Ironlight Group raises $21M for tokenized securities expansion

Ironlight Group raised $21M in Series A to expand its regulated U.S. marketplace for tokenized securities, enhancing its platform for both traditional and blockchain-based assets.

Ironlight Group has raised $21 million in a Series A funding round to expand its infrastructure for issuing, trading, and settling tokenized securities in the United States. The round saw participation from institutional investors, financial services executives, and organizations such as the Sei Development Foundation and Laidlaw Private Equity. Ironlight operates a broker-dealer subsidiary and an alternative trading system (ATS) approved by FINRA and regulated by the SEC. This allows the trading of both traditional and tokenized securities. The company’s platform combines centralized trading systems with blockchain-based settlement, aiming to create institutional-grade marketplaces within U.S. regulatory frameworks. The new capital will be used to scale Ironlight’s marketplace infrastructure and technology stack, supporting the growing market for tokenized real-world assets, currently valued at around $26 billion. This reflects increasing institutional demand for regulated blockchain market infrastructure and the integration of blockchain technology with traditional capital markets.