# What is Metra? **Metra**—inspired by the concepts of measurement and balance—is designed as the institutional-grade primary market infrastructure for the Canton Network. It provides the foundation required for regulated entities to participate confidently in tokenized capital markets. Metra acts as a secure and compliant gateway for digital capital formation. It enables issuers to create and launch tokenized offerings while ensuring that investors and custodians engage within a regulated and interoperable environment. As an end-to-end book-building and allocation platform, Metra streamlines the full lifecycle of tokenized issuances on the Canton Network. By bringing issuers, investors, and custodians together in a unified ecosystem, it supports scalable, transparent, and compliant fundraising at an institutional level. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://hydrax.gitbook.io/metra-docs/introduction/what-is-metra.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.