VELMVellum Protocol8,420 waitlist KITEKite Ledger2,190 waitlist PLSDPalisade ID1,640 waitlist NRTLNorthlineDay 8 of 14 SABLSable RailDay 5 of 14 QULLQuill MarketsDay 11 of 14 CDWLCinder Well6,947 waitlist HRTNHartline8,787 waitlist OBSNObsidian Rail4,416 waitlist FENLFen Clearing1,060 waitlist LUMNLumen Books5,510 waitlist RDCTRedact ID6,485 waitlist HRBNHarbor NAV6,973 waitlist QLTDQuilt1,876 waitlist NMBMNimbus Match7,864 waitlist BRASBrass4,166 waitlist SLSTSolstice Credit9,342 waitlist WLTRWillow Transfer7,031 waitlist EMBREmber Registry2,487 waitlist NQAYNorth Quay2,013 waitlist KLNSKiln4,412 waitlist GLSHGlass HouseDay 8 of 14 IRNPIron PierDay 1 of 14 PLFRPale FireDay 3 of 14 VELMVellum Protocol8,420 waitlist KITEKite Ledger2,190 waitlist PLSDPalisade ID1,640 waitlist NRTLNorthlineDay 8 of 14 SABLSable RailDay 5 of 14 QULLQuill MarketsDay 11 of 14 CDWLCinder Well6,947 waitlist HRTNHartline8,787 waitlist OBSNObsidian Rail4,416 waitlist FENLFen Clearing1,060 waitlist LUMNLumen Books5,510 waitlist RDCTRedact ID6,485 waitlist HRBNHarbor NAV6,973 waitlist QLTDQuilt1,876 waitlist NMBMNimbus Match7,864 waitlist BRASBrass4,166 waitlist SLSTSolstice Credit9,342 waitlist WLTRWillow Transfer7,031 waitlist EMBREmber Registry2,487 waitlist NQAYNorth Quay2,013 waitlist KLNSKiln4,412 waitlist GLSHGlass HouseDay 8 of 14 IRNPIron PierDay 1 of 14 PLFRPale FireDay 3 of 14

FENP

In diligence

IN MOTIONDvP rails

Fennel Pike

Heat 40. 25 asks this week. 0% of any raise comes here.

Heat 40. Window a fewd. If you are going to read one DvP rails company, this is the one.

Fennel Pike — A permissioned DvP rail: cash against asset between banks, FMIs or funds that already have accounts with each other. It is the moment of exchange, not a new listed asset.

In a 14-day diligence sprint (day 7). This is when the story, the customers and the legal path get written down — or the file stops.

The named customer already picked. The waitlist is everyone who was late to that fact.

Diligence, not a prospectus. RCA Pad does not allocate, take orders, or close funding. If this company raises, it raises with its own counsel.

Sprint day

0/14

Window

Closed

Heat

0/99

Inbound / wk

0asks

Asking now

0live

Named pilots

Redacted on the public page

Live nodes

Permissioned DvP

Counsel hours

Not offering — locked

Sentences killed

Before listing

Claims live

2/7

Sprint

Our cut

Of any proceeds

Plate Ledger · 8249

FENP

The plate

Ledger. Edition 8249.

A unique plate for Fennel Pike. Geometry, orbit, and edition belong to this company — no other listing on the board shares it.

FENP · London · DvP rails

Score

Desk diligence

Pilots

Named, redacted

Sprint

Day 7 of 14

London

Banks

Sells

Per

Per settled obligation

Markets

United Kingdom

Years

Founded 2022

Surfaces

Permissioned DvP

Complete

File readiness

The wedge

Per settled obligation

Fennel Pike sells a treasurer a night without fails.

Why the desk took it

A real job, not a ticker.

Finality law was in the application.

Traction

2 named pilots (redacted).

Founded 2022, headquartered in London. 2 named pilots on file (identities redacted in public). 4 nodes or connected surfaces reported. Desk diligence score 80/100. Sprint day 7 of 14. A named London administrator who already signs the pack (redacted). A dual-control drill exists on paper. We have not watched it live yet — that is the next ask.

Next 12 months

Two banks, live DvP, even a small notional.

CLS is FX. Fnality is the club. This is a rail those clubs might use. Annual software against an ops cost the board can see. Switching cost is the record, not the brand.

The brief

How a serious reader should hold this.

Most DvP rails decks start with a market size. This one starts with a job: a person at a licensed firm, a record they cannot currently prove, and a calendar that does not wait for a proposed US rule. The calendar is the window. The window is the scarce thing.

If you leave this page without opening the claims table, you have read marketing. The scarce version of Fennel Pike is the version that survives counsel. It is on a clock.

A sentence went public and came down in under an hour. Nia Mbeki treated the kill as an operating skill, not a PR event. Files that cannot do this do not stay listed.

From the pilot

This communication is not an offer. Participation mechanics do not exist on this pad. If a later reader treats the public stack as the offer, the stack was already wrong.

From the screen

Fixed fee. Deposit to start. 0% of proceeds. Token-only pay is declined. Percentage of raise is declined.

From the founder

The legal source of truth stays with the incumbent register, admin, or custodian. Fennel Pike does not attest to its own facts.

The window

Miss this and you read the archive.

Founders who want a pack this tight apply. Readers who wait get a closed stamp.

Certification is in motion. After it lands, the price of the seat is not the question — access is.

Read it once, properly, while the number is still green. Then decide.

Window

Closed

Closed. History only — not a place to buy.

Sentences killed: 6
Counsel hours on file: 52
Asks / week: 25
Our cut: 0% of proceeds

The auditor has seen the dual-record. Switching now is a new conversation. That is the lock.
Nia Mbeki, Chief executive

This company

Fennel Pike

The copycats will arrive after certification. That is why the window is now.

In the same conversation

CLS
Fnality
RTGS upgrades
Not a public L1

The bet

Why this company exists.

Fennel Pike sells a treasurer a night without fails.

T+1, 24/7 FX and on-chain funds make overnight risk visible. Banks will connect a rail before they will issue a coin.

Wholesale settlement is a volume business. Even a sliver of fails avoided is a number a treasurer recognises.

Versus the field

L2 wrappers are cheaper. They are also a different perimeter — and declined here. Fennel Pike is priced as software against an invoice that already exists.

Named: United Kingdom, EEA professional. Off-limits: Global public, United States. A US person hearing an offering communication is a US problem even if the company sits in London. Blocking an IP and taking a US Telegram admin is not a block.

How it works

01Two permissioned parties lock an agreed obligation
02Asset and cash move together, or not at all
03Existing accounts are the source of funds
04No public chain sale of the rail’s token
05Exceptions post back into the customer’s existing case system — no side spreadsheet.

In the same conversation as

CLS
Fnality
RTGS upgrades
Not a public L1

If they raise

Where the money would actually go.

Not a token float. A budget against work. RCA Pad still takes 0% of proceeds.

Named operators
31%
Adapter work against the incumbent register, admin, or custodian.
Counsel & perimeter
22%
Dual-control drills, key ceremonies, and the person who owns them.
Control environment
16%
A counsel memo that can survive a later reader.
Certifications & adapters
31%
Hiring the operator who already does this job at a licensed firm.

Operating week

What “in market” actually looks like.

SunOwnersWho can decide messaging and budget on a recorded line. If the answer is nobody, stop.
SatDarkNo creators. No threads. Restricted geos stay dark.
FriKill switchRehearse unpublish in 24 hours. If it takes a committee, it is not a switch.
TueExceptionsOvernight breaks post back into the customer’s case system. No side book.

The wedge

Why this one, not the other one.

They sell: Per settled obligation
Who pays: A named London administrator who already signs the pack (redacted).
Unit economics: Annual software against an ops cost the board can see. Switching cost is the record, not the brand.
Moat on file: Legal opinion on finality in the governing law.
Switching cost: Network effects only if a second named counterparty writes. One customer is a service firm.
Vs the comps: CLS is FX. Fnality is the club. This is a rail those clubs might use.
Why we listed it: Finality law was in the application.

Next twelve months

What has to be true.

Two banks, live DvP, even a small notional.

A dual-control drill exists on paper. We have not watched it live yet — that is the next ask.

Capital would fund the adapter work and a named counsel memo, not a public sale.

Traction

What you can verify today.

Operating notes for Permissioned DvP
No token contract listed as a public sale
Pilot letters on file, identities redacted
London is the operating centre
The waitlist, if any, is a product list — not a book
RCA Pad does not take a cut of proceeds

Readiness

Six things a serious buyer asks. 100 is “ready to take to counsel and a customer.”

Product41
Customers62
Legal path62
Tech maturity48
Demand46
Market access68

Risks

What can kill it.

The one that actually kills it

Counsel is a slide

Unnamed counsel is how companies die in diligence. Not offering — locked has to be a memo you can file, not a slogan on the hero.

Money issuance

If the rail issues a settlement asset, it is in the e-money / deposit perimeter.

Legal finality

Atomic in software is not final in court. Ask which law says it is.

Incumbent RTGS

Central banks are not asleep. A feature can become a standard.

Public token

Listing the rail’s unit is a sale. This pad does not run that sale.

Money issuance

If the rail issues a settlement asset, Fennel Pike is in the e-money / deposit perimeter. That is a different company.

Incumbent feature

The administrator, CCP, scheme or custodian can ship this as a checkbox. Fennel Pike has to be cheaper or faster before that happens.

Ask these next

01What happens if a founder later wants a public token?
02Where do keys, title, or NAV liability sit — and is that person licensed?
03Which incumbent can copy this in a quarter, and what would they have to migrate?
04What does renewal look like if no round ever happens?
05Who can unpublish a public sentence in 24 hours, by name?
06Who is the first named paying customer — not a letter of intent?

Structure

How money would actually move.

Sprint is diligence, not a raise. A pack at the end is a file the company can take to its own lawyers and investors. RCA Pad does not complete funding.

Entity: Fennel Pike Ltd · England & Wales
Path on file: Not offering — locked
Posture: No public sale
Pack: Sprint

Where they can operate

Named vs off-limits.

Named markets are where a sentence is allowed. Restricted is where it is not. This is not a worldwide offering.

United Kingdomnamed
EEA professionalnamed
Global publicrestricted
United Statesrestricted

Team

Who runs it.

Nia MbekiChief executive

Stack

Permissioned DvP
DvP rails
Audit log
Disclosure templates

Named with them

Meridian Tax

Who can decide

The technical founder is on the record as engineering. Contractors in undisclosed jurisdictions are written down as a fact, not hidden. Facts can be managed. Hiding them is how companies die in diligence.

If the first customer renews, the adapter work pays for itself. If they do not, Fennel Pike is a services firm with a slide. The twelve-month test is renewal, not waitlist.

Claims with evidence

Statements with evidence.

Statement	Evidence	Status
Fennel Pike does not sell a token to the public on this pad	Posture lock	live
The product is dvp rails sold to institutions	Architecture + customer type	live
Permissioned DvP is the method — not a listed asset	Desk snapshot	live
Retail buyers are out of scope	Named markets lock	live
Any raise completes with the issuer’s counsel and providers — not on RCA Pad	Fixed-fee terms	live
Pilot identities redacted in public	No board minute	draft
No public token is sold on this pad	Engagement terms + posture lock	live
Customers contemplated: United Kingdom, EEA professional	Named markets on the file	live

On the record

Day 0 lockKick-offSep
Claim inventoryPackSep
Audience matrix draftPackSep

Operating log

11 Sep 9:32
Workshop. Funnel has no purchase step.
08 Sep 09:00
Kick-off. Exclusions recorded.
09 Sep 16:20
A claim killed for missing evidence.

Path to now

D0
Kick-off
Geographies, owners, SLA, exclusions.
D14
Read-out
Accept the pack or stop.

Not a subscription

This is not a sale page.

Sprint is diligence, not a raise. A pack at the end is a file the company can take to its own lawyers and investors. RCA Pad does not complete funding. Founders who want a pack like this one apply. Readers who want the company talk to the company — not to this pad.

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