FinTech investment platform BnkToTheFuture has raised $30 million for its tokenized equity market and due diligence platform. The company reached the milestone within the first 24 hours of its token pre-sale, which was open only to its members and institutional investors.

BnkToTheFuture provides the largest platform for investment in FinTech, Blockchain and Bitcoin companies as well as ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings) that have passed through due-diligence and compliance.

The firm, founded by Simon Dixon, was an early entrant in the crowdfunding space. BnkToTheFuture closed in the UK and resurfaced in Hong Kong’s cryptocurrency world.

The platform deregistered from the FCA authorization in 2013. Under the FCA, BnkToTheFuture would only be permitted to work with UK businesses and investors. With the intentions to go global, the company moved to Hong Kong and registered with CIMA.

The investment platform boasts 48,000 accredited and professional investors with more than $260 million invested in funding rounds of deals listed on its platform, including BitFinex, Kraken, Shape Shift and BitStamp.

Sir Richard Branson is a featured member on the site, and notes the platform’s transparency.

The aim is to allow security token trading starting in 2018 and to issue its BnkToTheFuture token to support due diligence, deal flow and investor relations.

“Due diligence is a critical stage in any commercial acquisition,” said attorney Marc Blumenthal about the private token sale. “It is the comprehensive and necessary review in a commercial acquisition to ensure that the deal meets the needs of all companies involved.”

BnkToTheFuture’s token will allow users to access the platform’s membership options to access priority deals. It will also act as a reward to other token holders who conduct due diligence on behalf of prospective deals on behalf of the community.

“The ICO boom proved that there is a huge appetite to allocate funds to Blockchain technology when a liquid secondary market exists,” said BnkToTheFuture CEO Simon Dixon. “If they had the choice I think most would have preferred to trade shares in the company rather than tokens with no shareholder rights. With the current regulatory landscape, we feel the time is right to bring ICO style trading and liquidity to the private equity markets all through a compliance-driven platform.”

Silicon Cape co-founder and South African entrepreneur Vinny Lingham will join the advisory board of BnkToTheFuture. Lingham has also been appointed general partner of Multicoin Capital, a crytpofund in the U.S. that’s thesis-driven.

Others joining the BnkToTheFuture advisory board include Abra CEO Bill Barhydt, Transform Group CEO Michael Terpin, Roostock CEO Diego Gutierrez Zaldivar and Civic co-founder Jonathan Smith.

Investors in the global ICO industry are demanding more transparency in the marketplace, flexibility in trading existing investments and early access to new deals. They want all of this while maintaining the same protections that traditional equity investments allow. The majority of offerings will likely be classified as securities.

BnkToTheFuture’s platform allows for real-time access, liquidity, pricing and transparency in the market for trading private equity.