Entry, the non-profit compliance protocol incubated by Zekret Labs, has secured a strategic investment from Perffin Group N.V. and Qrescendo, further solidifying its mission to build the institutional backbone for regulated digital finance.
Perffin is a mission-driven investment vehicle, listed on the Düsseldorf Securities Exchange, that provides capital and strategic support to companies building long-term financial infrastructure. Its affiliated banking arm, Qrescendo, serves entrepreneurs and scale-ups with tailored credit solutions and compliance-focused financial services.
The investment, totalling $500,000, will accelerate Entry’s development as the world’s first compliance-first Layer 1 protocol, enabling regulated institutions to access digital assets with full KYC/KYB, pre-screened tokens, and verifiable compliance trails built directly into the chain.
This investment also represents a broader strategic partnership with Zekret Labs, the technology company behind Entry. Zekret Labs is developing a protocol-agnostic, regulator-ready Layer-3 compliance overlay for digital assets. Its architecture ensures that every participant is verified, every asset is screened and auditable, and every transaction leaves a verifiable compliance trail, addressing the single largest barrier to institutional adoption: regulatory trust.
The partnership with Perffin and Qrescendo unlocks:
- Expanded reach into a global ecosystem of financial institutions and innovators
- Acceleration of institutional pilots and regulatory sandbox programs in Europe and Asia
- Strategic pathways for Zekret Labs to become the default compliance backbone for regulated digital finance
“This is not just capital, it’s validation of our belief that compliance and innovation must go hand in hand,” said Rodney Prescott, CEO of Entry. “Entry is being built to the standards that institutions require, not the shortcuts they fear. We’re grateful to Perffin and Qrescendo for recognising that the future of digital assets must be built on trust, identity, and regulatory certainty.”
Rio Pierre-Yves Dongour, representing Perffin Group, added:
“We invest in companies solving structural problems with clarity and precision. Entry is exactly that. Compliance is the single greatest barrier to institutional adoption of digital assets and Entry is tackling it at the protocol level.”
Suzanne Ley, CEO of Qrescendo, commented:
“Most compliance products are add-ons. Entry is infrastructure. Our decision to invest comes from seeing the potential to serve not just institutions, but real operators building global businesses that need regulatory certainty from the ground up.”
The investment will be used to expand Entry’s institutional pilots, accelerate integrations with sandbox programs in Europe and Asia, and grow its regulatory engagement strategy across jurisdictions.
Entry is designed as a public good, open-source, governance-aligned with MiCA, FATF, and other global frameworks and mission-driven to become the default compliance layer for digital finance globally.
