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CV VC
December 1, 2023
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Press release

CV VC and Crossbow Partners launch the CV CB Digital Asset AMC

Olaf Hannemann, Co-Founder, and Chief Investment Officer of CV VC

Switzerland’s leading blockchain Venture Capitalist, CV VC, and Crossbow Partners launch CV CB Digital Asset AMC, a dynamic investment opportunity.

The CV CB Digital Asset AMC is a fully compliant, bankable, and transferable investment vehicle known as an Actively Managed Certificate (AMC) with a Swiss ISIN code allowing qualified global investors to securely engage in blockchain, the catalyst technology whose business value-add will reach a staggering $3.1 trillion by 2030.

Blockchain funds have consistently outperformed traditional funds and indeed the tech sector as a whole. They offer diversification from traditional portfolio holdings in a low-interest-rate environment and as a hedge against inflation. A developed investment suite such as CV VC existing AMCs and this new dynamic CV CB Digital Asset AMC, underpinned by Switzerland’s regulatory environment, delivers better access for investors seeking asset class diversification through greater risk-adjusted returns.

The CV CB Digital Asset AMC will seek to generate strong uncorrelated returns by capitalizing on the long-term growth opportunities created by digital asset ecosystems. The CV CB AMC is the result of a partnership of CV VC with Crossbow, who since 2002 has designed and advised tailored alternative investment solutions for mainly institutional clients.

Positions taken by this dynamic AMC will range from long-only, venture-style investments to relative value and market-neutral positions across a wide range of digital tokens within the global blockchain ecosystem. The certificate is diversified across sub-sectors, investment strategies, trading styles, and time horizons.

The subscription period is open now, the product will launch on Jan 24th, 2022.

Olaf Hannemann, Co-Founder, and Chief Investment Officer of CV VC, said:

"With our distinct, catalyst technology-focused AMCs, qualified investors gain access to the tech megatrend blockchain and a diverse range of the most promising projects through well-structured bankable investment products. The introduction of the CV CB AMC to our existing range of investment solutions, is an exciting way for investors to gain broad exposure to the most attractive investment strategies in the digital asset universe, by chosen subject matter experts in each investment category, through a carefully selected fund approach"

David Friche, PM and Partner at Crossbow added

"Hedge funds are ideal instruments to gain exposure to the digital asset class as they can trade actively across digital sub-sectors, benefit from volatility, and are able to hedge some downside risk, providing a unique risk/return profile to our product.”

About CV VC:

Headquartered in Switzerland, the private venture capital company offers seed funding and an incubation program to global tech teams in exchange for equity. In addition, CV VC provides consulting and investment advisory to corporates. As an initiator of Crypto Valley which is the birthplace of Ethereum and home to 12 Unicorns, CV VC is the hub of Crypto Valleys’ acumen and a global force driving the fourth industrial revolution. Through CV Labs, CV VC nurtures global ecosystems from its headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, its centres in Liechtenstein & Africa, and partnerships in Dubai. CV VC has an entrepreneurial spirit as epitomized by its founders and board members who represent its ethos - Founders for Founders. These include Ex Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann, Executive Chairman DMCC Ahmed Bin Sulayem, industrialist Alex Wassmer, entrepreneur Mathias Ruch, investment banker Olaf Hannemann, former Finnish Minister Anne Berner, and Philipp Rösler, ex Vice-Chancellor of Germany & Managing Director of the World Economic Forum.

About Crossbow:

Crossbow is an independent specialist for liquid alternative multi-manager solutions based in Baar, Switzerland. Founded in 2002, Crossbow has a team of highly experienced investment specialists with an average of more than 15 years of specific hedge fund experience. Crossbow designs and advises tailored alternative investment solutions for mainly institutional clients. Solutions include hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, alternative UCITS, and other instruments with an absolute return focus.

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