HQLAx, a digital collateral mobility solutions provider, has secured strategic minority investments from Broadridge Financial Solutions and Digital Asset in a Series C-1 funding round.
The capital will be deployed to advance HQLAx’s technology platform, deepen collaboration with Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform, and fund a planned migration to the Canton Network. The initiatives are intended to support regulated market use cases across the global securities finance and repo industry by combining complementary capabilities from all three firms.
As part of the deal, representatives from both Broadridge and Digital Asset will take seats on the HQLAx board of directors. The planned board appointments and the Canton Network migration remain subject to regulatory approval from the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF).
HQLAx is a FinTech firm that applies Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) to improve efficiency within the global securities finance and repo industry. Its platform enables banks and asset managers to move collateral in a frictionless, precise, and real-time manner.
HQLAx CEO Guido Stroemer said, “This strategic investment marks a key milestone for HQLAX as we continue to build critical market infrastructure for collateral mobility.
“The backing from Broadridge and Digital Asset reflects growing industry momentum behind interoperable, privacy–preserving blockchain solutions, with the Canton Network enabling connectivity across regulated capital markets.”
Broadridge global head of digital innovation Horacio Barakat said, “We are pleased to support HQLAX in its next phase of growth as demand increases for scalable, interoperable digital infrastructure across global financial markets.
“HQLAX has built a compelling solution that addresses critical inefficiencies in collateral mobility, and we see significant opportunity in combining its innovation with Broadridge’s deep expertise in market infrastructure and market-leading distributed ledger-enabled solutions. This investment reflects our commitment to accelerating the adoption of digital assets and collateral mobility to improve efficiency, resiliency, and capital optimization across the securities finance ecosystem.”
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