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Talos Trading

Institutional digital asset trading infrastructure

101-200 employees
  • B2B
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Analytics
  • Trading
  • SaaS
154 W 14TH ST, New York, NY 10011, US

Company mission

To be the bridge connecting institutions to the digital assets market, and to deliver the most pioneering and trusted end-to-end trading lifecycle platform there is.

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62% employee growth in 12 months

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Xav Kearney

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So far, the increasing institutional interest in the value of crypto-assets has been stymied by a lack of scaled, efficient, and secure infrastructure that these institutions could use for trade. Talos addresses the problem of digital asset trading between institutions, helping them to securely sidestep these obstacles into a fresh market with potentially huge returns.

The company provides a range of end-to-end, highly configurable tools to populate and facilitate the institutional crypto-asset market from just one platform. Talos' approach is helping to lower the bar for wide-ranging adoption of cryptocurrency, supporting the full lifespan of digital assets trading. That said, because they’re developing the market of an entirely new asset-class, progress is accelerated and competition may have a chance to overtake.

Promising for Talos was the interest of prominent investors like PayPal and Fidelity during their Series A funding round, with the funds being used to create an institutional-grade service to help them both shape and spearhead this developing market. More recently, the company has made a number of significant partnerships, and also acquired D3X Systems, the integration of which will allow its clients to design, validate, implement and manage highly customized portfolios.

Benefits

  • Pension
  • Bonus and stock ownership plan
  • Medical, dental, vision, and flexible spending
  • Unlimited vacation policy
  • Paid parental leave
  • Remote and flexible working
  • Global offsites and team outings

Company values

  • Out-of-the-box thinking - We look for entrepreneurial, non-linear thinkers who are passionate about their work and can imagine creative, groundbreaking solutions. After all, we’re seeking to reshape an industry
  • Ideas over egos - We take a collaborative and systematic approach to problem solving. Everyone’s voice is heard and appreciated, and everyone is expected to make an impact. New ideas and rigorous debate are commonplace
  • Decentralized but tight-knit - Crypto is geographically distributed – and so are we. But we’re close-knit and our doors (real-life and Zoom-life) are always open. Our teams operate with flexibility and autonomy

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

May 2022

$105m

SERIES B

May 2021

$40m

SERIES A

$151m

Total funding

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Founders

Having served in the Israeli Defense Forces for 3 years, Anton worked at Microsoft in Program Management for almost 2 years and Broadway Technology for a further 6. In September 2018, he left his role as Head of Trading Technology at AQR Capital Management to co-found Talos Trading.