Evan Morris
DeFi Portfolio Manager
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Portfolio Manager, Aurora Fund
2022 - 2024
Sole trader/strategist of a market neutral DeFi fund
Strix Leviathan builds a crypto-trading platform for large entities like hedge funds, banks and traditional enterprise companies.
Raised $1,625,000.00 from Orion Henry, 9Mile Labs, Curious Capital, Founders' Co-op, David Grampa, Future Perfect Ventures, Doug Baldwin and Liquid 2 Ventures.
Partner, Maha DeFi Fund I, LP
2021 - 2022
Principal
2020 - 2021
Business Development & Strategic Partnerships
2020 - 2022
Special Projects
2019 - 2020
Coinme is a digital currency exchange that operates a bitcoin ATM network to gain access to virtual currency.
Raised $30,561,353.00 from MoneyGram International, Circle Ventures, Hard Yaka, Nima Capital, Pantera Capital, Blockchain.com Ventures, Coinstar and Xpring.
Principal
2018 - 2019
Venture capital investor supporting entrepreneurs building solutions to real-world business challenges in fintech, blockchain, crypto, and DeFi.
Analyst, Fintech, Emerging Technology
2016 - 2018
Post-acquisition, initiated Morningstar Research coverage of crypto and blockchain
Morningstar provides independent investment research to investors worldwide.
Raised $91,000,000.00 from SoftBank Capital.
Analyst, Fintech, Emerging Technology Lead
2015 - 2018
-Initiated some of the first institutional research coverage of crypto and blockchain in 2016 -Built relationships with VC investors and founders in crypto, blockchain, and fintech -Quoted and cited in industry publications including Bloomberg, WSJ, Reuters, Fortune, Inc., TechCrunch, and The Financial Times
Global Macro Hedge Fund Analyst
2015 - 2015
$3.2B global macro hedge fund
Fortress is an investment management firm that manages alternative assets in private equity, liquid hedge funds, and credit funds.
Fortress Global Macro Challenge
2014 - 2014
Won investment competition out of 3,000 undergrad and MBA students based on returns and excellence in written memos outlining investment theses and strategy.