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Architect Financial Technologies

Regulated perpetual futures exchange for traditional assets

Raised to date

$19.3M

of $19.4M offered across 1 Form D filing

Still open
$171K
Investors
7
Last filed
Jun 11, 2026

About

Architect Financial Technologies is a Chicago-based financial technology company building institutional trading infrastructure for futures, options, equities and digital asset markets. It operates through regulated subsidiaries including Architect Securities LLC (FINRA broker-dealer), Architect Financial Derivatives LLC (NFA introducing broker) and Architect Bermuda Ltd. Its flagship product is AX, a regulated centralized exchange for perpetual futures on traditional asset classes. The company was founded in 2023 by Brett Harrison, previously president of FTX US and a technology executive at Citadel Securities and Jane Street.

Brings the perpetual futures contract structure, previously confined to crypto venues, to traditional underlyings such as currencies, interest rates, single stocks, indexes and commodities, on a Bermuda-regulated exchange paired with its own US-regulated brokerage and trading technology stack.

Funding

  • EquityFiled Jun 11, 2026Form D
    $19.3M/ $19.4M

Product

AX

Derivatives exchange

A centralized, regulated exchange for perpetual futures on traditional financial assets, operated by Architect Bermuda Ltd. under Bermuda Monetary Authority licenses.

  • Perpetual futures on foreign currencies, interest rates, single stocks, stock indexes, metals, energy and other commodities
  • Operated by Architect Bermuda Ltd., regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority under the Investment Business Act and Digital Asset Business Act
  • Institutional access for hedge funds, market makers, family offices, asset managers, insurers and lenders in eligible jurisdictions

Built for

Institutional trading firms - hedge funds, market makers, proprietary trading firms, asset managers, family offices, insurers and lenders

People on file