45. Ctrl Alt Ctrl Alt provides a B2B tokenisation platform – giving institutions a simpler, faster, and more accessible way to invest in real-world assets. Written by Helena Young Sponsored by Sage Published on January 12, 2026 About the Startups 100 Now in its 18th year, the Startups 100 is the definitive list of the most promising new UK businesses. There's no fee for entry or for inclusion in our index. The Startups team of new business experts judge all our top 100 entrants in collaboration with specialist industry consultants. See our guide to this year’s hottest new businesses and most exceptional founders in the complete 2026 Startups 100 index. Founder: Matthew OngYear founded: 2020Website: ctrl-alt.coWhile working at an investment bank, Matthew Ong kept running into the same problem – both at work and in his personal life.Investors, both retail and institutional, often found themselves locked out of assets they wanted because of size requirements, network barriers, or complicated rules.Ong soon discovered a clear gap in the market, and so set out to build a solution through Ctrl Alt – a platform that helps investors access, manage, and trade tokenised real-world assets securely and efficiently.At first, the platform started out as a free-to-use app, and Ctrl Alt became the first company to tokenise a house in the UK. However, as the company began to take off, Ong identified an even larger market gap, that being the problem many institutional investors faced in not being able to reach larger, more prolific alternative assets.With this, Ong decided to pivot Ctrl Alt from a B2C app to a B2B tokenisation platform for real-world assets, securing £2.2m in funding through angel investment and venture capital.Another major milestone came in May 2025, when the company launched the Dubai Land Department Real Estate Tokenisation Project – the result of more than a year of hard work from Ong and his team.“The first tokenised property sold out in under 24 hours, creating significant momentum across the region and the wider Web3 space,” says Ong. “This showed not only the appetite for these types of investment opportunities, but also how tokenisation can open access for retail investors to assets that were previously out of reach.” The first tokenised property sold out in under 24 hours. The tokenised asset industry has grown rapidly in the last five years – growing from a $4bn to $323bn sector – but Ctrl Alt aims to be in the centre as the global leader.As well as solidifying its presence in the UK and UAE, Ctrl Alt is setting its sights on the US and Asia, positioning itself as a trusted partner for digital asset infrastructure worldwide.View the full Startups 100 Index for 20261. Omnea2. HIVED3. MAGIC AI4. OXCCU5. Lightyear6. Neuranics 7. Hormona8. Burbank9. Better Dairy 10. Lenkie Technologies11. Userled12. Hoxton Farms13. Rensair14. PulpaTronics15. TradeKart16. 32Co17. Carmoola18. cheqd19. Sightline Analytics20. Adamo Foods21. Bold Bean Co22. Beams Renovation 23. Pan Galactic24. Capi Money25. Spotted Zebra26. ANTHROTEK 27. Unravel28. Perci Health29. Untap Health30. Hair Syrup31. Connect Earth 32. spacebands 33. Unfabled34. Lightning Reach35. STOCKED36. Embeddable37. XR Therapeutics38. Literal Labs39. Scooch40. Openr41. Fibe Limited42. Inicio AI43. Peachies44. 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