The Digital Infrastructure Layer
for Modern Cities and Sovereign Zones
Sovrn builds the systems cities use to onboard people, capital, and assets in a digital-first global economy.
Cities Are CAPITAL-RICH and
Digital-Poor
Over the last decade, trillions have been invested into smart cities, freeports, and special economic zones.
Yet 1 in 3 cities struggle to scale, not due to lack of capital or land, but due to missing digital infrastructure.
TODAY,
- Core economic processes still run on paperwork, PDFs, and manual approvals
- Onboarding residents, investors, and businesses takes months or longer
- Capital sits idle while approvals move slowly across fragmented systems
In a global, mobile economy, this friction
is no longer sustainable.
Our Approach
Sovrn is the operating infrastructure cities use to run their digital economy– securely, compliantly, and at global scale
Sovrn is not a government.
Sovrn is not a protocol.
Sovrn is not just a marketplace.
What Makes Sovrn Different
Sovrn enables cities, SEZs, and freeports to launch residency, payments, and asset infrastructure in months, not years.
DESIGNED FOR REAL JURISDICTIONS
City-first, not crypto-first
Revenue-aligned: Cities earn from day 1
Modular and deployable
Built to work across jurisdictions
Compliance by design
Deployed with cities
City-first, not crypto-first
Revenue-aligned: Cities earn from day 1
Modular and deployable,
launch one program,
expand over time
Built to work across
jurisdictions
Compliance by design
Deployed with cities,
not “launched to users”
Built Through Research, Iteration, and Live City
Engagement
Sovrn was built through years of research across governance, public goods, and emerging economic zones.Early versions explored digital citizenship and network societies.
Vision exists everywhere but budgets, urgency, and deployment authority live inside real sovereign zones. Cities don't need more dashboards. They need operating infrastructure. Identity, payments, and asset systems that work together.
Sovrn has evolved through multiple product iterations and direct engagement with cities, operators, and global citizens across Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Today, Sovrn is advancing toward live multi-city deployments with pilot partners.
Founded & Led By
Aashraya Rau
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Engineer and GovTech founder with over 5 years of experience building digital infrastructure for the public good and city-wide initiatives.
Has deployed public-goods networks across multiple jurisdictions through partnerships with government stakeholders and civic institutions.
Leads product architecture, system design, partnerships, and city deployments at Sovrn.
Sovrn is built with a lean, execution-focused engineering team, with core architecture, product, and IP owned in-house.