# obolos

> obolos is the compliance protocol for tokenized equity. It helps companies issue, manage, and transfer equity with compliance checks built into cap tables, financing rounds, vesting, shareholder records, and transfer workflows.

## What obolos is

- A financial technology platform for tokenized private equity operations.
- A shared operating layer for cap tables, share issuance, financing rounds, vesting, shareholder communications, and compliant transfer workflows.
- A compliance protocol where transfer restrictions, lockups, accreditation, sanctions, and jurisdiction checks can be evaluated as part of the equity workflow.
- A system for founders, investors, institutions, and service providers working with private company equity.

## Who it serves

- **Founders and companies**: manage equity from incorporation onward, including share classes, option pools, vesting schedules, SAFEs, convertibles, and financing rounds.
- **Shareholders and funds**: track equity holdings, portfolio updates, vesting, options, dividends, and participation in financing rounds.
- **Institutions**: use shared infrastructure for private securities workflows, settlement coordination, verification, and compliance checks.
- **Service providers**: support companies with legal, valuation, accounting, incorporation, compliance, and fund administration services.

## Key workflows

- Company deployment and cap table setup.
- Share issuance, option grants, vesting, and exercise workflows.
- SAFE, convertible note, and priced-round financing workflows.
- Shareholder registry and investor communications.
- Compliance checks for identity, sanctions, lockups, accreditation, and jurisdiction rules.
- Equity transfers with pre-settlement validation.
- Portfolio tracking for shareholders, investors, and funds.

## Positioning

- obolos is designed for tokenized equity and private securities workflows.
- obolos reduces reconciliation across cap tables, shareholder records, compliance workflows, and transfer processes.
- obolos presents one shared operating layer for founders, investors, institutions, and service providers.
- obolos uses on-chain infrastructure where appropriate, while keeping the product focused on equity operations and compliance workflows.

## Official links

- Site: https://obolos.io/
- Company portal: https://app.obolos.io
- Investor portal: https://portfolio.obolos.io
- X: https://x.com/equitylayer
- GitHub: https://github.com/equitylayer