Our early-stage crypto investment fund has been investing in blockchain companies, protocols, and cryptocurrencies since 2018. The fund takes a thesis-driven approach and invests in both tokens and equity while keeping dry powder in major cryptocurrencies that hold long-term value.
We are value-add investors that aspire to be a founder’s trusted partner and their first call. We actively support protocols and structure our investments to align our interests with the entrepreneurs we back. Moreover, we are deeply involved and passionate about blockchain technology and digital assets with our team composed of investors who have been investing in the blockchain industry since 2012.
Our Portfolio Investments
As of May 2024
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Risk Factors
Lack of History
Crypto Assets are a relatively recent technological innovation. Bitcoin is widely considered to be the first popular Crypto Asset and was invented in 2009. Other Crypto Assets in which the Funds may invest were created after Bitcoin and, in certain cases, may not be in existence as of the date of this Memorandum. This limited operating and trading history limits the Investment Manager’s ability to evaluate the investment opportunity of a Crypto Asset and limits the ability of Investors to evaluate an investment in the Funds.
Regulatory Uncertainty
Regulation of Crypto Assets continues to evolve in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. Regulatory actions could negatively impact Crypto Assets in various ways, including, for purposes of illustration only, through a determination that one or more Crypto Assets are regulated financial instruments that require registration or licensing. The Funds may cease operations in a jurisdiction in the event that regulatory actions, or changes to law or regulation, make it illegal to operate in such jurisdiction, or commercially undesirable to obtain the necessary regulatory approval(s) to operate in such jurisdiction.
Risks Associated with the Token Protocol
Crypto Assets are generally based on protocols, such as the Bitcoin Protocol or the Ethereum Protocol. Any malfunction, breakdown or abandonment of the Crypto Asset’s protocol may have a material adverse effect on the value of the Crypto Assets. Moreover, advances in cryptography, or technical advances such as the development of quantum computing, could present risks to the Crypto Assets by rendering ineffective the cryptographic consensus mechanism that underpins a Crypto Asset’s protocol.
Market Risk
Since the financial crisis, the global economy and equity markets have largely improved. Bitcoin was the first Crypto Asset and was invented in 2009. With a short existence and trading history, it is unclear how the value of Crypto Assets generally, and any particular Crypto Asset, will react to factors relating to market activity or the economy in general. The market for Crypto Assets is global in nature. Therefore, both domestic and international concerns can affect Crypto Asset prices. Exogenous events may have adverse effects on the strategies.
Emerging Company and Venture Capital Investing Risk
Venture investments in early stage and even in later stage companies carry material risk of loss, and commonly result in complete loss of investment if an issuer fails in its proposed endeavors. Such issuers are not highly capitalized, are not always operated by experienced business persons, and may make commercial mistakes that seasoned entrepreneurs could avoid. Such issuers also operate in novel sectors, which increases both potential reward and potential risk. Even in a novel sector, new competition could replace even strong ideas and execution, which could adversely affect the Funds’ holdings. Blockchain in particular is new, companies in the space tend not to be seasoned, and even potentially revolutionary technology could find itself outperformed by less (or more) advanced technologies that have better marketing or other aspects that result in poor results for the Funds’ holdings.
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Services
Our team has deep institutional experience managing third-party capital across traditional and decentralized finance, in particular venture capital, derivative, lending, and staking expertise.
In addition, we have built strong relationships with institutional service providers leveraging our blockchain and digital assets network across the world.
Treasury Management
Wave’s Corporate Treasury Management services include digital asset lending programs and derivative strategies designed to capture additional yield and fine-tune risk, with a range of qualified custodians and counter-parties. Wave also operates across multiple DeFi protocols for lending, borrowing, trading, yield farming, staking, and mining. Wave applies our deep experience in digital asset strategies to bespoke risk managed portfolios. Wave Digital Assets is SEC regulated focused exclusively on digital assets, and have a fiduciary duty to protect our clients.
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Wealth Management
Your ultimate solution for digital asset portfolio management, combining custody, execution, and tailored investment strategies.
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Protocol Inventory Management
Tokenized staking fund for your protocol. Programmable liquidity through fully-compliant global exchanges. We deal with all the administrative hurdles providing you the ease of use
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