Real Finance Raises $29M for RWA Rails

Real Finance has secured $29 million in fresh private funding to build new “institutional rails” for tokenized real-world assets. The company says the money will help it bring more banks, asset managers and fintech firms on-chain and support a near-term goal of putting around $500 million worth of traditional assets into token form.

The round is led by digital asset investor Nimbus Capital, which committed $25 million, with extra backing from Magnus Capital and Frekaz Group. Cointelegraph earlier reported funding round and noted that Real Finance plans to spend the capital on stronger compliance tools, operational teams and a full-stack RWA platform built for regulated clients.

Real Finance is designing this platform as an “infrastructure layer” that connects traditional finance systems with public blockchains. According to StartupNews, which highlighted raise, the network wants to make it easier for institutions to issue, hold and move tokenized assets such as bonds or real estate while keeping clear legal structures and custody in place.

The timing of the deal reflects a wider boom in real-world asset tokenization. Market data from analytics platforms shows that the value of tokenized RWAs on public chains has climbed into the tens of billions of dollars over the past two years, driven by products tied to U.S. Treasuries, private credit and other yield-bearing assets.

Industry researchers at RedStone note that the on-chain RWA market grew from about $5–10 billion in 2022 to more than $20 billion by mid-2025, and continues to expand. In the same report, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is quoted saying that “the next generation for markets will be the tokenization of securities,” a view that helps explain why investors are now backing infrastructure plays like Real Finance.