Archax

investment firm

About

Archax is a global, regulated, digital asset exchange, brokerage and custodian based in London.

Details

Last Funding Type
Seed
Last Funding Money Raised
$8M
Industries
Financial Services
Founded date
Apr 1, 2018
Operating Status
Active
Legal Name
Archax, Ltd

Archax is a global, regulated, digital asset exchange, brokerage and custodian based in London. Founded by experts from the financial markets world and backed by an accomplished advisory board, Archax offers a credible bridge between the blockchain-centric crypto community and the traditional investment space.

Archax is the first ever firm to receive FCA regulation as a digital securities exchange, custodian and brokerage. It was also the first firm to be listed on the FCA’s Cryptoasset Register as a VASP (Virtual Asset Service Provider).

Archax has been designed specifically for institutional investors to trade in all types of digital assets. It is built using existing, proven, resilient, scalable, high-performance exchange infrastructure, hosted in top-tier datacentre space, and integrated into existing institutional trading workflow.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
5
$36.50M £639.87K
Archax has raised a total of $36.50M £639.87K in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Nov 8, 2022 from a Series A round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Nov 8, 2022 Series A $28.50M 5 Abrdn Detail
Aug 12, 2022 Series Unknown 1 Abrdn Detail
May 19, 2021 Series A £639.87K 1 Detail
Oct 15, 2020 Seed $8M 7 Detail
Feb 11, 2019 Seed 8 SPiCE VC Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
1
0
Archax has made 1 investments. Their most recent investment was on Sep 14, 2022, when Ownera raised $20M.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Sep 14, 2022 Ownera
Series A $20M Computer

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
3
15
Archax is funded by 15 investors. Abrdn and SPiCE VC are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Abrdn Yes Series A
SPiCE VC Yes Seed
BitRock Capital Series A
Blockchain Coinvestors Series A
CreditEase Fintech Investment Fund Series A
Tezos Series A
7percent Ventures Series A
CoinFund Seed
BridgeTower Capital Seed
Alameda Research Seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles
20
Archax has 20 current employee profiles, including Executive Paul Bennett
Executive
Advisor
Advisor
Executive