what's Ironlight?

Ironlight provides institutional-grade tokenization infrastructure bridging traditional finance and DeFi. Its platform, Ironlight Markets, operates a FINRA-approved Alternative Trading System (ATS) for issuing, trading, and managing tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) such as private equity, real estate, fixed income, and private credit. The system supports atomic on-chain settlement via smart contracts, enabling real-time clearing with sub-20-microsecond matching, while integrating with legacy TradFi protocols like FIX 4.4. Blockchain-agnostic and EVM-compatible, it uses standards like ERC-3643 for compliant tokenized securities. Open access for brokers, banks, and RIAs via APIs ensures seamless liquidity without disrupting existing workflows. Cloud and on-prem options allow scalable, whitelabel deployment with automated compliance.

Ironlight raised $21M to expand its regulated tokenized securities marketplace.