# Exegy

> Exegy supplies institutional trading firms with normalized real-time market data, FPGA-accelerated processing, execution technology and managed services. Its Nexus platform centralizes data processing to reduce repeated work across application servers, while Axiom provides market data as a managed service. The St. Louis company is backed by Marlin Equity Partners and has combined Exegy, Vela, Enyx and NovaSparks capabilities.

- **Founded:** 2003
- **Headquarters:** St. Louis, United States
- **Founders:** Ron Indeck (Co-founder; early chief technology officer), Ron Cytron (Co-founder; computer science professor), Mark Franklin (Co-founder; engineering professor), Roger Chamberlain (Co-founder; computer science and engineering professor), Jim O’Donnell (Co-founder; former CEO), J.J. Stupp (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Exegy Nexus, Exegy Ticker Plant, Axiom, nxFeed, nxAccess
- **Notable:** Commercialized Washington University hardware-accelerated computing research., Launched Exegy Ticker Plant in 2006., Combined with Vela in 2021 and acquired Enyx in 2022 and NovaSparks in 2026.

## Products & services

- **Exegy Nexus** — Managed FPGA market-data platform centralizing feed handling, preprocessing, book building and distribution; announced June 2025.
- **Exegy Ticker Plant** — Hardware-accelerated appliances that normalize, enrich and filter exchange market data.
- **Axiom** — Managed normalized multi-asset market-data feed accessible through data centers and public cloud providers; XCAPI and OpenMAMA interfaces.
- **nxFeed** — FPGA feed handler that arbitrates, decodes, normalizes and builds order books, with PCIe or Ethernet delivery.
- **nxAccess** — Hybrid FPGA execution engine with preloaded orders, hardware-triggered updates, an algorithm sandbox and software integration.
- **nxFramework** — Hardware and software development environment with reusable IP cores, simulation and tools for custom FPGA applications.
- **DMA Platform** — Hosted and managed order entry, execution and pre- and post-trade risk service for 40+ listed-derivatives and fixed-income venues.
- **Metro** — Professional options trading platform for pricing, execution, algorithmic trading and risk management.
- **Software Feed Handler (SMDS)** — Software alternative for normalized market data and application integration.
- **Managed Services** — Global deployment, monitoring, exchange-change maintenance and follow-the-sun support.

## Achievements

- Commercialized Washington University hardware-accelerated computing research.
- Launched Exegy Ticker Plant in 2006.
- Combined with Vela in 2021 and acquired Enyx in 2022 and NovaSparks in 2026.
- Nexus and nxAccess received the 2026 A-Team Innovation Award for Most Innovative Solution for Front-Office/Trading.
- Company reports a US broker deployment reducing servers from 200 to 157 and generating $3.19 million in annual savings.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — Acquired NovaSparks; committed to maintaining existing products and investing in combined capabilities.
- **2026-03** — Announced Strands integration into Axiom for digital-asset and prediction-market data.
- **2026-05** — Nexus and nxAccess won an A-Team Innovation Award.
- **2026-09** — Announced MarketsIO partnership on September 10; combined offering available for client integration.
- **2026-09** — Hosted New York Capital Markets Innovation Summit focused on continuous trading, fragmented markets and infrastructure.

## Links

- Website: https://www.exegy.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exegy
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ExegyMarketData
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/exegymarketdata
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exegymarketdata/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExegyMarketData

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Last updated: 2026-10-01