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Bitwise
Providing cryptocurrency index funds for investors
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Cryptocurrency
- Investing
- South Park, San Francisco, CA
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Company mission
To help investors make the most of the rapidly-emerging cryptocurrency asset class, through index funds and investments products they can trust.
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Our take
Bitwise is the biggest cryptocurrency index fund manager in the world. The company buys up currencies that look promising and could store them for its investors. This allows people who are interested in investing but wary of cryptocurrency to gain a little exposure without in-depth knowledge or major time investment. Bitwise is therefore making cryptocurrency more accessible, and the number of investors is growing fast.
Bitwise offers Bitwise Asset Management, which provides index and beta crypto funds to investors. The firm specializes in supporting and educating professional investors, and it has relationships with RIAs, financial advisors, hedge funds, etc. The cryptocurrency market is often viewed as high-risk and volatile, so these relationships are a demonstration of the company’s established trust. This vote of confidence and connection with traditional financial companies is invaluable for Bitwise's future as a trusted partner.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Equity compensation as a component of all offers
- Health insurance, including dental and vision plans
- Health & dependent care Flexible Spending Account
- Company funded 401K plan, no matching required
- Unlimited PTO
- 10 paid company-wide holidays
- Pending COVID, office spaces in San Francisco and New York
- Meals and snacks provided in office
- Paid company cell phone or monthly stipend
- Bitwise “Buddy” Program (30 day new hire program)
- Annual birthday and anniversary gifts
- Company-wide events
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2021
$70m
SERIES B
May 2019
$10.5m
SERIES A
Total funding: $84.5m
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Leadership
Hunter Horsley
(CEO)Having studied at the Wharton School, they worked at Lore for 2 years, prior to brief roles at Facebook and Instagram in Product Marketing and Management. They left Facebook in 2016 to co-found Bitwise in November 2016, and have served as CEO since.