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

UMBU

In diligence

IN MOTIONVault infrastructure

Umber Mark

Amira Novak will not run a sale here. That is why serious people are in the queue.

Amira Novak will not run a public sale on this pad. The listing exists because of that sentence.

Umber Mark — Accounting and proof layers for vaults that already hold assets for known clients. zk or otherwise, the point is a statement a counterparty can verify — not a public yield product.

In a 14-day diligence sprint (day 11). This is when the story, the customers and the legal path get written down — or the file stops.

If you needed a reason to open diligence tonight: a short list other people already did.

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

zk testnet

Counsel hours

Not offering — locked

Sentences killed

Before listing

Claims live

4/6

Sprint

Our cut

Of any proceeds

Plate Signal · 8388

UMBU

The plate

Signal. Edition 8388.

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

UMBU · Manchester · Vault infrastructure

Score

Desk diligence

Pilots

Named, redacted

Sprint

Day 11 of 14

Manchester

Asset managers

Sells

Per

Per statement

Markets

Manchester

Years

Founded 2021

Surfaces

zk testnet

Complete

File readiness

The wedge

Per statement

Umber Mark sells the statement, not the vault. Anyone can launch a vault.

Why the desk took it

A real job, not a ticker.

Custodian is named, even if redacted.

Traction

2 named pilots (redacted).

Founded 2021, headquartered in Manchester. 2 named pilots on file (identities redacted in public). 3 nodes or connected surfaces reported. Desk diligence score 82/100. Sprint day 11 of 14. A treasurer at a bank that already settles — not a crypto-native desk. No public APY, no public book, no ‘how to buy’ on any surface we could find.

Next 12 months

Production book, not a demo circuit.

Custodian reporting is a PDF. This is a file a counterparty verifies. They win if they are cheaper than the internal build, not cheaper than a protocol.

The brief

How a serious reader should hold this.

In Manchester, the person who signs the monthly pack already has a vendor. Umber Mark is not asking them to believe in a token. It is asking them to move one job — the one that currently lives in a spreadsheet, a fax, or a person who is about to retire — onto a record that can be shown to counsel. The queue to read that record is already not empty.

Read this as an operating company, not a round. Counsel has a posture: Not offering — locked. Restricted markets stay dark. RCA Pad takes 0% if they ever raise. That combination is why inbound did not need a ticker.

The auditor of a redacted pilot has seen a dual-record. Switching away now means a new auditor conversation. That is the switching cost — not the logo.

From counsel

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

From the screen

We will not describe this as Reg CA-compliant, MiCA-stickered, or FCA-authorised. Issuers retain their own counsel in every relevant jurisdiction.

From the founder

US persons are outside the audience. A form that asks “are you accredited?” without verification is not an exemption.

The window

Miss this and you read the archive.

The decline pile in Vault infrastructure is full of companies that looked the same on slide one. This one is listed.

The comment period is not a path. This company is priced as if that is already true.

Open the diligence or watch it close. There is not a third option that still counts as early.

Window

Closed

Closed. History only — not a place to buy.

Sentences killed: 5
Counsel hours on file: 60
Asks / week: 34
Our cut: 0% of proceeds

Do not put a participate button on our page. If you do, we leave.
Amira Novak, Chief executive

This company

Umber Mark

The protocol pitch is the thing this company has already refused.

In the same conversation

Fund admins
Custodian reporting
Public ‘vault tokens’ (the thing this is not)

The bet

Why this company exists.

Umber Mark sells the statement, not the vault. Anyone can launch a vault.

Allocators asked for proof after 2022. Labs answered with demos. The first vault accounting that an auditor will sign is a business.

Middle-office spend at alternative managers is a budget that survived the last cycle.

Versus the field

A generalist vendor can copy the slide in a quarter. They cannot copy the named record, the scheme map, or the auditor conversation. That is the year they would have to buy.

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

How it works

01Positions are accounted in a book the manager already runs
02A proof or extract is produced for a named counterparty
03Yield is not marketed to the public on this pad
04zk, if present, is a method — not a ticker
05A proof or extract is produced for a named counterparty only
06Kill of a public sentence is an hour, not a committee.

In the same conversation as

Fund admins
Custodian reporting
Public ‘vault tokens’ (the thing this is not)

If they raise

Where the money would actually go.

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

Second market
37%
A counsel memo that can survive a later reader.
Certifications & adapters
21%
Hiring the operator who already does this job at a licensed firm.
Named operators
19%
The remaining certifications and the second named market.
Counsel & perimeter
23%
Adapter work against the incumbent register, admin, or custodian.

Operating week

What “in market” actually looks like.

SatDarkNo creators. No threads. Restricted geos stay dark.
MonClaimsEvery public sentence checked against the register. Anything extra is unpublished.
TueExceptionsOvernight breaks post back into the customer’s case system. No side book.
SunOwnersWho can decide messaging and budget on a recorded line. If the answer is nobody, stop.

The wedge

Why this one, not the other one.

They sell: Per statement
Who pays: A treasurer at a bank that already settles — not a crypto-native desk.
Unit economics: They win if they are cheaper than the internal build, not cheaper than a protocol.
Moat on file: Auditor engagement letter — not a tweet.
Switching cost: The customer’s auditor has seen this book. Switching means a new auditor conversation.
Vs the comps: Custodian reporting is a PDF. This is a file a counterparty verifies.
Why we listed it: Custodian is named, even if redacted.

Next twelve months

What has to be true.

Production book, not a demo circuit.

No public APY, no public book, no ‘how to buy’ on any surface we could find.

If they raise, it is to hire the remaining certifications and the second market — not to float a coin.

Traction

What you can verify today.

Operating notes for zk testnet
No token contract listed as a public sale
Pilot letters on file, identities redacted
Manchester 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.”

Product36
Customers62
Legal path62
Tech maturity45
Demand62
Market access44

Risks

What can kill it.

The one that actually kills it

The unit of account becomes a token

Seat plus event. If they attach a token as the unit of account, this company is a different company — and not one we will operate a campaign for.

Yield product

If the landing page is APY, this is a different, usually unlicensed, business.

Proof theatre

A zk circuit of a fake book is still a fake book.

Custodian

Who holds the keys? If it is the startup, that is custody.

Audit

No auditor, no statement. Demo is not diligence.

Proof theatre

A zk circuit of a fake book is still a fake book. Umber Mark has to prove the real one.

Incumbent feature

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

Ask these next

01Is the waitlist demand for a product, or a queue for a coin?
02Has counsel written the perimeter in a memo you can file?
03Who can unpublish a public sentence in 24 hours, by name?
04What happens if a founder later wants a public token?
05Where do keys, title, or NAV liability sit — and is that person licensed?
06Which geography is actually locked, and which is a hope?

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: Umber Mark Ltd
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.

Manchesternamed
Global publicrestricted
United Statesrestricted

Team

Who runs it.

Amira NovakChief executive
Jonah ChoChief technology

Stack

zk testnet
Vault infrastructure
Approval trail

Named with them

Meridian Tax

Who can decide

Amira Novak (Chief executive) will take a 30-minute call and decide budget. If the only person who can accept “we are not opening a sale” is a silent co-founder in another time zone, this company would not be on the board.

Year two is a second named market and the remaining certifications — still permissioned. It is not a public book. A public book would be a different company.

Claims with evidence

Statements with evidence.

Statement	Evidence	Status
Umber Mark does not sell a token to the public on this pad	Posture lock	live
The product is vault infrastructure sold to institutions	Architecture + customer type	live
zk testnet 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: Manchester	Named markets on the file	live

On the record

Day 0 lockKick-offSep
Claim inventoryPackSep
Audience matrix draftPackSep

Operating log

11 Sep 9:27
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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