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Battery Finance — Bitcoin-Integrated Specialty Credit Platform
Battery Finance is an asset management and specialty lending platform that structures credit investments by combining bitcoin with traditionally financeable assets — such as real estate and project finance — into a unified collateral package. The firm operates as an affiliate of Newmarket Capital and was launched in partnership with Ten31.
Battery Finance was launched by Newmarket Capital, an investment manager with a history of approximately $50 billion in notional credit transactions, in partnership with Ten31, a bitcoin-only venture fund. The firm's specialty lending strategy fuses bitcoin with traditional hard assets — including real estate and infrastructure project finance — into a single collateral package securing each credit investment. This approach allows borrowers to utilize both their bitcoin holdings and traditional asset base simultaneously in a single financing arrangement, while providing the lender with uncorrelated collateral coverage alongside structured participation in bitcoin appreciation over the loan term. Battery Finance completed its inaugural credit investment at launch. The platform is led by Andrew Hohns, PhD, founder and CEO of Newmarket Capital, whose background spans structured finance, infrastructure investment, and development finance. Battery Finance targets institutional allocators and borrowers, including pension funds and endowments, seeking credit strategies that integrate bitcoin within professionally structured, traditionally secured arrangements. The firm operates at batteryfinance.io.