November 21, 2018 @ 2:59 am By Cali Haan  |  

Anthony Pompliano, a founder and partner at Morgan Creek Digital assets, has shed light on the inner workings of crypto fund management in a recent blog post, and believes a number will close up when a fund performance reckoning becomes crystal clear at the end… Read More

October 3, 2018 @ 3:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lumina, a digital assets prime dealer and financial platform, announced on Wednesday the launch of its service following the company securing $4 million in seed funding. Lumina reported that its mission is to help family offices and hedge funds around the world gain exposure to… Read More

June 18, 2018 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

  A report in the FT is pointing to the fact that cryptocurrency / blockchain hedge fund returns have dropped dramatically in recent month as volatile markets impacted the price of Bitcoin and other alt coins. Bitcoin began the year trading far higher. On January… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 8:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

2014 proved to be a strong year for fledgling Sliced Investing, an investment platform connecting accredited investors to hedge fund investments: in November the platform closed seed financing of $2 million to develop new funds for investors and accelerate the platform’s growth. Venture capital firms… Read More

February 1, 2014 @ 7:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

London-based peer lending platform Zopa has closed a £15 million funding round led by Arrowgrass Capital Partners. Augmentum Capital, Wellington Partners and Balderton Capital also took a stake. As part of the deal, Arrowgrass CEO Henry Kenner will receive a seat on the board. Zopa… Read More

October 18, 2013 @ 4:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

SEC Chair Mary Jo White addressed a crowd at today’s Managed Funds Association Outlook 2013 Conference in New York City. She spoke at length about the JOBS Act and specifically about Rule 506(c) and general solicitation. It may come as a bit of lip service for… Read More

October 1, 2013 @ 9:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

For entrepreneurs and investment professionals, opportunity lies where there is access to investors. It is a reality that has paid dividends for AngelList, especially in light of the recent release of AngelList Syndicates. AngelList focused on the network first. Now Title II and general solicitation… Read More

September 24, 2013 @ 10:52 am By Charles Luzar  |  

AngelList has been testing a new feature called AngelList Syndicates. Synidcates allow accredited investors to pool resources, and the syndicator can charge a carry for value adds similar to many hedge funds and VCs. AngelList explains… Here’s an example. Sara decides to invest in a… Read More

May 30, 2013 @ 8:41 am By Slate  |  

The (absurdly named) JOBS (aka Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act hasn’t really been phased in yet, but when it is it’s going to become a lot easier for vendors of exotic financial products to market themselves loudly and publicly. In principle, for example, you might… Read More

February 4, 2013 @ 4:22 pm By CFO  |  

Like the entrepreneurs on Kickstarter trying to raise money to sell hot-chocolate cubes, cut an album, or manufacture a wireless dive-log device for scuba divers, later-stage private companies may soon be finding investors online. But will crowdfunding for firms that are more established and have… Read More