Ironlight Group, Inc., an Austin, Texas-based FinTech company developing regulated infrastructure for tokenised securities, has closed a $21m Series A financing round.
The round drew backing from prominent Wall Street and financial services figures, including Greg Braca, former president and CEO of TD Bank, as well as institutional investors Sei Development Foundation and Laidlaw Private Equity.
Proceeds will be directed towards scaling two core business units: Ironlight Markets’ Alternative Trading System (ATS), which integrates issuance, distribution and trading; and Ironlight Technologies, which provides the underlying platform and settlement options for tokenised securities. Ironlight Markets’ ATS operates under SEC Regulation ATS and is subject to FINRA oversight.
Ironlight’s platform supports tokenised securities spanning private equity, structured products, fixed income, private credit and real estate. The company combines traditional market structure with blockchain-native, atomic settlement, enabling more efficient post-trade workflows for institutions and wealth advisers.
Following the recent appointment of Greg Braca as executive chairman, the company is advancing development of its marketplace as tokenised securities continue to gain traction across private markets and alternative assets.
Ironlight Group is an Austin-based FinTech company building infrastructure for global tokenised securities markets. Its subsidiary, Ironlight Markets, LLC, is a registered broker-dealer and FINRA member that conducts M&A advisory, private placements, and operates an ATS for both digital and traditional securities.
Ironlight Group CEO Rob McGrath said, “Ironlight Group was built to modernize core market systems in a way institutions can adopt. This financing accelerates the build-out of a marketplace that unifies core capital markets functions within the U.S. regulatory framework.”
Laidlaw Private Equity managing member, investment banking & alternative investments Hugh Regan said, “The question is no longer whether assets can be tokenized; it’s whether institutions can trade them safely. We believe Ironlight Group is building the missing layer of infrastructure to support institutional participation in tokenized securities markets.”
Last year, Securitize, a leading platform for tokenising real-world assets, announced a strategic investment from Jump Crypto, the digital asset division of Jump Trading Group.
The exact investment amount was not disclosed, but Jump has taken an equity stake in Securitize as part of the deal.
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