NKB Group BLOCKCHAIN INVESTMENT & ADVISORY

Investment banking
for the digital world

London — Bratislava — Vienna
BTC
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-0.01$ (0.00%)
ETH
214.57$
+16.96$ (+7.90%)
BCH
325.28$
+17.27$ (+5.31%)
XRP
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+0.05$ (+16.01%)
Who we are
NKB operates as a full-service investment bank focused on blockchain technology. We are a one-stop solution for our clients - opening the new world of digital assets and delivering it via the best practices of traditional finance.

NKB Group provides the bridge between traditional finance and the blockchain world.

We help our clients navigate through the uncertainties and capture the opportunity that digital assets represent. To do this, we have instituted processes and infrastructure in line with the established standards of financial regulation.

NKB Group operates through several divisions, offering end-to-end solutions for corporates, institutional investors, family offices and high-net-worth individuals.

WEALTH AND ASSET MANAGEMENT

NKB Wealth and Asset Management provides investors access to digital assets through a robust infrastructure which is compliant with anticipated regulatory requirements.

BROKERAGE

NKB Brokerage / OTC Desk performs the role of a traditional broker-dealer for digital assets. We facilitate large OTC trades for our clients as well as provide market liquidity and agency trading for selected cryptocurrencies.

ADVISORY

NKB Advisory guides corporates in the process of raising funds via security token sales and traditional equity offerings. We provide advice and assistance to our clients throughout the execution as well as continuous post-transaction support.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT

NKB Principal Investment focuses on supporting private companies and platforms in the blockchain ecosystem. We look for exciting projects and teams that are developing blockchain infrastructure or use blockchain to disrupt existing industries.

Team credentials

MERRILL LYNCH
RENAISSANCE CAPITAL
DETSKY MIR
AVG
ZOZNAM.SK

MERRILL LYNCH


Chris Baxter, Founder/Chief Executive Officer NKB Group

  • Chris was a senior M&A deal maker at a leading global investment bank in London
  • Completed over $150bn of M&A transactions as Head of Energy and Power EMEA sector
  • His clients included the largest western European oil companies: Total, BP, Repsol, Norsk Hydro

RENAISSANCE CAPITAL


Chris Baxter, Founder/Chief Executive Officer NKB Group

  • Independent investment bank focused on emerging markets
  • As Head of Investment Banking, Chris rebuilt and internationalised the team
  • Chris led the firm’s climb to the top of the IPO and M&A league tables during the 2003-07 bull market period of fierce competition from leading global bulge bracket banks
  • During 2008-11, Chris was the CEO of Principal Investments at the firm
  • Chris inherited a distressed portfolio of investments with negligible value and managed the recovery of over $500m for shareholders

DETSKY MIR


Chris Baxter, Founder/Chief Executive Officer NKB Group

  • Largest children’s retailer in CIS
  • Chris acted as Chairman and managed the controlling shareholder’s interest
  • Turnaround led by new management installed by Chris and his team in 2012
  • Previously loss-making company achieved 3 years of dramatic growth
  • Realized a valuation of $1bn plus upon IPO in 2016

AVG


Boris Zeleny, Founder/Chairman NKB Group

  • Leading global cyber security company
  • Boris was among the most significant shareholders driving the business and exit
  • Business grew from $5m in revenue to over $300m at time of IPO on NYSE
  • The largest IPO of a CEE company with market capitalisation close to $1bn
  • Intel Capital and TA Associates as investment partners

ZOZNAM.SK


Boris Zeleny, Founder/Chairman NKB Group

  • No 1 portal in Slovakia with highest traffic
  • Boris was a co-founder and a major shareholder – one of the pioneering investors in internet technologies in the CEE region
  • Partial exit to Telenor Norway; Boris later bought back his stake to drive the business further
  • Final exit to Deutsche Telekom in 2006

Latest Reports

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NKB TEAM

Digital Assets - Market Update: 12 August 2019

After a strong previous week, Bitcoin has been ranging in the ascending triangle and took almost the entire crypto trading community by surprise when it broke in the opposite direction from $11,900…
NKB TEAM

Blockchain Market Update: 5 August 2019

The deeper correction phase seems to be on hold for now as Bitcoin has started to climb back towards $12k as of this morning. Interesting news coming out of China is perceived as the cause of the…
NKB TEAM

Blockchain Market Update: 29 July 2019

The correction phase after a parabolic rise of digital assets still continues as the majority of the top-30 coins ended the week in negative territory. Bitcoin has seen a continuous drop from $10,500…

LOCATIONS

London. Bratislava.
Vienna.

United Kingdom
One Connaught Place
London W2 2ET
Slovakia
Zámocká 5
811 01 Bratislava
Austria
NKB Group AG
Vienna