$12m · Series A · Fintech · London, UK
London-based LO:TECH has raised a $12m Series A led by MMC, with existing investors Faction and 13 Books Capital participating alongside Atka. The company announcement says the capital will support expansion into New York and Singapore, grow execution services for institutional clients and fund regulatory work in new markets.
One trading stack across markets that never close
LO:TECH combines proprietary liquidity provision with market making, data and execution services. Its high-frequency trading infrastructure connects to traditional, digital and prediction-market venues, while institutional clients can use algorithms such as TWAP and VWAP, request direct orders and review estimated and realised trading costs. The company says the same core systems power its own trading desk and client products.
That shared stack is the commercial mechanism. Fragmented markets create demand for pricing, routing and collateral management across venues, and systems built for continuous digital-asset trading can be adapted to tokenised traditional assets. The company can turn internal infrastructure into fee-generating services, but serving institutions also raises the bar for controls, transparency and licensing. LO:TECH told CoinDesk that it will not offer regulated services before receiving the relevant approvals.
Execution services test the move beyond market making
LO:TECH says it serves more than 50 institutional clients and delivered triple-digit revenue growth over the past year. The Series A funds a broader product and geographic push rather than a single new venue. Its execution service has to prove that cross-market access produces better outcomes for clients, while expansion into the US and Asia-Pacific requires local licences and operating relationships. If that works, the business can sell the infrastructure behind its own trading activity as a wider capital-markets platform.
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LO:TECH funding announcement · LO:TECH product site · CoinDesk reporting · Tech.eu Funding Explorer
