Palo Alto firm Technology Crossover Ventures has investd $60 million into South Carolina's Automated Trading Desk, a company with expertise in computerized buying and selling of securities.
The investment reportedly gives TCV a minority stake.
In November, the company said, it processed an average of about 280 million shares a day, for brokerage firms and institutional investors.
TCV has also invested in New York's Liquidnet Holdings, which also specializes in stock trading.