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BlockTower Capital

BlockTower Capital

BlockTower Capital is an investment firm focused on investing in cryptocurrencies and blockchain digital assets.

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Venture capital firm
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Industry
Finance
Finance
Virtual currency
Virtual currency
Blockchain and cryptocurrency
Blockchain and cryptocurrency
Venture capital
Venture capital
Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency
Blockchain
Blockchain
Investment
Investment
Location
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut
Florida
Florida
United States
United States
Miami
Miami
New York City
New York City
B2X
B2B
B2B
CEO
Matthew Goetz
Matthew Goetz
Founder
Matthew Goetz
Matthew Goetz
Ari Paul
Ari Paul
AngelList URL
angel.co/blocktower-capital
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...20548-36F
Legal Name
BlockTower Capital Advisors LP.
Number of Employees (Ranges)
11 – 50
Full Address
1221 Brickell Ave, Miami, Florida 33131, US
Investors
Blue Collective
Blue Collective
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Union Square Ventures
Union Square Ventures
Founded Date
2017
Total Funding Amount (USD)
140,000,000
Latest Funding Round Date
January 4, 2017
Competitors
Fireblocks
Fireblocks
Wellfound ID
blocktower-capital

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Invested in
Wanchain Initial Coin Offering (ICO), September 2017
Wanchain Initial Coin Offering (ICO), September 2017
Dapper Labs
Dapper Labs
Ren Labs
Ren Labs
Aelf
Aelf
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Active
Strategic Partnerships
Aelf
Aelf
FUTUREXCRYPTO
FUTUREXCRYPTO
DEI (cryptocurrency)
DEI (cryptocurrency)
Partner Organizations
Hashflow
Hashflow

BlockTower Capital is a financial firm focused on cryptocurrency hedge fund that is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut and was founded by Ari Paul and Methew Goetz in August, 2017. The company aims at connecting professional trading and portfolio management with emerging digital asset class.

Investment fund

On January 2, 2018 Blocktower Capital announced raising $140 million in capital for its first investment fund. The funding came primarily from family offices and other institutions such as Union Square Ventures and Adressen Horowitz.

Blocktower Capital is a crypto asset investment firm and portfolio manager founded by Ari Paul and Matthew Goetz in 2017.

Paul has published papers on cryptocurrency lending, the history of money, and applying investment concepts to cryptocurrency. Additionally, he previously managed The University of Chicago’s investment portfolio and endowment fund. Goetz was previously a vice president at Goldman Sachs.

BlockTower Capital was originally funded by venture capital firms Andreesen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures. In addition to managing a portfolio of crypto assets and trading the assets, BlockTower has also invested in decentralized ledger startup Hedera Hashgraph, decentralized marketplace startup Origin Protocol and crypto media outlet The Block.

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BlockTower Capital (@BlockTower) | Twitter

BlockTower Capital

https://twitter.com/BlockTower

Web

June 9, 2017

Investing In Token Focused...

Fred Wilson

https://www.usv.com/writing/2018/06/investing-in-token-focused-funds/

Web

June 20, 2018

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