tZERO and Voatz Partner to Revolutionize Shareholder Voting with Blockchain Technology

tZERO Group, Inc., a leader in blockchain and tokenization for capital markets, and Voatz, a pioneer in secure mobile voting, have announced a strategic collaboration to deliver blockchain-backed proxy voting. This partnership aims to establish new standards for shareholder participation through secure, verified voting recorded on-chain. The collaboration represents a significant step toward modernizing corporate governance through blockchain technology, potentially setting new industry standards for shareholder participation and voting integrity.

tZERO and its broker-dealer subsidiaries were among the first to bring private securities on-chain, establishing the leading broker-dealer-led infrastructure for the issuance, trading, and custody of tokenized securities in the US. As blockchain technology gains momentum across private and public markets, tZERO is aligning its regulated market infrastructure with Voatz's identity-verified voting platform to power a new era of transparent, secure, and efficient corporate governance. More information about tZERO's services can be found at https://www.tzero.com while details about Voatz's voting platform are available at https://voatz.com.

"Markets have gone digital - governance should follow," said Alan Konevsky, CEO of tZERO. "tZERO is reaffirming its roots as a pioneer of blockchain innovation in public markets. By pairing our regulated market infrastructure with Voatz's verified voting technology, we're transforming shareholder engagement into a real-time, transparent and accountable process." This integration addresses growing concerns about voting security and transparency in corporate elections, particularly as digital assets and tokenized securities become more prevalent in financial markets.

Voatz CEO Nimit Sawhney emphasized that "shareholders deserve a secure, convenient, and verifiable way to vote. Our platform provides identity-verified voting with a blockchain-backed audit trail. Partnering with tZERO means those votes directly reflect issuer records and can be reported faster, with greater transparency." The implications extend beyond traditional public companies to include emerging digital asset structures, potentially reshaping how corporate decisions are made across various market segments.

The product vision includes plans for providing governance solutions for late-stage private companies, tokenized real-world assets and DAOs and other distributed entities. tZERO also expects to offer this solution to its tokenized securities and RWA clients as part of its end-to-end solution set for private markets. This expansion demonstrates how blockchain technology is increasingly being integrated into fundamental aspects of corporate operations beyond just financial transactions.

This partnership advances tZERO's long-term vision of uniting traditional market infrastructure with the efficiencies of digital finance. By integrating security, automation, and transparency, tZERO is reshaping how capital formation and ownership evolve in the Web3 economy. The collaboration could potentially influence regulatory approaches to shareholder voting and corporate governance as blockchain-based solutions gain broader acceptance in mainstream financial markets.