Published inThe Startup·Nov 7, 2019Member-onlyHow to Succeed at the Earliest Stages of a Business IdeaLessons learned from five weeks spent with Forward Partners, one of Europe’s top Pre-seed/Seed Venture Capital funds — If you are an idea stage founder, you have a lot of tough tasks ahead. At this stage, you, and maybe a co-founder, are in a race trying to figure out what will work. I am currently at a very early stage of building Nossa Capital, a technology platform serving…Startup8 min readStartup8 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Jun 22, 2019The Role of Private Equity Secondaries in Developing Security Token LiquidityWhat type of tokenized product will still be an attractive investment in 1, 3, 7 years? Tokenizing an early stage seed round can offer benefits in and of itself, unfortunately, there is a high probability that company will not exist in 7 years. …Venture Capital18 min readVenture Capital18 min read
Published inHackerNoon.com·Aug 20, 2018Can security tokens fulfill their promise of liquidity?The security token liquidity hype is in full swing. Time and time again we hear: tokenization makes illiquid assets liquid. But just how much is security token liquidity a reality versus a dream? I’ve decided to address this question by addressing 3 main areas: How do security tokens create private…Blockchain6 min readBlockchain6 min read
Jul 3, 2018Security tokens: Enabling trading on secondary markets.Security tokens hold the potential to unlock trillions of dollars in illiquid assets. How? By bringing liquidity to private assets that have historically been illiquid or had 5–10 year lock-up periods. Unfortunately, this potential of liquidity remains to be primarily a promise until mechanisms are developed that allow for compliant…Blockchain8 min readBlockchain8 min read
