SignalPlus, a Hong Kong-based provider of institutional digital asset options and derivatives trading infrastructure, announced the closing of a $50 million Series B1 funding round at a post-money valuation of $500 million. The round was led by HashKey Capital, with follow-on participation from BlockBooster and AppWorks. Goldman Sachs served as the sole financial advisor on the transaction.
Founded by a team of capital markets and enterprise technology veterans, SignalPlus has built an institutional-grade trading platform focused on digital asset options and derivatives markets. The company’s flagship terminal provides professional traders with position management, order execution, risk attribution, analytics, and scenario modeling capabilities while connecting to major global trading venues.
SignalPlus said its risk management and pricing infrastructure is used by professional trading firms and centralized exchanges for automated risk management and structured product pricing. During the fourth quarter of 2025, the company recorded a platform volume milestone of $160 billion, including nearly $70 billion in Block-RFQ transactions cleared through Deribit. The company added that terminal volumes have grown at a 74% quarterly compound annual growth rate since 2023 and that its platform serves major institutional participants including Cumberland, FalconX, and Galaxy Digital.
The company is also expanding beyond digital assets into structured commodity products as institutional adoption of digital assets continues to increase. SignalPlus said the new funding will support product diversification initiatives and geographic expansion efforts. According to the company, its market share has increased tenfold over the past 18 months.
In addition, SignalPlus plans to launch a major platform upgrade that incorporates agentic AI capabilities into its workflow. Powered by the company’s proprietary QuantLab engine, the upgraded platform will enable users to analyze volatility market structures, conduct strategy back-testing, and create trading modules within the platform.
Chris Yu, co-founder and CEO of SignalPlus, said the company’s long-term vision is to serve as a bridge between digital assets and traditional capital markets while maintaining operational discipline throughout market cycles.
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“SignalPlus was founded with the ambitious goal to be the leading infrastructure bridge connecting digital assets with traditional capital markets, a journey defined by strict operational discipline at every cycle. This funding round powers the next inflection point – growing our crypto leadership against a maturing regulatory backdrop, extending our institutional-grade infrastructure into traditional finance, and launching the SignalPlus 2.0 platform to bring agentic AI capabilities into a secure trading environment accessible to every user.”
Chris Yu, Co-Founder And CEO, SignalPlus
“The digital asset market is entering a new phase of institutional maturity, and SignalPlus has established itself as the leading infrastructure provider in the crypto options space, delivering a platform that meets the highest standards of operational rigor, risk management, and liquidity demanded by top-tier institutions globally. We believe the next wave of digital finance will win at the infrastructure layer, and in options, SignalPlus is already defining that standard. As regulatory clarity accelerates across key markets, this partnership will be central to expanding HashKey Group’s product offerings and reinforcing our leadership across the institutional digital asset ecosystem. We are pleased to lead this round and to deepen our long-term partnership with the team.”
Deng Chao, CEO, HashKey Capital
“SignalPlus provides the infrastructure underpinning institutional participation in digital asset derivatives, combining the liquidity, risk management, and operational rigor that sophisticated players demand. Our relationship with the team long predates this round, and this investment directly aligns with a core thesis BlockBooster has long held: that institutional capital will enter digital assets through credible, enterprise-grade infrastructure. As a full-stack alternative asset manager pairing an incubation engine with capital management, we see SignalPlus sitting precisely at that intersection. We anticipate deep collaboration as their infrastructure connects with our capital strategies and broader ecosystem, and we are proud to back that vision with a significant commitment as the team enters its next phase of growth.”
Samuel Gu, Founder And CEO, BlockBooster
