HIFI Raises $37M in Series A to Expand Digital Asset Infrastructure and Tokenised Capital Markets
HIFI, a US-based financial technology company from Cohort 17 of the Hub71+ Digital Assets programme, has raised $37 million in Series A funding, in a round led by Left Lane Capital.
The company plans to use the new funding to deepen its regulatory coverage, expand its team, and extend its programmable settlement infrastructure into cards and tokenised capital markets.
The financing follows a period of rapid adoption. HIFI reports that its platform processes more than $7 billion in annualised volume, while usage among existing customers has increased more than fourfold over the past six months. Companies building on HIFI have also onboarded more than 10,000 businesses and 200,000 individuals.
Building infrastructure for programmable money
Founded in New York in 2022 by Zach Walsh and Mo Afifi, HIFI was created to help businesses build products around stablecoins and tokenised money. Its infrastructure connects digital assets with traditional banking rails, enabling developers and institutions to manage money movement, conversion, routing, and settlement through a unified platform.
The company is addressing a practical gap within the financial system. While stablecoins can settle continuously, surrounding processes such as compliance, custody, treasury operations, and reconciliation often rely on infrastructure designed around conventional banking hours.
HIFI enables businesses to integrate stablecoin-powered payouts, payroll, and treasury services into their products. Through its integration with Circle Payments Network and Cross-Chain Transfer Protocol, the company also helps developers move USDC across supported blockchains and into local payout routes.
Expanding from payments into tokenised capital markets
HIFI is now applying the same infrastructure approach to capital markets, where tokenised cash and assets can support faster and more automated settlement.
The company says its platform formed part of a Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation pilot for tokenised repurchase agreements in July 2026. It also supported a live tokenised repo trade on Tradeweb between DRW and Marex, settled on the Canton Network with USDCx as the cash leg.
HIFI’s role in these transactions focuses on the infrastructure surrounding the movement and control of tokenised cash. The company plans to develop these capabilities further, with custody and control among the areas it identifies as important for institutional adoption.
New momentum for Abu Dhabi’s digital asset ecosystem
HIFI’s Series A brings additional momentum to the community developing through Hub71+ Digital Assets, which connects startups with regulators, investors, financial institutions, and infrastructure partners to support market entry and commercial growth from Abu Dhabi.
Abu Dhabi Global Market has established a regulatory framework covering virtual assets, fiat-referenced tokens, digital securities, derivatives, and funds investing in digital assets. Its digital assets framework provides founders and institutions with greater clarity around the permissions and standards that may apply as they develop regulated products.
Hub71+ Digital Assets complements this environment by connecting founders with the commercial and technical partners needed to turn emerging financial models into deployable products. For HIFI, Abu Dhabi provides a base from which to engage with an international financial centre and a growing concentration of digital asset companies serving markets across the Middle East and beyond.
What comes next for HIFI?
HIFI has identified three priorities for its new funding: obtaining additional regulatory licences, expanding its teams in New York and selected international markets, and broadening its product suite beyond payments into cards and capital markets.
The company’s expansion reflects the growing opportunity for financial products built on tokenised cash and assets. Moving these models from experimentation into everyday use requires infrastructure that can meet institutional standards while remaining straightforward for developers to integrate. HIFI is continuing to build toward that requirement through a platform already operating at a multibillion-dollar annualised scale.
