EDGE Markets, a financial services firm building infrastructure products for gaming, digital asset and prediction markets, has closed a $29.2m Series A funding round.
The raise was led by CoinFund, with additional participation from Indicator Ventures, Mantis VC, Stepstone Group, and Bullpen Capital.
Proceeds will be used in part to launch EDGE Pro, described as the first high-throughput deposit account for market makers that enables real-time deposits into all CFTC-regulated exchanges.
The product is designed to address two of the most significant barriers to institutional scaling: post-execution settlement across multiple liquidity pools, and margin. To support EDGE Pro, the company is pursuing both Introducing Broker and Future Commission Merchant registrations with the National Futures Association.
Once secured, these licences would allow users to execute orders directly via their EDGE Pro accounts and settle post-execution across multiple liquidity pools, substantially improving capital efficiency compared to the current model, in which trading accounts must be pre-funded and fully collateralised. EDGE Pro users would also be able to plug in existing margin from third-party prime brokerages.
Capital from the round will also go towards the launch of EDGE Connect, positioned as the sector's first payment rail purpose-built for regulated gaming and prediction markets. Rather than routing transactions through conventional consumer payment infrastructure, EDGE Connect operates as a real-time network that charges operators only on net new deposits over a 24 to 48 hour window, with back-testing against major operators suggesting payment processing cost reductions exceeding 70%.
The product is also designed to reduce churn costs, eliminate chargebacks, and deliver a faster and more secure experience. EDGE Connect additionally supports high-throughput Real Time Payments at no cost for users or operators, around the clock, with coverage across the majority of US banks and no integration requirement from operators. Both EDGE Connect and EDGE Pro will be available at no charge for all early users and operators throughout 2026.
EDGE Markets develops products for alternative financial markets, with a focus on the gaming, crypto and prediction market sectors. The company's core mission is to reduce friction for capital flowing through regulated markets.
EDGE Markets founder and CEO Seni Thomas said, 'The core vision of EDGE Markets has always been to decrease friction for capital to flow in regulated markets. With the high velocity growth of prediction markets, we are excited to build and support the core infrastructure for traders to efficiently scale their activity. There are many talented groups building exchanges, but we're building the base station for capital allocation, to address their real needs.'
CoinFund co-founder, managing partner and CIO Alex Felix said, 'The biggest moments in gaming and prediction markets happen on nights and weekends, exactly when the banking system slows to a crawl. EDGE built the rails to match that reality. And, as institutions start to participate in these markets seriously, the ability to move capital in size, in real time, any day of the week, stops being a nice-to-have and becomes table stakes. We think EDGE becomes the default settlement layer for an entirely new category of financial markets.'