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Marble launches with $11 million seed round led by Polychain Capital

Institutional capital markets startup Marble has launched after securing an $11 million seed round led by Polychain Capital to build institutional trading and compute credit financing platforms.

The Marble logo featuring a black sphere next to the word MARBLE on a white background.
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Marble, a new institutional capital markets firm, has launched following an $11 million seed funding round led by Polychain Capital, according to reporting by The Block. The financing also saw participation from Ripple, Maven 11, Susquehanna Crypto, Lattice, and Blockwall.[3][2][1]

The company was founded by former BitGo and Galaxy Digital executives Matt Ballensweig and Leon Marshall. Marble is building two dedicated divisions: Marble Markets, designed as an institutional trading platform spanning digital assets, real-world assets, prediction markets, and compute; and Marble Compute, which plans to arrange private credit financing for independent AI cloud providers and GPU operators using both traditional and onchain lending structures.[3]

Key facts

  • Marble launched after raising an $11 million seed funding round led by Polychain Capital.
  • Ripple, Maven 11, Susquehanna Crypto, Lattice, and Blockwall participated in the seed round.
  • The firm was founded by former BitGo and Galaxy Digital executives Matt Ballensweig and Leon Marshall.
  • Marble Markets is being developed as an institutional trading platform covering digital assets, real-world assets, prediction markets, and compute.
  • Marble Compute is set to arrange private credit financing for independent AI cloud providers and GPU operators through traditional and onchain lending frameworks.

Sources · 3 sources

  1. TS

    The SaaS News@TheSaaSNewsPost on X ·

    Marble Raises $11M Seed #AIInfrastructure #CreditFinancingTools #InstitutionalTrading #CapitalMarkets #FinTech #SeedFunding #Marble https://t.co/slRuYHuBuM

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  2. CB

    Crypto BriefingArticle ·

    Marble secures $11M seed funding led by Polychain Capital Marble's funding highlights growing investor confidence in AI-driven financial infrastructure, potentially reshaping capital markets dynamics. The post Marble secures $11M seed funding led by Polychain Capital appeared first on Crypto Briefing .

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  3. TB

    The Block@TheBlockCoPost on X ·

    THE BLOCK: Marble, a new institutional capital markets firm founded by former BitGo and Galaxy Digital executives Matt Ballensweig and Leon Marshall, has launched with an $11 million seed round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Ripple, Maven 11, Susquehanna Crypto, Lattice and Blockwall. The company is developing two businesses: Marble Markets, an institutional trading platform spanning digital assets, real-world assets, prediction markets and compute; and Marble Compute, which will arrange private credit financing for independent AI cloud providers and GPU operators through traditional and onchain lending structures.

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