Patrick Horsman, CFA is a serial entrepreneur and investor. His focus is uncovering niche, esoteric investments that have a sustainable competitive advantage. Mr. Horsman is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Coral Capital an investment platform focused on DeFi and Crypto strategies. In 2002 he Co-Founded Blue Sand Securities, a placement agent that has raised over $15B from institutional investors for Alternative Investment funds. He was also the COO and Co-Founder of Merion Investment Management a Litigation Finance fund he launched in 2009 with peak AUM of $1.2B. He is the Founder and CIO of Esoteric Strategies LP a hedge fund focused on investments in niche, uncorrelated strategies. He is also the Co-Founder of Innovation Shares, a thematic ETF index sponsor that offers investors exposure to cutting edge themes created using AI and Natural Language Processing, including NYSE: KOIN one of the first Blockchain ETF’s, and NYSE: THCX one of the first Cannabis ETF's. He is also a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Integrated Ag, a private equity fund focused on Agricultural Investments in US Farmland with a specific focus on improving water infrastructure. He was also the Co-Founder and CEO of Integrated CBD, an institutional scale grower of Industrial Hemp, and refiner of CBD Oil. He is also the Founder of Verified Organic an Ethereum-based Blockchain application designed to bring transparency and accountability to the organic food production process from farm to table. He was a seed investor in Context Summits a hedge fund conference series focused on one on one meetings between institutional investors and hedge fund managers. He was previously the Founder and Managing Partner of Cypress Settlements a Fin-tech company that allowed institutional investors to electronically claim class action settlements from historical trading. Cypress was acquired by FRT in 2015. Mr. Horsman is the Managing Partner of Horsman Holdings a single family office that invests in Alternatives. Mr. Horsman resides in San Juan, PR and is an avid golfer and spear fisherman.
Defi is one of the hottest segments of crypto. Everyday, new protocols are being created that offer novel approaches to value transfer and generate insane returns. High yields can also come with considerable risk. Day after day, the media is flooded by headlines of massive security exploits, as prominent protocols/apps are relentlessly targeted by sophisticated hacking syndicates. Just last week, a popular Defi platform and one of the largest NFT exchanges were hacked for a combined $600+ million dollars worth of Ethereum.
Is the risk still worth the reward? Many investors are convinced it is, as they continue to pour capital into this asset class.
In this 1 hour panel discussion, learn how investors can still leverage DeFi to generate alpha in the wilderness of crypto. These industry experts will share valuable insights that investors can use to meet their goals and mange the inherent risks within this investment niche.
Speakers: Jeremy Johnson, Danielle Wall Elliott , and Patrick Horsman, CFA
Coral DeFi is an investment manager focused on DeFi. The coral reef is a symbiotic community of individual organisms working together to build a cohesive strong community where the whole is stronger than any individual. Similarly, the interaction between Crypto and DeFi platforms creates a decentralized, autonomous network stronger than any single idea.