Supply chain finance sits in an unglamorous corner of corporate treasury — the mechanics of how large companies pay their suppliers, and how those suppliers access liquidity against invoices they're waiting to be paid on. CRX Markets was founded in Munich in 2012 to bring marketplace dynamics to that process. Its platform connects corporate buyers with a network of institutional investors and banks willing to fund approved invoices at competitive rates, creating a supply chain finance marketplace that gives suppliers faster access to cash and gives investors access to short-duration, self-liquidating assets. The model benefits from network effects: the more buyers on the platform, the more attractive it becomes to funding providers, and vice versa. CRX Markets has grown its network to include major European corporates and a broad base of institutional funders, positioning itself as infrastructure for working capital optimisation rather than a standalone lending product. In a corporate finance landscape where supply chain resilience has become a boardroom priority — particularly since the disruptions of 2020-2022 — platforms that improve the flow of working capital through supplier networks are solving a problem that has moved from back-office concern to strategic imperative.