Capital markets infrastructure provider Axiology has raised €5 million in seed funding to scale its regulated, distributed-ledger-based system for issuing, holding, trading, and settling securities in Europe. The round was led by Exponential Science, e2vc, and Coinvest Capital, and joined by new investors TIBAS Ventures and Plug and Play. Axiology said the seed round also includes support from prior investors, including BSV Ventures and NGL Ventures, bringing total funding raised to date to €7 million.
The company said the funding will help expand tokenised securities capabilities under the EU DLT Pilot Regime and support its go-to-market strategy, with a particular focus on bringing the full lifecycle of digital fixed-income instruments into a single regulated environment.
Axiology is positioning its platform to address fragmentation across Europe’s capital markets by consolidating issuance, custody, trading, and settlement into a single regulated system. The company said its Distributed Ledger Technology Trading and Settlement System (DLT TSS) licence under the DLT Pilot Regime is among the most extensive available and is held by only a small number of entities in Europe, enabling Axiology to run multiple stages of the securities lifecycle within one supervised infrastructure.
The company also framed accessibility as a key use case, arguing that retail participation is constrained less by the ability to issue instruments in smaller denominations and more by legacy market plumbing. Axiology said its infrastructure is designed to make digital bonds available to a wider public by providing regulated issuance and transaction rails that can support retail-friendly denominations.
In Lithuania, Axiology is working with the Ministry of Finance on a digital-native version of the country’s Government Defence Bonds, which are currently distributed through local financial institutions. Axiology said issuing these bonds digitally via its TSS could open access across the European Economic Area, including for the Lithuanian diaspora, and broaden the investor base supporting national defence funding.
Axiology said it began operations in September 2025 and has since launched three services: a securities depository, shareholder registry management, and a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF). The company said its depository services are already used by crowdfunding platforms to structure debt instruments as bonds and distribute them to investors, while its shareholder registry service is live across Lithuania with more than €21 million in shares recorded. The MTF is integrated with Axiology’s trading and settlement stack, and the company said brokers already connected to the platform support market activity from day one.
Designed for institutional clients, Axiology’s platform runs on a private, permissioned network intended to support compliance, transaction finality, and tamper-evident auditability. The company said it uses European stablecoins licensed for atomic settlement to enable near-instant execution compared with traditional T+2 settlement cycles.
With the new capital, Axiology said it will accelerate expansion, deepen institutional partnerships, and advance geographic growth and interoperability efforts. The company also said it is preparing to participate in wholesale CBDC initiatives, including the ECB’s Appia and Pontes projects, and plans to connect with TARGET2 to further streamline settlement flows.
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“Europe’s Savings and Investment Union won’t be built by policy alone – it needs new market infrastructure. The Market Integration Package and the DLT Pilot Regime finally give us the legal space to do that. Our system is already live, and this funding allows us to scale a unified, regulated platform for European capital markets.”
Marius Jurgilas, Founder And CEO Of Axiology
“Europe’s capital markets are undergoing a structural shift as issuers, infrastructures and regulators look for more efficient ways to manage the lifecycle of securities. Axiology is one of the few platforms able to operate each stage within a single regulated system, which is indispensable for addressing market fragmentation across Europe. This investment signals strong confidence in our ability to deliver the infrastructure that modern markets require.”
Jochen Metzger, Board Member Of Axiology And Retired Bundesbank Senior Official
“Axiology is tackling one of the biggest challenges in finance today: fragmentation and limited access to core financial instruments. By rebuilding capital markets infrastructure on compliant distributed ledger systems, they are making markets faster, cheaper and more inclusive. This is exactly the type of transformative technology Exponential Science exists to support.”
Dr. Paolo Tasca, Founder, Exponential Science
“We’re excited to support Axiology alongside our co-leads in this next phase of growth. The team has built a strong platform with clear international ambition, and we look forward to working together to scale further in the region and beyond.”
Kaan Eren, Partner At e2vc
“We are delighted to continue backing Axiology, this time alongside new international investors, as the founders work to build safe, efficient, and affordable access to Europe’s capital markets. Axiology’s vision is fully aligned with our mission to nurture a more inclusive financing ecosystem and to close key market gaps for both companies and investors.”
Viktorija Trimbel, CEO & Managing Director Of Coinvest Capital
