Architect Financial Technologies raises $35 million Series A

Architect financial, a Chicago-based fintech, announced at the end of 2025 that they had closed a $35 million Series A funding round. Investors included Miami International Holdings and Tioga Capital alongside participation from a group of financial firms, including Galaxy Ventures, ARK Invest, VanEck, Trumid, and Geneva Trading. Early backers Coinbase Ventures, Strobe Ventures, CMT Digital, and Third Kind Venture Capital also participated.

Architect launched AX in October last year, pitching it as “the financial industry's first centralized exchange for perpetual futures on traditional asset classes.” These traditional asset classes can include foreign exchange, interest rates, single stocks, stock indexes, metals, and other commodities. 

AX is currently only available to eligible institutional participants such as hedge funds, market makers, family offices, asset managers, insurance and reinsurance firms, and lenders. It is not directly to retail traders, although there is an available waitlist for what it is calling “sophisticated individual traders.”

Architect described the new capital as allowing them to accelerate their growth. The company’s funding history includes a $5 million pre-seed raise at its founding in 2023 and a $12 million seed round in 2024; with the latest infusion bringing total disclosed financing to at least $52 million.

"Our team is excited to initiate AX's next critical phase of growth with the support of this strong group of strategic partners,” Architect’s founder and CEO, Brett Harrison, added in the release. “We are grateful for their expertise and guidance as we advance toward the shared goal of catalyzing a new era in global derivatives trading."