represent contractual rights in property, art, or startup equity.

Brickken was admitted to Spain's regulatory sandbox to test a secondary market for tokenized startups. Its proposed tokenization-as-a-service model would let firms and funds convert equity into tokens, issue compliant offerings, and manage them more autonomously.

The article describes real-world-asset tokenization as an alternative funding channel for startups, companies, and investment funds. Brickken's service uses security-token offerings to fractionalize assets, support compliant issuance, and enable eventual secondary trading.

Lefebvre Sarrut's LightSpeed Open Day in Milan showcased progress by six legal and advisory technology startups, including Brickken. The accelerator provided expert workshops, focus groups, and corporate exposure for growth-stage companies across Europe.

The panel examines registering property on blockchain, the implications for notaries and registrars, and ways to invest in real estate through tokenization. Edwin Mata and Miguel Ruiz-Gallardón are the speakers, with Alicia Tolosa moderating.

The III Jornada Blockchain examined the digital euro and alternative payment systems, then debated the challenges of decentralized finance, including how decentralization, regulation and user protection can coexist.

The feature explains how Brickken divides assets into tokens to widen investor access, verifies investor identities and supports issuers through fees and subscriptions. It also examines investor communities, the company’s international plans and practical support from Barcelona Activa.

Brickken’s founders explain how tokenization can open illiquid investments to retail investors, while KYC and project viability checks support investor safeguards. They describe development of a dApp for companies to issue security tokens, BKN fundraising plans and work with the LightSpeed accelerator.

The episode examines Spain’s tokenization market, blockchain’s effect on legal work, security tokens and inflation, Ethereum and layer-two infrastructure, and Spanish digital-securities adoption. It also addresses MiCA, tokenomics and potential tokenization use cases.

Lefebvre selected Brickken as Spain’s participant in its six-month LightSpeed accelerator, citing the team, vision and tokenization service. The programme offered mentoring and workshops, while Edwin Mata discussed the company’s security-token, utility-token and NFT capabilities.