Heidelberger Beteiligungsholding AG Acquires SQD Tokens, Plans €50 Million Investment

Heidelberger Beteiligungsholding AG, a German investment firm listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has initiated the acquisition of SQD tokens, marking a significant strategic move. The company plans to rename itself as SQD.AI Strategies AG, underscoring its dedication to supporting the SQD data network. This acquisition involves both over-the-counter (OTC) deals and market purchases, setting the stage for a comprehensive long-term investment strategy.

For the fiscal year 2025, Heidelberger Beteiligungsholding AG aims to raise up to €50 million to acquire, hold, and stake SQD tokens. This financial commitment highlights the firm's intention to bolster and expand the SQD ecosystem. The decision to rename the company to SQD.AI Strategies AG further emphasizes its focus on becoming a leading listed vehicle for exposure to SQD, which is poised to be a foundational layer in the tokenized, AI-powered future of data infrastructure.

Chairman Clemens Jakopitsch, who initially invested in SQD on behalf of the Piëch Family Office, expressed optimism about the broader crypto market and the convergence of data and AI. He noted that the crypto market is gaining institutional momentum, particularly with anticipated regulatory frameworks in the U.S. Senate. Jakopitsch believes that SQD is uniquely positioned at the intersection of these trends, making it a strategic investment.

Marcel Fohrmann, Co-Founder of SQD.AI, echoed this sentiment, stating that the commitment from SQD.AI Strategies AG reflects the growing recognition of the importance of real-time, intelligent data infrastructure. As AI systems become more autonomous and tokenized economies scale, the demand for high-performance, onchain-native data is accelerating, and SQD is designed to meet this demand.

SQD Network operates as a decentralized data-lakehouse, transforming raw onchain events into institutional-grade datasets streamed via ultra-low-latency APIs. Supported by a global community of developers and data providers, SQD aims to create a permissionless alternative to traditional data infrastructure providers, optimized for AI agents and tokenized assets.

Heidelberger Beteiligungsholding AG, soon to be SQD.AI Strategies AG, is Germany’s first dedicated crypto treasury company. As a listed investment vehicle, it focuses exclusively on the long-term accumulation, holding, and staking of SQD tokens, the native asset of the Subsquid network. The company's strategy is rooted in the convergence of AI and blockchain, aiming to provide shareholders with direct exposure to one of the most promising data infrastructure plays in Web3.

SQD Network is a hyper-scalable modular data platform that combines a decentralized data lake with a highly efficient query engine. This platform unlocks new functionality for decentralized applications (dApps), AI agents, analytics, and zero-knowledge proofs/Trusted Execution Environments (ZK Proofs/TEE) by providing blazing-fast blockchain indexing. By replacing reliance on Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) for querying chains, SQD facilitates the retrieval of onchain data at scale, powering seamless user and builder experiences.