Hex
Hex is a trading platform that institutions trust and newcomers can actually use. We designed the system that holds both of those at once.
Hex wanted institutional depth without the wall of numbers that scares everyone else off. Those two goals usually fight.
We built a layered interface that stays calm by default and goes as deep as you like on demand, sitting on a realtime data layer fast enough for professionals.
- Product design
- Web engineering
- Design system
- Realtime data
2024
Series B
The challenge
Serious trading tools tend to look hostile, and friendly ones tend to feel like toys. Hex had to be neither.
The approach
Progressive disclosure, a strict system for type and numbers, and sub-100ms updates. Density you can summon, rather than density you drown in.
The outcome
The platform helped close a Series B and now handles institutional volume, with an interface newcomers describe as surprisingly calm.