Reactive Markets Secures Series A Investment
The firm plans to use new capital to expand into equities and grow its global workforce.
Updated on Oct. 16, 2026 in Stock Markets
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Financial technology firm Reactive Markets has closed a Series A investment round led by venture capital firm 13books. The funding will support the company as it moves into the equities asset class and increases its international staffing.
Why it matters
This investment allows Reactive Markets to capitalize on rising demand for bilateral trading technology. By diversifying its services beyond foreign exchange, the company aims to broaden its footprint among institutional participants.
Reactive Markets supports a network of over 60 market makers and serves nearly 100 institutional clients. The platform currently processes more than $80 billion in daily foreign exchange trading volumes.
The players
Reactive Markets
This is a financial technology company that builds bilateral trading platforms for institutional market participants.
13books
This venture capital firm specializes in funding financial technology companies and led the latest investment round.
The details
Reactive Markets develops infrastructure for institutional traders focused on latency, reliability, and resilience. The firm plans to utilize the fresh capital to open or expand its teams in London, New York, and Singapore to support these technical upgrades.
Timeline
The Series A investment was revealed on October 16, 2026.
Market Dynamics
This funding reflects the broader trend toward adopting specialized bilateral trading technology among institutional participants. The move positions Reactive Markets to compete more directly in the fragmented global equities landscape.
Institutional clients may gain access to new equity liquidity pools as the firm rolls out its expanded asset class offering. These infrastructure improvements generally aim to reduce execution latency and improve overall trade reliability for participants.
The takeaway
Institutional firms should monitor how the platform's infrastructure improvements translate into better liquidity access for equity trades. Expanding into new asset classes requires significant technical resilience to ensure the firm's existing foreign exchange reliability remains intact.
Further reading
For broader trends in financial technology and trading, explore the Stock Markets section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The TRADE.
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