Rick Dude is Managing Partner of Flywheel Capital Management, a private equity company focused on pre-IPO transactions on the secondary markets. Along with leading the operations and investment strategy of FCM, Rick is CTO of Rocket Dollar, a Self-Directed IRA company.
Rick is a serial entrepreneur and technologist, building and maintaining complex data systems for 15 years. He has 2 exits via acquisition, and very familiar with the venture capital process.
In addition to technology investing, Rick is an avid rugby player, and serves as Senior Player and Treasurer of the Austin Huns Rugby Football Club. Flywheel Capital Management is active in the Austin community, and is a current sponsor of the club.
Join Flywheel Capital Management in discussing our secondaries market outlook and exposure to high velocity private companies. We will cover purchase process, hedging, exit strategy, and performance. We invite you to invest in our current fund and will address questions in real time in the event.
Speakers: Colton Jarisch and Rick Dude
Companies with crypto exposure do not have enough exposure to blockchain and AI. Exposure to Crypto, Blockchain, & AI are either small parts of large conglomerate strategies (IBM, TSLA), or privates.
Large conglomerates dabble in the space, however purchase of the shares does not give direct and sufficient exposure to the space.
Crypto companies have put most of their focus on transactions and users vs technological innovation.
Companies are choosing the strategy of brokerages of yesteryear, taking advantage of retail traders through the bid/ask spread and transaction fees which encourage gamified trading, hurting the little guy.
Many core blockchain and crypto technology companies have not gone public. A number of private companies with strong exposure to A/B/C are doing well but are inaccessible to individual investors through traditional means.
Flywheel provides exposure to some of the most innovative A/B/C players while maintaining low capital requirements, competitive fee structure, and high diversification.
Speakers: Rick Dude, Colton Jarisch, and Mark Peck
Flywheel Capital Management is a private equity firm focused on making purchases of companies pre-IPO on the secondary markets.