Unlocking remote capital.

We bring capital to the world's most constrained markets. When assets face strong restrictions—credit, regulation, or geopolitics—we structure solutions where others step back.

Global business retracts. Export controls, tariffs, sanctions surge. This is not a trend. It is a new era. Meanwhile, Global South economies hold unparalleled resources. Their access to capital remains difficult and costly.

Our mission: unlock.

Our Expertise

We specialize in situations where conventional finance cannot or will not unlock access to capital. Our clients—local champions in challenging jurisdictions, sovereign entities, global investors, family offices—need solutions that are fast, compliant, discreet, and cost-effective.

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Sovereign Approach

We prioritise fast-track direct contacts with local decision-makers, over multilateral processes and diplomatic abstractions. Any deal must align with local sovereign interests. We secure that alignment with the minimum number of stakeholders—and absolute discretion.

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Structured Finance & Compliance

We specialise in harnessing the power of tech finance: blockchain & tokenization, SPV architecture, multi-party coordination—we deploy instruments that conventional finance players ignore, in jurisdictions they do not know, aligning the compliance constraints of all Parties.

Because not being compliant is never an option.

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Execution Under Heavy Regulation

Energy, telecoms, pharma, banking, crypto, mining—we have operated under extreme regulatory pressure across 40+ countries. Where others see obstacles, we advance with precision.

Our Flagship Fintech Solution

MineFi
Mining Exploration Financing

Exploration projects in critical minerals face a structural financing gap: too early for traditional capital, too complex for conventional intermediaries.

MineFi is our proprietary Fintech solution addressing this gap. Through a structured SPV and a token-based offtake mechanism, we connect exploration-stage projects directly to industrial offtakers.

The solution is milestone-gated, fully regulated under EU law, and designed to work in frontier jurisdictions where standard capital channels are absent. Typical projects range from EUR 20M to 50M, with an exclusive focus on commodities identified as Critical Raw Materials.

MineFi is operated by VTCP as structurer and is distinct from our broader advisory activities.

The Founders

Grégoire Verdeaux

Grégoire Verdeaux

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

“The arm”

Executive at every level international politics can offer—he advised the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the French President, EU Commissioners, the U.N. He managed external affairs globally for some of the biggest global groups based in Europe (EDF, Vodafone, PMI, Revolut) under all kinds of pressure: NGO campaigns, cyberattacks, overnight taxation, shifting sanctions, coercive regulations. But always getting the deal done.

An active think-tank contributor on trade, sanctions and regulation, Grégoire brings sovereign-level relationships built across 30 years and direct access to government decision-makers, and major industrial players across many sectors.

Bassel Tabet

Bassel Tabet

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

“The eye”

Started at Credit Suisse in private banking, VP Senior Management. Trading consultant, portfolio manager and CIO for UHNW clients. Director at a family office, Deputy CEO of a Swiss real estate group. Founded Lightmove, Switzerland's first real estate iBuyer, awarded Most Innovative Swiss Company 2020–2021. Returned to Credit Suisse as Executive Director. Co-founded Digitalkin (AI) and then VTCP.

Art collector, business angel. Bassel brings institutional capital management, operational scaling in regulated markets, and the structural instinct to identify which deals are worth pursuing.

Our Focus

For Sovereign Entities & State-Related Actors

You control valuable assets but face restricted international capital access. We structure pathways: multi-jurisdictional compliance, direct access to international capital, discreet and rapid execution.

For Global Investors & Family Offices

You seek exposure to high-potential markets but face regulatory complexity and sovereign risk concerns. We provide structured access with rigorous due diligence, compliance architecture, and professional exit pathways.

For Asset Owners in Constrained Markets

You have viable assets but cannot access capital through conventional channels. We structure alternatives—including MineFi for mineral exploration—with government coordination and execution timelines of 4–6 months.

For Transaction Counterparties

Industrial players, trading houses, specialised funds seeking sovereign-level deal access. We facilitate streaming agreements, offtake structures, and co-investment with institutional-quality due diligence.

Beyond capital

Legal, fiduciary, tax, security, business intelligence, due diligence, media—sourced directly, tailored to your deal, at cost.

Our Standards

We work with sovereign entities, institutional investors, and asset owners with legitimate economic objectives. We do not engage with parties seeking to evade regulatory, judicial, fiscal requirements or international sanctions.

Must-have for any transaction:

Economic viability, legal pathway, compliance achievable, genuine VTCP value-add.

We decline situations requiring misrepresentation to any party.

Publications

Grégoire Verdeaux is a regular contributor on international trade issues for Institut Sapiens, the leading French think-tank on economic policy founded by Olivier Babeau.

Europe’s Narrow Path Towards Critical Raw Materials Institut Sapiens — March 2026 · PDF International Trade Manifesto: The Productionnist Era Institut Sapiens · Article The New Normal: Controlled Trade Institut Sapiens · Article

Contact

All inquiries treated with strict confidentiality. Response within 48 hours.

Grégoire Verdeaux

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Sovereign relationships, regulatory navigation

French, English, Spanish

Bassel Tabet

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Finance, transaction structuring, tech

French, English, Arabic

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