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Olymp Capital launches European blockchain and crypto hedge fund
Friday, September 07, 2018

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia for New Managers:

Alternative investment fund manager Olymp Capital is planning to launch what it claims the first European investment fund to cover the entire blockchain and crypto asset ecosystem.

According to a press release, the European investment fund, managed by Olymp Capital, will include blockchain-related private equity, initial coin offering (ICO) activity and a fund-of-fund activity centred on crypto hedge funds. The fund accepts investment both in fiat and crypto currencies (eg bitcoin, ether).

Olymp Capital said that its leadership team is led by experts in both traditional finance and in the blockchain ecosystem who have drawn on the best features of traditional venture capital, updated for the world of crypto investment.

They include serial technology entrepreneur Christophe de Courson, as CEO and Paul Bougnoux, co-founder of leading French corporate finance advisory firm Largillière Finance, as Chairman.

Olymp Capital's role is to provide the link between investors and the ICO market to aid discovery of those premium ICO investment propositions.

The Olymp network allows the fund managers to identify and screen the best entrepreneurs and companies which are about to launch ICOs in a way that individual crypto investors are unable to match.

Olymp Capital has established privileged partnerships with Fundstrat Global Advisors, t......................

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