Crypto Startup Brix Raises $5.5M Funding To Tokenize Emerging Market Assets

The round included participation from investors such as FRWRD Ventures, Circle Ventures, ConsenSys, Webrazzi Ventures, Borderless Capital, and Paribu Ventures, along with angel investors Kemal Kaya, Fevzi Güngör, and Sertaç Özinal.

Brix aims to expand access to investment opportunities in emerging markets by tokenising real-world assets, including stocks, funds and bonds. This approach allows a broader range of investors to access assets that have traditionally been limited to institutional players.

Beyond direct investment, these tokenised assets can also be used as collateral and integrated into decentralised finance (DeFi) ecosystems, enabling new types of on-chain financial products.

The company works closely with banks and brokerage firms across emerging markets to support asset issuance, custody, and management. These partnerships help ensure regulatory compliance while enabling scalable market-making and global investor participation.

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As part of its roadmap, Brix plans to launch its first product a digital asset backed by tokenised Turkish lira money market funds with additional offerings to follow. All underlying assets are managed and custodied by regulated local financial institutions to ensure compliance and security.

By linking decentralised finance capital with real-world assets from fast-growing economies, Brix aims to improve access, liquidity, and create new programmable yield opportunities within DeFi.

The funding will support expansion of its asset portfolio and strengthen partnerships across key markets including Türkiye, the UAE, Egypt, Mexico, Brazil, and South Korea, enabling unified global access through a single platform.

Commenting on the investment, Kemal Kaya, Advisor at Blackstone and former CEO of Yapı Kredi, said the move marks an early step toward deeper integration between traditional finance and decentralised finance.

According to co-founder and CEO Alp Ergin, Brix combines strong institutional partnerships with deep expertise in decentralised finance to unlock new investment opportunities.

Large players in emerging markets want to tokenise and distribute their assets, while capital in DeFi is searching for real-world yield. Brix is the point where the two meet.