Services

Crypto business development, market expansion & compliance.

We help crypto, Web3 and fintech companies build new markets, generate business, develop strategic partnerships and operate with the compliance infrastructure needed to scale.

From entering a new country to building a sales pipeline or establishing an ongoing compliance function — we act as your external growth and compliance team.

Exchanges & brokersCustody & walletsPayments & on/off-rampStablecoin issuersTokenisation platformsWeb3 infrastructureFintech & EMI
What we do

Three engagements, one external growth team.

Each service stands on its own. Most clients start with an assessment, then move into a monthly business development or compliance retainer once the market is confirmed.

3servicesAssess, sell, comply — separately or as one engagement
€2,500fromFixed fee per market assessed
90daysAction plan delivered with every assessment
3–4weeksFrom kickoff to strategy session
01 — MARKET ENTRY ASSESSMENT

Should you enter this market?

Before investing heavily in a new country, understand whether the opportunity is worth pursuing.

Fixed feeFrom €2,500 / market

Best for: companies considering expansion into a new country or region.

We analyze the market, competitive landscape, regulatory environment, ecosystem and commercial opportunities — and give you a practical plan for entering.

Delivered in three to four weeks per market, with a strategy session to walk through the findings and the plan.

What's included

  • Market attractiveness assessment
  • Market size and opportunity analysis
  • Competitor analysis
  • Customer segmentation
  • Crypto & fintech ecosystem mapping
  • Regulatory landscape overview
  • Banking & payments landscape
  • Potential customer identification
  • Potential partner identification
  • Market-entry barriers
  • Key risks and opportunities
  • Recommended entry strategy
  • 90-day action plan

Deliverables

  • Market assessment report
  • Market ecosystem map
  • Customer & partner shortlist
  • Opportunity analysis
  • 90-day market-entry roadmap
  • 90-minute strategy session
Market attractiveness scorecard
Example output · illustrative
Market size & growth
8.2
Regulatory clarity
7.4
Banking & payments access
5.8
Competitive intensity
5.1
Partner ecosystem
7.7
Entry barriers
3.6
Overall score
6.8

Every market is scored on ten weighted criteria, from 0 to 10. Scores above 6.5 get a recommended entry strategy; below, we tell you why to wait.

02 — BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AS A SERVICE

Build your pipeline without building a full sales team.

We become your business development function in a market — sourcing, qualifying and progressing opportunities under your brand.

Monthly retainerFrom €3,000 / month

Best for: companies with a proven product that need traction in a new market, or founders who want to stop being the only salesperson.

You get a senior business developer with an existing network in crypto, payments and banking — plus the outreach, follow-up and reporting that turns introductions into signed deals.

Three-month minimum. Scope, target list and success metrics are agreed in the first two weeks.

What's included

  • Ideal customer profile and target account list
  • Outreach strategy and messaging
  • Warm introductions through our network
  • Outbound prospecting and qualification
  • Partnership sourcing and negotiation support
  • Event and conference representation
  • Discovery calls and demo coordination
  • Deal progression and follow-up
  • CRM setup and pipeline hygiene
  • Weekly pipeline review

Deliverables

  • Qualified opportunities in your pipeline
  • Target account list (100+ accounts)
  • Outreach playbook and templates
  • Weekly pipeline report
  • Monthly partnership & market update
  • Quarterly strategy review
What a quarter of pipeline looks like
Example · first 90 days
Target accounts Contacted Discovery calls Qualified opportunities In negotiation 120 70–80 30–35 12–15 4–6 ICP built in week 1–2 warm intros + outbound we run, you join when ready budget, need, timing confirmed handed over to your team to close

Illustrative volumes for a B2B crypto infrastructure product entering one EU market. Actual conversion depends on product fit and pricing.

03 — COMPLIANCE AS A SERVICE

An ongoing compliance function that scales with you.

Licensing, AML/KYC, policies and regulator relations — run by an external team so you can operate, bank and grow with confidence.

Monthly retainerFrom €2,500 / month

Best for: companies applying for a license, onboarding banking partners, or needing a compliance officer without a full-time hire.

We build and run the compliance infrastructure your business needs — from the first policy set to day-to-day monitoring and reporting.

Framework covers MiCA, AML directives and local VASP / CASP regimes; scope is tailored to your jurisdictions and license type.

What's included

  • Regulatory gap assessment
  • Licensing and registration support (VASP / CASP / EMI)
  • AML / CFT and KYC policy set
  • Risk assessment and internal controls
  • Transaction monitoring setup
  • Outsourced compliance officer / MLRO support
  • Banking and payment-partner onboarding
  • Regulator and auditor correspondence
  • Staff training and awareness
  • Ongoing regulatory monitoring

Deliverables

  • Compliance framework and policy manual
  • License application pack
  • Business-wide risk assessment
  • Monthly compliance report
  • Regulatory change log
  • Annual compliance review
The compliance stack we build and run
Four layers · bottom up
Licensing & registrationVASP / CASP / EMI · gap assessment · application pack Policies & controlsAML/CFT · KYC · risk assessment · internal controls Monitoring & operationstransaction monitoring · outsourced MLRO · staff training Reporting & regulator relationsmonthly report · change log · auditor correspondence FOUNDATION BUILD RUN PROVE

Framework aligned with MiCA and EU AML directives; each layer is scoped to the jurisdictions and license type you operate under.

01Market Entry Assessment 02Business Development 03Compliance
Question answeredShould we enter?Who will buy, and how fast?Can we operate legally and bank?
Fee modelFixed fee · from €2,500 / marketRetainer · from €3,000 / monthRetainer · from €2,500 / month
Duration3–4 weeks3-month minimum, ongoingOngoing, annual review
Main deliverableAssessment report + 90-day roadmapQualified pipeline + weekly reportCompliance framework + monthly report
Your time needed~2 hours (kickoff + strategy session)~1 hour / week (pipeline review)~1 hour / week (approvals, sign-off)
Best forExpansion decisionsProven product, new marketLicensing, banking, no full-time hire
How we work

Assess first. Commit once the market says yes.

The services are designed to be taken in sequence, so every euro of retainer spend is backed by a market you've already validated.

WEEK 0

Discovery call

We map your product, target markets and constraints, and agree which service fits.

WEEKS 1–4

Market Entry Assessment

Research, interviews and ecosystem mapping. Ends with the report and a 90-minute strategy session.

MONTH 2 →

Business development

We activate the customer and partner shortlist and start building your pipeline.

IN PARALLEL

Compliance

Licensing, policies and banking onboarding run alongside, so growth is never blocked by a missing document.

A typical six-month engagement
Timeline · one market
M1M2M3M4M5M6 Discovery Market Entry Assessment Business Development Compliance strategy session license filed · policies live first deals in negotiation fixed fee retainer setup phase

Who we work with

  • Crypto exchanges, brokers and OTC desks
  • Custody, wallet and staking providers
  • Payment, on/off-ramp and stablecoin companies
  • Tokenisation and Web3 infrastructure platforms
  • Fintechs and EMIs adding digital-asset products

What you can expect

  • A senior team, not junior analysts — you talk to the people doing the work
  • Fixed fees and monthly retainers, agreed up front
  • A network in crypto, payments and banking across the EU and beyond
  • Practical deliverables you can act on the same week
  • No conflicts: we don't represent competing clients in the same market
Get started

Tell us the market. We'll tell you whether it's worth it.

Book a 30-minute discovery call. We'll come back with a recommendation on which service fits, and a fixed quote within two working days.

Or email hello@vakis.io. No newsletters, no spam.