NEW YORK — May 12, 2026
Executive Summary
Elliptic today announced the completion of a $120 million Series D funding round led by One Peak with participation from Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank and British Business Bank. The funding round values Elliptic at $670 million and is intended to accelerate the company’s expansion of enterprise-grade on-chain analytics and compliance infrastructure for financial institutions, fintech companies, government agencies, crypto platforms and payments organizations operating within digital asset markets.
According to the company, the investment reflects growing institutional adoption of digital assets and increasing demand for scalable compliance and risk-management infrastructure capable of supporting real-time monitoring across blockchain ecosystems. Elliptic stated that the new funding will support continued platform development, expansion of AI-native compliance capabilities and further growth of its proprietary blockchain intelligence infrastructure spanning more than 65 blockchains globally.
Announcement Overview
Elliptic announced that it has secured a $120 million Series D investment in a funding round led by One Peak, alongside participation from Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank and the British Business Bank. The transaction values the company at $670 million and represents one of the latest major institutional investments focused on digital asset compliance and blockchain intelligence infrastructure.
The company stated that the funding is intended to strengthen its position as a provider of on-chain analytics and digital asset decisioning infrastructure for large-scale financial institutions and organizations operating within digital asset markets. According to Elliptic, the financing will support continued development of AI-native compliance operations, expansion of its blockchain intelligence capabilities and scaling of infrastructure supporting institutional digital asset adoption.
Elliptic stated that it currently screens more of the global on-chain economy than any other private sector provider and supports organizations operating across exchanges, fintech services, payments infrastructure and traditional financial systems. The company also noted that its technology infrastructure processes contextual information across blockchain transactions at enterprise scale and is designed to support automated compliance operations and real-time monitoring capabilities.
Key Announcement Details
- Announcement Type: Series D Funding Round
- Company: Elliptic
- Funding Amount: $120 million
- Company Valuation: $670 million
- Lead Investor: One Peak
- Participating Investors: Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank and British Business Bank
- Primary Focus: Enterprise-grade on-chain analytics and digital asset compliance infrastructure
- Technology Focus: AI-native compliance and blockchain intelligence
- Blockchain Coverage: More than 65 blockchains
- Operational Coverage: Screening over 1 billion transactions weekly
- Customer Base: More than 700 customers
- Geographic Reach: Customers across 30 countries
- Industry Focus: Banks, fintechs, government agencies, crypto exchanges and payments companies
- Headquarters: London
- Founded: 2013
- Global Office Locations: New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Dubai, Singapore and Tokyo
- Strategic Objective: Accelerate enterprise-scale compliance infrastructure for digital asset adoption
- Core Market Focus: Stablecoins, tokenized assets and on-chain financial systems
- Transaction Infrastructure Positioning: Real-time compliance monitoring and risk intelligence
- Crypto Market Presence: Infrastructure supporting exchanges responsible for approximately two-thirds of global crypto volume
Institutional Participation in the Series D Funding Round
Elliptic stated that the funding round included participation from several financial institutions and investment organizations operating across global financial markets.
Participants in the funding round included:
- One Peak
- Nasdaq Ventures
- Deutsche Bank
- British Business Bank
According to the company, these organizations collectively represent institutions responsible for trillions of dollars in daily market activity and financial operations. Elliptic stated that the participation of these institutions reflects growing institutional engagement with digital asset infrastructure and compliance technologies.
The company further noted that the funding will support its mission to provide enterprise-grade on-chain analytics infrastructure for:
- Banks
- Fintech companies
- Government agencies
- Crypto exchanges
- Payments companies
- Digital asset platforms
Elliptic stated that the investment also demonstrates increasing institutional focus on compliance frameworks capable of supporting digital asset adoption at scale.
Enterprise-Grade Compliance Infrastructure and Institutional Adoption
According to Elliptic, digital assets are becoming increasingly integrated into the global financial system, requiring institutions to establish scalable compliance and risk-management operations.
The company stated that its infrastructure is designed to support organizations operating in environments requiring:
- Real-time monitoring
- Transaction intelligence
- Risk assessment
- Regulatory compliance
- Operational scalability
- Continuous blockchain screening
Elliptic noted that institutional demand for compliance infrastructure has increased alongside broader digital asset adoption across financial markets and payment ecosystems.
Gary Offner, Senior Vice President and Head of Nasdaq Ventures, commented on the announcement and stated:
“As digital assets become more embedded in the global financial system, institutions need trusted infrastructure to manage compliance and risk at scale. Elliptic’s platform plays an important role in providing that infrastructure, helping firms navigate digital asset adoption with confidence and integrity.”
The company stated that the investment from Nasdaq Ventures aligns with broader institutional demand for compliance systems capable of supporting evolving digital asset operations and regulatory requirements.
Deutsche Bank Commentary on Institutional Risk and Compliance Frameworks
Elliptic stated that compliance infrastructure and institutional-grade risk management remain central considerations in the continued development of digital asset markets.
Sabih Behzad, Global Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation at Deutsche Bank, commented on the funding round and the broader role of compliance frameworks within digital asset ecosystems.
Behzad stated:
“The sustainable growth of digital assets depends on strong, institutional-grade risk and compliance foundations. For Deutsche Bank, these frameworks are critical to supporting the responsible development of the digital asset ecosystem and reinforcing trust as the market evolves. Our investment in Elliptic reflects our focus on strengthening these foundations.”
According to the company, institutional participation in the funding round reflects ongoing efforts among financial organizations to establish infrastructure supporting responsible digital asset adoption and operational oversight.
Elliptic stated that compliance infrastructure continues to play an increasingly important role as traditional financial institutions expand their engagement with blockchain-based financial systems and digital asset operations.
Elliptic’s AI-Native Compliance Infrastructure
Elliptic stated that it was the first company to introduce AI-native compliance infrastructure at enterprise scale during 2025.
According to the company, its AI-native compliance model was designed as a fundamentally different operational approach to compliance management rather than as an isolated feature addition.
The company stated that the newly secured Series D funding will support further expansion of these capabilities and continued investment in AI-powered infrastructure supporting blockchain intelligence and transaction monitoring.
Elliptic stated that its operational advantage is supported by proprietary datasets developed since the company’s founding in 2013.
According to the company, its blockchain intelligence infrastructure includes:
- More than a decade of proprietary data
- Coverage across 65+ blockchains
- Continuous asset and entity labeling
- Large-scale contextual transaction analysis
- Enterprise-grade intelligence processing
- Automated compliance workflows
The company further stated that its platform processes contextual information per transaction at scale and is designed to support:
- Automated triage
- Faster compliance decisions
- Reduced investigation costs
- Real-time monitoring
- Operational scalability
- Continuous intelligence processing
Elliptic stated that these capabilities enable organizations to resolve alerts in minutes rather than hours while allowing human oversight to focus on higher-priority investigations and decision-making activities.
According to the company, the effectiveness of AI-driven compliance systems depends significantly on the quality, depth and accuracy of the underlying datasets supporting those systems.
The company stated that it has spent thirteen years building and refining blockchain intelligence datasets supporting enterprise-scale compliance operations.
British Business Bank Commentary on Institutional Adoption and UK Technology Scale-Ups
Elliptic stated that institutional demand for scalable compliance systems has increased alongside accelerating adoption of digital assets across financial markets.
Charlotte Lawrence, Managing Director of Direct Equity at the British Business Bank, commented on the funding round and broader institutional adoption trends.
Lawrence stated:
“As institutional adoption of digital assets accelerates, the demand for scalable compliance solutions has never been higher. Elliptic pioneered the use of blockchain analytics to meet this challenge and has cemented its status as a global leader, screening over 1 billion transactions a week for 700+ customers in 30 countries. This investment also proves the British Growth Partnership is doing exactly what it was built to do: unlocking the explosive growth of UK technology scale-ups to deliver long term value for our pension funds.”
According to the company, Elliptic currently screens:
- More than 1 billion transactions per week
- Operations for more than 700 customers
- Customers operating across 30 countries
The company stated that the investment also reflects continued support for UK technology companies operating at global scale within financial infrastructure markets.
Stablecoins and Tokenized Assets as Financial Infrastructure
Elliptic stated that stablecoins and tokenized assets are increasingly becoming integrated into global financial infrastructure and transaction systems.
According to the company, stablecoins processed approximately $33 trillion in transactions during 2025, reflecting growing operational activity across digital asset ecosystems.
The company stated that organizations processing large volumes of stablecoin transactions require compliance systems capable of operating in real time and at enterprise scale.
Elliptic noted that digital asset infrastructure is increasingly being adopted by:
- Financial institutions
- Payments companies
- Corporate treasury operations
- Fintech platforms
- Digital asset exchanges
- Blockchain-based financial service providers
According to the company, these organizations are building operational systems directly on digital asset rails and require scalable intelligence infrastructure capable of supporting compliance requirements and operational oversight.
Elliptic stated that its platform is designed to provide the intelligence infrastructure necessary to support these activities safely and in alignment with regulatory expectations.
One Peak Commentary on Customer Validation and Market Position
Humbert de Liedekerke Beaufort, Founding Partner at One Peak, commented on the company’s investment decision and Elliptic’s position within the digital asset compliance sector.
Beaufort stated:
“One Peak invests in category leaders and the signal we trust most is what customers say. We spoke to leading institutions from across all segments of the market, and they spoke with one voice: Elliptic is the leader in digital asset compliance, built on the industry’s most robust proprietary data, and it’s that data advantage that makes their AI genuinely market leading. Elliptic is the essential infrastructure for how stablecoins and tokenized assets move through the global financial system. That customer verdict is what drove our investment.”
According to Elliptic, customer adoption and institutional usage continue to play a significant role in the expansion of enterprise-grade blockchain intelligence systems.
The company stated that its infrastructure supports compliance operations across institutions operating at large transaction volumes and enterprise scale.
Real-Time Compliance Infrastructure for On-Chain Financial Systems
Elliptic stated that approximately two-thirds of global crypto trading volume is transacted on exchanges already relying on its infrastructure and compliance systems.
According to the company, the expansion of digital assets into broader financial systems has increased the importance of enterprise-scale compliance infrastructure capable of supporting:
- Continuous monitoring
- Risk detection
- Transaction intelligence
- Operational scalability
- Regulatory alignment
- Enterprise-grade analytics
The company stated that its platform is designed to monitor blockchain activity continuously and identify risks before they develop into operational or compliance issues.
Elliptic further stated that its infrastructure enables organizations to direct human oversight toward areas requiring higher levels of judgment while automating broader compliance and intelligence workflows.
According to the company, its compliance systems are designed to scale operationally without proportionally increasing compliance costs as transaction volumes expand.
The company stated that its infrastructure has been developed specifically to support the continued growth of on-chain financial systems and digital asset markets.
Elliptic CEO Commentary on the Funding Round
Simone Maini, Chief Executive Officer of Elliptic, commented on the announcement and the company’s long-term focus on digital asset infrastructure.
Maini stated:
“Financial systems are being rebuilt on-chain. The institutions leading that transition need an on-chain analytics partner that matches their scale, their sophistication, and their ambition. The participation of Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, One Peak and the British Business Bank, and the continued confidence of AlbionVC, Evolution Equity Partners and J.P. Morgan is a clear signal of their belief in us as market leaders. We built Elliptic for exactly this moment, and this funding lets us move faster to meet it.”
According to the company, the funding round will support accelerated expansion of its enterprise-grade digital asset compliance infrastructure and operational capabilities supporting institutional blockchain adoption.
About Elliptic
Elliptic is a digital asset decisioning and blockchain intelligence company focused on compliance, risk management and analytics infrastructure for digital asset ecosystems.
According to the company, its platform is designed to extract cryptoasset data and intelligence across blockchain networks while supporting organizations operating in compliance, intelligence and blockchain infrastructure environments.
The company stated that organizations use Elliptic’s infrastructure for:
- Compliance operations
- Risk management
- Blockchain intelligence
- Digital asset monitoring
- Financial infrastructure operations
- Enterprise-scale analytics
Founded in 2013, Elliptic is headquartered in London and maintains offices in:
- New York
- Washington, D.C.
- Miami
- Dubai
- Singapore
- Tokyo
The company stated that its platform supports enterprise-scale operations requiring uptime, scalability and large-scale blockchain intelligence capabilities.
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