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About Ironlight
Ironlight is a US-regulated venue for tokenised securities. Ironlight Markets is a FINRA member broker-dealer running an alternative trading system filed under Reg ATS, while Ironlight Technologies supplies tokenisation and on-chain settlement: the central order book matches in under 20 microseconds, trades settle atomically in USDC with same-day delivery versus payment, and issuance covers fractional private credit, private equity, registered funds, fixed income, structured products and real estate, with transfer restrictions enforced at the token level. Banks, broker-dealers and advisers connect over FIX and API.
It fills the secondary-liquidity gap in private markets: where fund interests traditionally take weeks to transfer, here order book or RFQ matching settles the same day, and issuers can manage cap tables from blockchain data. Activity is defined by US securities law and ATS rules, and investor eligibility is checked at onboarding.
On 16 March 2026 Ironlight Group raised a $21 million Series A, with former TD Bank chief executive Greg Braca joining as executive chairman and the Sei Development Foundation and Laidlaw Private Equity participating. The money expands the alternative trading system run by its broker-dealer subsidiary Ironlight Markets, which puts issuance, trading and settlement into one process governed by US securities rules.
The product line widened quickly during the year. On 14 October it agreed with FundBridge Capital to offer the Delta Wellington Ultra Short Treasury on-chain fund to eligible accredited investors through a private placement on Ironlight Portal, with Wellington Management Singapore as sub-adviser and Libeara supplying tokenisation infrastructure. A partnership with Halo Investing takes structured notes onto public blockchains, with global distribution planned for 2026.
Ironlight will win institutional flow with atomic settlement and round-the-clock trading, add structured products and private credit, and productise the compliant issuance workflow for other broker-dealers.
Rob McGrath — Co-founder & CEO; former global head of trading at Schroders and at Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Matt Celebuski — Co-founder & President; founded Trade Informatics, sold to Abel Noser in 2021.
Jake Moilanen — Co-founder & CTO; former IBM engineer who architected the matching engine and settlement layer.
Greg Braca — Executive Chairman; former President & CEO of TD Bank, led the $21M Series A.
Ironlight Markets is a registered broker-dealer and member of the US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority; in October 2025 its alternative trading system was added to its membership agreement, operating under Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation ATS for tokenised securities.