Octaura raises $46.5 million

Octaura has raised $46.5 million in a recent funding round. MassMutual Ventures participated in this round.

Founded in 2022, Octaura provides electronic trading, data, and analytics solutions for syndicated loans and CLOs.

The capital will support the company’s growth. It will also help Octaura in its work to change how syndicated loan and CLO markets trade.

Over the past two years, Octaura’s syndicated loan platform has seen significant growth. Between April 2023 and April 2025:

• The number of dealer institutions on the platform grew from 3 to 25.
• Buy-side participation increased from 34 firms to 146 firms.

In the first quarter of 2024, the platform handled 1% of secondary loan trading volume. Just one year later, it captured 4.6% of total market volume.

According to LinkedIn, the company has a team of 71. Headcount growth was 1% over the past year.