Fintech startup Tria has announced the successful raising of $12 million in investments as part of its pre-seed and strategic funding rounds. The funds will be directed towards the development of a global non-custodial neobank platform, accessible to individuals and AI agents.
This is reported by Business • Media
Investors and Key Participants in the Project
- The investors include P2 Ventures, Aptos, the Tria community, as well as executives from leading cryptocurrency and fintech companies such as Polygon, Ethereum Foundation, Wintermute, Sentient, 0G, Concrete, Eigen, and others.
- Polychain and Polygon acted as advisors during the pre-seed round.
- The Tria team is led by Part Bhalla and Vijit Katta, which also includes alumni from Binance, Polygon, OpenSea, Nethermind, Intel, and representatives from the government and the Royal Family of the UAE.
Innovations and the Future of the Tria Platform
According to the project’s founders, modern neobanks like Revolut and Monzo have significantly simplified working with fiat finances by concealing the complexities of traditional financial systems, currently processing over $4 trillion in transactions annually.
“Tria addresses one of the biggest challenges of cryptocurrencies — their real-world usage. For the first time, users can spend, trade, and earn — all from a single non-custodial balance, without worrying about gas fees or seed phrases,” the company added.
According to official information, Tria provides instant, seamless, and fee-free transactions for users in over 150 countries. The platform supports more than 1000 tokens, with transactions processed through the Tria BestPath solution. Unused assets automatically generate income that covers the card balance.
Tria’s proprietary technology, called BestPath AVS, is a decentralized settlement marketplace that allows solvers, routers, and relayers to compete for instant transaction routing across different blockchains. This system already serves over 250,000 users and is utilized by more than 70 protocols and ecosystems based on artificial intelligence, including Polygon, Arbitrum, Sentient, and Injective.
The Tria team notes that stablecoins, real-world assets (RWA), and autonomous agents are forming a new architecture for financial services. It is projected that by 2030, the volume of on-chain transactions will reach $100 trillion, although 98% of users still encounter outdated user interfaces.
“Revolut opened TradFi through design, and Web3 now requires the same — without losing custodial rights. By 2030, over 25% of global digital payments ($25-30 trillion annually) will be executed by AI agents. Tria is becoming that missing link: a consumer neobank on top and a programmable payment infrastructure below,” emphasized Tria.
As part of its development strategy, which involves creating the platform together with the community, Tria is preparing for a public token distribution round. This will allow users to gain a stake in the neobank they use. Official details are expected to be announced soon through the company’s social channels.