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Venture Expertise, Digital Asset Leadership
Early stage, liquid venture capital applied to digital assets
Wavemaker Genesis is a hybrid hedge fund investing in both equity and tokens of early stage blockchain companies while keeping dry powder in major cryptocurrencies
Launched by the Founder/Managing Partner of Wavemaker Partners, a $400M traditional tech VC with a stellar 15 year track record of over 300 early stage investments
WMG principals have been investing in and advising crypto companies since 2013. WMG is an early investor in many notable crypto companies, including Block. One (EOS), Securitize, and Spring Labs.
Outperformed the Market in Both Bull and Bear Periods
Why Digital Assets
We Believe Every Portfolio Should Include Crypto Assets
Crypto asset performance is distinguished by high returns and high volatility. Their diversification benefits are underappreciated.
5 Year Historical Investment Returns
| Strategy | Annualazed Return |
|---|---|
| Debt | 6% |
| Fund of Funds | 11% |
| Hedge Fund | 11% |
| Real Assets | 11% |
| Secondaries | 13% |
| VC | 16% |
| PE | 18% |
| IPO | 21% |
| Bitcoin | 115% |
2016-2019 Correlation:
BTC to Other Assets
| Asset Class | Bitcoin | Gold | S&P | NASDAQ | MSCI EM | US 10Y | Crude Oil | DXY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 100% | 17% | -4% | -3% | -5% | 15% | 0% | -3% |
| Gold | 17% | 100% | -8% | -7% | 28% | 61% | -9% | -49% |
| S&P | -4% | -8% | 100% | 89% | 68% | -30% | 50% | -21% |
| NASDAQ | -3% | -7% | 89% | 100% | 66% | -20% | 40% | -20% |
| MSCI EM | -5% | 28% | 68% | 66% | 100% | -3% | 27% | -64% |
| US 10Y | 15% | 61% | -30% | -20% | -3% | 100% | -33% | -17% |
| Crude Oil | 0% | -9% | 50% | 40% | 27% | -33% | 100% | -16% |
| DXY | -3% | -49% | -21% | -20% | -64% | -17% | -16% | 100% |
| AVG | 2% | 5% | 21% | 21% | 17% | -4% | 8% | -27% |
Source: CoinShares Crypto Trends Report November 2019, PitchBook 2018 Global PE & VC Fund Performance Report. Aleh Tsybinski, “Risks and Returns of Cryptocurrency”
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Remittance/Money Transmitting/Financial Services
Securitization / Tokenization / Exchange
Protocols/Layer 2
Open Source/DApps/OpenFinance
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