there is a paper investment agreement signed with startup that says that certain shares are represented as a tokens in smart contract and whoever owns those tokens has shareholder rights (voting power, dividends) etc. so owning tokens is no different than owning shares. this paper agreement has a corresponding smart contract agreement (they are linked via hash) and together they protect our investment both on blockchain and in so called off-chain world

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