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ElectronX has closed a $30 million Series A led by seed round investor DCVC and joined by XTX Markets, Five Rings, NGP, GTS, and JACS Capital, along with returning investors Innovation Endeavors, Systemiq Capital, Equinor Ventures and Shell Ventures.

ElectronX has secured $30 million in a Series A funding round led by DCVC, bringing its total funding to $55 million. The funds will support the development of the first U.S.-regulated power derivatives market, enhancing risk management in electricity trading. The initiative has attracted investors like XTX Markets and NGP. ElectronX plans to launch products such as hourly bounded futures and binary options for the ERCOT market, with future expansions planned through 2026.

Energy exchange electronx raises $30M Series A round. News provided by. ElectronX's power derivatives market is backed by an elite consortium of global energy, quantitative trading, and technology venture capital firms CHICAGO, Nov. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - ElectronX, the energy exchange built to enable precision risk management in U.S. electricity markets, today announced it has closed a $30 million Series A led by seed round investor DCVC, and joined by leading quantitative trading firms and energy venture funds XTX Markets, Five Rings, NGP, GTS, and JACS Capital. Returning ElectronX investors Innovation Endeavors, Systemiq Capital, Equinor Ventures, and Shell Ventures also participated in the round. With its Series A funding, ElectronX has raised more than $55 million to develop and operate the first U.S.-regulated, direct-access power derivatives market, scheduled to launch next month. "ElectronX's Series A captures the rising momentum from all industry angles for financial infrastructure innovations in U.S. power markets," said Sam Tegel, CEO of ElectronX. "We are pleased to have DCVC lead this pivotal raise and welcome premier global trading firms XTX Markets, Five Rings and GTS to our investor ranks, alongside the energy venture experts at NGP and JACS Capital. As national demand for electricity continues to strain the grid, we look forward to providing the critically necessary intraday hedging tools for today's volatile short-term power market very soon." "DCVC is excited to double down on ElectronX and lead their Series A round as they head into launch phase after earning CFTC approvals," said Ali Tamaseb, a General Partner at DCVC. "ElectronX will fill a critical gap and play a much needed role in the electricity markets. It will directly support the electrification of the American industrial base and the transition to renewables, and it will help companies respond to the massive change in power requirements resulting from increasing data center demand. Like other DCVC portfolio companies in the energy space, ElectronX is working to fill a huge need with a novel deep tech solution." Based in Chicago, ElectronX was granted status as both a Designated Contract Market (DCM) and Designated Clearing Organization (DCO) by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in late August. Its regulated exchange and clearinghouse will offer small-sized, fully collateralized, and centrally cleared financial instruments linked to specific geographies and times of day on a direct-access platform. ElectronX's first products include hourly bounded futures and binary options in 1 MWh sizes for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market, enabling immediate access to intraday hedging strategies for both long- and short-volatility seekers of all types and sizes. Day-of and day-ahead contract suites mirror current physical power trading and battery asset risk management strategies, and are designed to limit losses and maximize profits in regularly observed times of price stress. Contract suites for PJM Interconnection LLC (PJM), California Independent System Operator (CAISO), and other regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs) are planned for launch in 2026. About ElectronX ElectronX (EXI) is the U.S.-regulated energy exchange created to address volatile short-term price exposure to electricity. With locations in Chicago and New York City, ElectronX is helping to expand the nation's power grid by building the financial infrastructure and risk management tools necessary to support increased investment in energy generation, renewable resources, and battery storage technology. For more information, please visit electronx.com. About DCVC DCVC is deep tech venture capital. Over more than a dozen years, the firm has backed brilliant entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve trillion-dollar problems in the real world across a broad set of industries, especially those that haven't seen material progress in decades. With billions of dollars of assets under management, DCVC builds long-term relationships with the founders it backs. The firm has been with many of its companies from their very start - and through to their recognition by the public markets as category-defining businesses. For more information, please visit www.dcvc.com, or follow us on LinkedIn or X @DCVC. SOURCE ElectronX