# Finoa

> Digital Assets for Institutional Investors

Finoa is a technology infrastructure provider that helps regulated custodians and institutional investors manage digital assets securely.

Finoa provides technology infrastructure enabling regulated virtual asset service providers to store and manage client digital assets. Users can access fully segregated wallets, multi-signature workflows for governance policies, and on-chain transaction verification across a wide range of digital assets. Formerly a BaFin-licensed crypto-asset custodian, the company rebranded to Finoa Technical Services following the surrender of its custody license in December 2025.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Custody and Wallets
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2018-01-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/finoa

## Products

- [Finoa Platform](https://thegrid.id/profiles/finoa): Finoa Platform provides custody technology infrastructure enabling regulated virtual asset service providers to secure and manage digital assets for institutional clients. The system supports fully segregated wallets, multi-signature governance workflows, and on-chain transaction verification across multiple digital asset networks. The platform integrates in-custody staking capabilities and prime brokerage access, allowing institutions to manage and grow portfolios without transferring assets off-platform. (Custody Technology Provider, Live, Main Product)
- [Finoa Consensus Services](https://thegrid.id/profiles/finoa): Finoa Consensus Services is an institutional staking infrastructure provider offering in-custody staking, delegated staking, and white-label validator deployment across multiple proof-of-stake networks. The service enables institutions to earn staking rewards while assets remain secured within custody accounts or external wallets. Germany-based bare-metal infrastructure with cloud failover and 24/7 monitoring ensures consistent uptime for institutional delegators and protocol foundations. (Staking Service, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://www.finoa.io)
- [Privacy policy](https://www.finoa.io/privacy-policy)
- [Terms of Service](https://finoa-fcs.io/terms-conditions)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/finoa-io)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/Finoa_io)

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