Matt Gorham

Partner

2024 - Current

Chief Operating Officer

2015 - 2024

Pantera Capital is the leading blockchain investment firm and one of the largest institutional owners of bitcoins. Our mission is to act as the catalyst for widespread blockchain adoption and innovation. Exclusively focused on investing in blockchain technologies, the Pantera team is experienced in both traditional finance and the emergent blockchain technology. Having strong relationships with some of the most promising entrepreneurs and other top investors in the space, Pantera is fulfilling its strategic investment philosophy by building a diversified portfolio and bringing industry-specific value-add resources to its portfolio companies. Within the next several years, we envision blockchains and digital currencies having an established, responsibly managed, and regulated role in the global economy, soon after disintermediating a myriad of industries.

Trader

2013 - 2015

Portfolio Analyst

2013 - 2013

Perform portfolio trading and analytics for customized after-tax indexing in separately managed accounts. Use a systematic tax-loss harvesting overlay to reduce taxes paid and improve after-tax returns. Index to closely track client-selected benchmarks, while offering the ability to further customize based on socially responsive and thematic alpha-seeking strategies.

Trader & Risk Analyst

2005 - 2009

Execution trader and Risk Analyst for a multi-strategy family of hedge funds. Executed trading across all funds in equities, currencies, fixed income and commodities via cash, swaps, futures, options, repos, FX forwards and credit default swaps. Produced and monitored the firms risk reports with the use of Risk Metrics risk software and proprietary risk models providing portfolio managers and analyst with volatility, VaR, exposures, leverage and other quantitative risk related information for all of the funds managed by the firm.

Equity Trader

1999 - 2003

Custody Accountant I

1998 - 1999