The TIE Raises $9M Series A to Build Institutional Crypto Intelligence Platform

A data analytics startup has closed a $9 million Series A funding round that values the company at $100 million, positioning it to compete directly with Bloomberg Terminal in the institutional cryptocurrency space. The New York-based firm, already profitable according to leadership, has developed a specialized suite of research tools that track digital asset prices, market developments, and emerging trends—infrastructure increasingly essential as traditional finance institutions enter the crypto ecosystem.

Building Institutional-Grade Crypto Analytics

At the core of The TIE’s offering is SigDev, a Bloomberg-style workspace designed specifically for crypto traders and analysts. The platform consolidates data streams, news feeds, and market intelligence into a single interface—a critical solution for institutional players who otherwise must juggle information across fragmented sources like Telegram channels, Twitter, and Discord servers.

“The traditional capital markets have consolidated platforms that power decision-making,” noted CEO Joshua Frank in an interview with CoinDesk. “We’re seeing massive opportunities to build the same infrastructure for crypto institutions that need unified visibility across the market.” The SigDev team, currently 55 people strong, plans to expand the platform into a comprehensive crypto-trader workstation that manages the entire institutional workflow—from market open to close.

This consolidation solves a real pain point: institutional investors cannot afford the operational inefficiency of fragmentary information sources. The crypto market’s distributed communication infrastructure, while democratic, creates significant friction for professional capital allocators requiring real-time data integrity and audit trails.

Closing the Data Gap Between Traditional and Digital Assets

Banks and hedge funds spend hundreds of millions annually on proprietary data services that track traditional financial infrastructure. As cryptocurrencies mature into institutional asset class, that capital is rapidly redirecting toward specialized crypto data providers—creating a market opportunity that The TIE is positioned to capture.

The company’s Series A round attracted a mix of crypto-native and legacy finance investors, including Hudson River Trading, GoldenTree Asset Management, NYDIG, and Gemini. Led by Blizzard, the round also features Republic as a strategic participant. This investor composition reflects confidence in The TIE’s thesis: institutional adoption of crypto requires institutional-grade market infrastructure.

Ava Labs President John Wu joined The TIE’s board as part of the financing, signaling deep integration with one of crypto’s largest ecosystems. This board addition underscores the company’s positioning at the intersection of emerging blockchain infrastructure and institutional capital.

Beyond Trading: Token Marketing and Go-To-Market Strategy

The TIE’s expansion extends beyond institutional traders into the token project ecosystem. A new product called Token Labs analyzes marketing performance, social media sentiment, and press strategy effectiveness to help blockchain projects optimize their public engagement.

Token Labs answers granular tactical questions: optimal posting times across platforms, influencer partnership fit, and publication selection based on measurable impact to social metrics. By aggregating data from social platforms and search engines, the tool creates dashboards that track sentiment shifts and campaign effectiveness—essentially offering a data-driven go-to-market playbook.

“A significant portion of top-tier assets are already using this service, though it’s remained relatively quiet,” Frank said. Avalanche is among the high-profile clients leveraging Token Labs to refine its communication strategy. This dual revenue model—serving both institutional capital on one side and token projects on the other—diversifies The TIE’s market exposure while deepening its competitive moat through network effects.

The combination of SigDev’s institutional trader focus and Token Labs’ creator-economy reach positions The TIE as infrastructure spanning the full spectrum of crypto market participants, from capital allocators to project teams strategizing their market positioning.