# Marathon Capital

> Marathon Capital is a VC fund in Chicago backing Sports and Blockchain. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manotsav-foundation-285b001b1/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/manotsav
- Website: http://marathoncapital.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manotsavfoundation/

Marathon Capital is a VC fund in Chicago focused on Sports and Blockchain. Located in Hong Kong, Marathon Capital Management Limited (“Marathon”) is an taxation-driven, financial and business services firm catering to high net-worth individuals and institutions. Since its inception, MCML has evolved from being mainly private placement and business planning company to a dynamic, innovative and taxation driven capitalplanning and corporate structuring powerhouse. Today, MCML principal activity is in advising high net-worth individuals and developing structures for institutions, designed to achieve the minimum tax exposure when making overseas investments, and to extend favourable tax treatments to investors in friendly tax countries, all while providing for transparency and compliance. Their goal is to meet the sophisticated needs of institutional investors by fully addressing their often intricate risk guidelines, investment horizons, and return requirements.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 1 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Shaw | Senior Managing Director and Head of European Investment Banking | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-shaw-3718 |
| Daniel Parsons | Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-parsons-1b47 |
| Douglas Wilson | Managing Director & Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/douglas-wilson |
| Jeremy Hux | Senior Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-hux-b64c |
| Joan Hutchinson | Managing Director, Off-take Advisory | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joan-hutchinson |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fanki | The Fanki platform brings together sports fans and sports organizations in an ecosystem where they can find a choice of products and services ranging from a digital wallet and a personalized Mastercard to loyalty programs. great perks and experiences. | $7M | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Forward Protocol | Forward Protocol is a pioneer of a new education model based on blockchain that connects the #EdTech sector; designed to become the WordPress for EdTech.5 core smart contracts will be available in Forward Protocol:1. Proof of Value-Delivered \| 2. Proof of Value \| 3. Distributed Reward & Revenue Sharing \| 4. Proof of Ownership \| 5. InitialKnowledgeOffering (IKO) | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 14, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Basics Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basics-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bitcoin.com](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bitcoin-com) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
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- [CRT Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crt-capital-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CV VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cv-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Marathon Capital invest in?

Marathon Capital invests primarily in Sports and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Marathon Capital's check size?

Marathon Capital typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Marathon Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Marathon Capital?

Public channels for Marathon Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Marathon Capital?

The team at Marathon Capital includes Chris Shaw (Senior Managing Director and Head of European Investment Banking), Daniel Parsons (Analyst) and Douglas Wilson (Managing Director & Co-Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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