HIFI, a financial infrastructure company specializing in stablecoin payments and tokenized assets, has raised $37 million in Series A funding led by Left Lane Capital. The investment, announced on September 24, 2026, will accelerate the scaling of HIFI's tokenized capital markets infrastructure and the expansion of its product suite, including stablecoin payments and card issuance.
The funding comes amid growing institutional adoption of blockchain-based financial infrastructure. HIFI was selected to participate in DTCC's July production trades using DTC-tokenized assets, alongside BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Nasdaq. In September, the company announced a partnership with Visa to expand money movement and card capabilities using its stablecoin settlement platform, beginning with stablecoin-funded payouts to over 4 billion Visa cards worldwide.
HIFI's infrastructure currently processes over $7 billion in annualized volume and supports more than 10,000 businesses and 200,000 end users, with payment capabilities spanning 87 countries. Notable clients include Sumitomo, a Fortune Global 500 conglomerate rebuilding its cash management and trading operations on HIFI's rails; Dapper, which is building new digital marketplaces on the platform; and Arival Bank, which is powering stablecoin payment experiences for its customers.
The broader market opportunity is substantial. Citi projects the stablecoin market could reach $1.9 trillion by 2030, up from roughly $300 billion today, underpinning as much as $100 trillion in annual onchain settlement volume. Public equities are expected to lead capital markets onto that infrastructure, with Citi estimating approximately 3% of the U.S. equity market will be tokenized by the end of the decade.
However, regulatory frameworks for digital assets are emerging market by market rather than uniformly, adding complexity as each new jurisdiction introduces its own banking partners, stablecoin issuers, payment networks, and compliance requirements. HIFI aims to absorb that coordination burden so its customers can build once and operate across every rail and jurisdiction it supports.
"We think of settlement as one problem, not three," said Zach Walsh, CEO of HIFI. "Whether it's a stablecoin settling a payment, a tokenized receivable funding a card, or a tokenized security clearing a trade, the underlying event is identical: value moves and settles at the same instant, instead of moving now and settling days later. Payments, spending, and capital markets have historically needed separate infrastructure. We built one layer that solves it for all three."
Matthew Miller, Managing Partner at Left Lane Capital, which led the round, noted, "The growth HIFI has demonstrated reflects both the strength of the team and the speed at which stablecoins have become a core part of global financial infrastructure. HIFI is building an important layer in that market, giving developers the infrastructure to create products that can operate across networks and borders. We believe HIFI will become a foundational platform for the next generation of financial applications."
As reported by NEWMEDIAWIRE, the funding positions HIFI to capitalize on the accelerating convergence of traditional finance and blockchain technology. For more information, visit HIFI or www.leftlane.com.
