Finance & Treasury for Web3 & Token Startups

For a token-issuing startup, the finance and regulatory decisions made early are the ones that are expensive to undo. Under MiCA, issuing a utility or other crypto-asset that isn't an ART or EMT generally requires a published crypto-asset white paper (notified to your national regulator) before a public offer or admission to trading — while asset-referenced and e-money tokens trigger far heavier authorisation. At the same time you're holding raised capital and a treasury of volatile tokens, and investors expect real numbers. HELMS gives you a finance function and token strategy from day one.

Where Web3 startups get stuck — and where we help

Token classification & white paper. We help determine whether your token is a regular crypto-asset (Title II white-paper route) or an ART/EMT (full authorisation), so you pick a structure you can actually live with. Confirm exposure with the MiCA Exposure Checker; if you're issuing a stablecoin, see stablecoin issuers.

Treasury of raised funds + token reserves. Protecting runway across multiple banks/EMIs, plus a custody and risk policy for token holdings — multi-sig or MPC with no single signer in control, and a plan for volatility.

Fundraising & a real finance function. Cap-table and SAFT/SAFE hygiene, budgeting and runway, board and investor reporting, and the numbers that survive due diligence.

Token accounting & vesting. Accounting treatment for issued tokens, vesting and lock-up schedules, and records that hold up at audit and at your next raise.

Banking access. Early-stage token projects are exactly who banks de-risk first — we open and hold the banking relationships you need before you need them.

Why HELMS: senior finance, treasury and regulatory expertise, with legal coordinated through qualified counsel — built for founders who need CFO-grade structure and token strategy without a full-time hire, so regulators and investors both take you seriously.

Launching a token? Book a 30-min call — we'll map your white-paper route and treasury from day one.