Alta, a financial infrastructure company developing blockchain technology for institutional finance, has raised $80 million in total funding to build a more connected global financial system.
The funding includes a $47.5 million Series A round led by Index Ventures, with participation from GV (Google Ventures), Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg and Capital 49. The company had previously secured $32.5 million in seed financing.
Alta is developing institutional-grade blockchain infrastructure designed to help financial assets and products move across borders, networks and jurisdictions more efficiently. Its platform aims to meet the privacy, compliance and operational requirements of regulated financial institutions while supporting transactions across different assets and blockchain networks.
Building a More Efficient Global Financial System
Today’s financial infrastructure remains fragmented, making international payments and liquidity management costly and time-consuming. Cross-border money transfers can take several days while financial institutions often need to maintain large cash reserves in different countries to ensure payments can be processed.
Alta estimates that approximately $4 trillion is tied up in prefunded accounts worldwide.
The company aims to reduce this inefficiency by combining instant settlement with global payment connectivity, foreign exchange and treasury management capabilities.
At the core of its platform is a blockchain architecture built on recursive zero-knowledge cryptography. This technology allows financial institutions to keep sensitive information, including account balances, transactions, identities and compliance policies, private while still verifying that transactions meet required rules.
The infrastructure is designed to support regulated financial institutions across different assets, blockchain networks and jurisdictions. It also aims to provide the controls and scalability needed for institutional finance and AI-powered agentic commerce.
Airwallex Selects Alta for Blockchain Infrastructure
Global financial platform Airwallex has chosen to build on Alta’s infrastructure, connecting its international payments network with Alta’s blockchain technology.
The collaboration is expected to support stablecoin-based payments, including pay-ins and payouts, as well as connections to local fiat payment networks across 200 countries and 90 currencies.
Alta is designed as neutral infrastructure that banks, payment providers and other financial institutions can use to build financial products and services.
First Product Focuses on Liquidity and Treasury Management
Alta’s first product will help businesses manage liquidity more efficiently and reduce the amount of cash held in prefunded accounts.
Built around tokenized assets, the product will support just-in-time funding, more efficient foreign exchange and instant movement into and out of yield-bearing tokenized assets. This approach aims to help businesses earn returns on capital that would otherwise remain idle while maintaining access to the liquidity they need.
Funding to Support Platform Development
Alta plans to use the new funding to continue developing its blockchain infrastructure, expand institutional partnerships and strengthen its global financial connectivity.
The company will also grow its engineering and compliance teams to support adoption among regulated financial institutions.
Alta is building a financial infrastructure platform that combines blockchain technology, international payments, foreign exchange and treasury services. Its goal is to make global financial transactions faster, more efficient, private and compliant.
