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A Masterclass of Digital Assets Investing with Joe Marenda of Cambridge Associates

Episode 24: Joe Marenda, Partner and Head of Digital Assets Investing at Cambridge Associates

Joe Marenda, Partner, and Head of Digital Assets Investing with Cambridge Associates shares his experience through this masterclass on blockchain technology and digital assets investing. Joe specializes in discovering and diligencing blockchain-related funds across all fund formats. He also serves as the Head of the firm’s San Francisco office. Joe contributes to firm research on alternative assets in portfolios and crypto-blockchain more broadly.

Join us in this fascinating and informative episode as Joe takes us through his experience in building the first blockchain portfolio for a Cambridge client beginning in 2018 and how they approached the firm’s first due diligence on a crypto fund in 2017. Cambridge is a privately held global investment firm providing advisory and investment solutions to institutional investors, including foundations and endowments, pensions, private families, and corporate and government entities. Founded 50 years ago, the firm has eleven offices around the world with over $540 billion in assets under advisement. Learn more about how Joe and his colleagues at Cambridge Associates continue to innovate for their clients in the exciting world of blockchain technology.

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Joe Marenda

Cambridge Associates

Joe joined Cambridge Associates in 2006 and brings 25 years of investment and alternatives investment experience to his clients. He is a Partner, and Head of CA’s Digital Assets Investing, specializing in discovering and diligencing blockchain-related funds across all fund formats. He also serves as the Head of the firm’s San Francisco and Menlo Park offices. Joe contributes to firm research on alternative assets in portfolios and crypto-blockchain more broadly. Joe built the first crypto-blockchain portfolio for a CA client beginning in 2018 and completed the firm’s first due diligence on a crypto fund in 2017.

Prior to joining Cambridge Associates, Joe served as a Senior Analyst at a family office. Previously, he was turnaround CEO at Keizon, K.K., a Tokyo-based Internet company focused on the Japanese public markets. Prior to Keizon, Joe was with a family office investing in special situations and venture capital.

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