R3

Enabling an open, trusted, and advanced digital economy / progressing and connecting financial markets.

R3 builds the infrastructure to move the next trillion dollars of assets on-chain, bridging traditional finance and DeFi. Founded in 2014, the company specializes in distributed ledger technology for regulated markets, with its flagship Corda platform enabling secure, permissioned collaboration across financial institutions. R3 has tokenized over $10 billion in on-chain assets and processes millions of transactions daily. The team of 80+ professionals works on institutional-grade RWA yield vaults that are fully composable and integrated into Solana DeFi, positioning R3 as a leader in compliant real-world asset tokenization.

Products

Corda is R3's core distributed ledger platform, available in both open-source and enterprise editions. The enterprise version adds high-availability, hardware security module support, and advanced database connectivity for production environments. In 2023, R3 launched Corda 5 with enhanced scalability and performance. The R3 Solana Toolkit bridges traditional finance with DeFi by integrating real-world assets into the Solana blockchain. R3 also provides comprehensive professional services including advisory, design, development, and deployment support.

Funding

R3 raised over $107 million in its Series A round in May 2017, led by a consortium of 44 global financial institutions including Bank of America, HSBC, SBI Group, Intel, and Temasek. This marked the largest investment in distributed ledger technology at the time. The company secured additional funding including a $5 million round in May 2018 and further investment from Temasek Holdings. Total funding across all rounds reaches approximately $112-122 million.

Recent news

In June 2026, R3 announced that it has bridged $17 billion worth of regulated assets to the Solana blockchain, highlighting the company's ongoing focus on interoperability and connecting regulated finance with broader digital asset networks.

Technology

Backend development uses Java and Kotlin within a microservices architecture orchestrated by Kubernetes. Apache Kafka serves as the central message bus with PostgreSQL as the primary database. Testing automation relies on Selenium, Cypress, and Appium for UI testing, plus REST Assured and Postman for API validation. The team uses Cucumber and Serenity for BDD, with JIRA, XRAY, and TestRail for test management. CI/CD runs on Jenkins and GitHub Actions, while observability uses Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack components. Security is managed through HashiCorp Vault.

Benefits

Healthcare coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with R3 covering 90% of costs. Employees get flexible time off, paid national holidays, and two floating holidays annually. The company offers paid volunteer time off and remote work options for many positions. Professional development includes learning opportunities, training programs, and certifications. Retirement benefits feature a 401(k) with 100% match on the first 3% contributed and 50% match on the next 2%. Additional perks include discounted Life Time Fitness memberships and hybrid working arrangements with modern office spaces.