Tectum

Tectum

Payments & Layer 2
Founded Date
2019
Founders
Alexander Guseff
CEO
Alexander Guseff (since 2024-12; succeeded David Track)
Key Leadership
Thomas Nitschke (Chief Legal Officer); Andrew Erikashvili (CMO)
Regulatory Status
No financial or payment licence found in public registers as of 2026-09; US trademark 'Tectum' held by CrispMind Ltd (2024-06)
Market Valuation
$2.6M TET token market cap (2026-09-09, CoinGecko)
Official Website
Infrastructure Overview
Tectum is a Layer-1 blockchain (Tectum 4.0 mainnet live 2025-02) built by CrispMind Ltd, marketed as ultra-high-throughput payment infrastructure
Vertical Assets
SoftNote bearer 'bills' (BTC/ETH/USDT); SoftNote Wallet; SoftNote ePOS terminals; SoftNote Pay; Tectum 4.0/4.1 L1 chain; TET token; TCT token
Tech Specs
Proprietary Proof-of-Utility (PoU) consensus; data off-chain with hashes on-chain; company-claimed record of 51,367,124 transactions in 14.66 seconds (2024 test)
Strategic Network Value
Bitcoin payments via SoftNote bearer instruments
BTC Holdings
N/A
Fiat Valuation
N/A
BTC Yield Per Share
N/A
Treasury Strategy
N/A
Primary Business Revenue
Flat 1% merchant/withdrawal fee on SoftNote payments, split five ways at 20% each
Revenue Activities
SoftNote payment and merchant fees
Lead Investors
None disclosed; launchpads Kommunitas and BSClaunch only
Total Invested Capital
approx. $5.85M TET over 6 rounds to 2023-06 ($1M seed 2023-02 at $21M post-money; approx. $4.5M private 2023-05; approx. $350K IDOs 2023-06) plus $800K TCT round 2025
Founder Pedigree
Alexander Guseff - founder and CEO; previously founder and CTO of CrispMind (2019-02 to 2025-01); earlier a Dubai-based mobile-repair entrepreneur
Subsidiaries
Parent CrispMind Ltd (Seychelles); operating entity Tectum Technologies LLC (Dubai, UAE)
Official Email
Physical Address
House of Francis, Room 303, Ile Du Port, Mahe, Seychelles (parent) / Dubai, UAE (operating)
Phone Number
N/A
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