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Distributed ledger technology (DLT) capital markets startup Axiology has raised €5 million in seed funding to expand its tokenised securities offering under the European Union’s DLT Pilot Regime. The raise brings the company’s total funding to €7 million and marks a key milestone in its bid to modernise capital market infrastructure across Europe.
The funding round was led by Exponential Science, e2vc and Coinvest Capital, with participation from new investors TIBAS Ventures and Plug and Play. The fresh capital will be used to scale Axiology’s regulated, end-to-end platform that combines issuance, custody, trading and settlement of securities within a single system.
Axiology secured its Distributed Ledger Technology Trading and Settlement System (DLT TSS) licence in July last year, allowing it to operate fully under the EU DLT Pilot Regime. This licence enables the platform to support the issuance and trading of government bonds, targeting both SMEs and retail investors while maintaining regulatory oversight.
The Lithuania-based firm began operations in September 2025 and has since launched three core services: a securities depository, shareholder registry management, and a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF). Together, these services position Axiology as a unified infrastructure provider for digital capital markets.
Commenting on the funding, founder and CEO Marius Jurgilas said Europe’s ambitions for deeper capital market integration require more than policy reform. “Europe’s Savings and Investment Union won’t be built by policy alone – it needs new market infrastructure,” he said. “The Market Integration Package and the DLT Pilot Regime finally give us the legal space to deliver this. Our system is already live, and this funding allows us to scale a single, regulated platform for European capital markets.”
Axiology’s platform is built for institutional clients and runs on a permissioned version of the XRP Ledger, designed to meet strict regulatory requirements. The system offers transaction finality and tamper-evident audit trails, while leveraging European-licensed stablecoins for atomic settlement. This enables near-instant execution, a significant improvement over traditional T+2 settlement cycles.
Beyond private market activity, Axiology is also working with the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania to develop a digital-native version of the country’s Government Defence Bonds. The initiative aims to make the bonds accessible across the European Economic Area, broadening participation to include the Lithuanian diaspora and strengthening funding options for national defence.
Jochen Metzger, Axiology board member and former senior official at the Bundesbank, highlighted the platform’s relevance in a changing market environment. “Europe’s capital markets are undergoing a structural shift as issuers, infrastructures and regulators seek more efficient ways to manage the full lifecycle of securities,” he said. “Axiology is one of the few platforms capable of operating every stage within a single regulated system, which is critical to reducing fragmentation across Europe.”
With regulatory momentum building around DLT-based market infrastructure, Axiology’s latest funding positions it to play a central role in shaping the next phase of Europe’s digital capital markets.
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