The people behind CYLS
Real names, real track record.
A financial product should never be anonymous. Here are the people building CYLS and the institutional real estate firm behind it.
Leadership
Farrukh Azim
Founder, CYLS Exchange
Founder of CYLS Exchange and architect of its three-token framework. Managing Partner at Banyan Court Capital, with a career spanning real estate development, structured investments, and proprietary trading.
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Basil Azim
Principal, Banyan Court Capital
Principal at Banyan Court Capital, focused on real estate development across Dallas–Fort Worth. NYU, Business & Technology Management; formerly Financial Markets at PwC.
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Akbar Pathan
Technical Co-founder, SynopticFeed
Technical co-founder of SynopticFeed and Quantitative Finance student at Stevens (CS minor). Previously shipped a token platform and builds AI agents for real estate firms.
in LinkedIn →The A8 Capital track record
20+
Years
12
Major projects
130+
Flips
167%
Top annualized ROI
5.1x
Top equity multiple
Single-family · Multifamily · Industrial · RV parks · RV storage · Land entitlement. See the full project list on the homepage →
A8 Capital — our real estate partner
The firm behind the portfolio
A8 Capital is a Southlake, Texas real estate firm controlling 1,500+ acres across the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex with a $2B+ portfolio, including the 42-acre Carillon Parc masterplan.