STAMFORD, Conn., December 4, 2018-- Imperative Execution, a financial technology company that created IntelligentCross, a new trading venue for institutional investors, announced today it has completed a $9 million Series A round of financing. The investment round included participation from prominent buy side firms, industry executives and leading venture capital funds. It follows a $5 million five-investor seed round in 2017 and provides Imperative Execution with funding to grow IntelligentCross, launched in September. IntelligentCross is a smart venue, pioneering the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the venue level.