Greg Carson
Managing Partner
- Over 20 years in tech, VC investing & investment banking, at UBS Investment Bank, and GU Ventures
- Head of Ventures/Corp Dev of XBTO Group
- M&A 25+ deals in 20 countries($2.4B)
- UCSD, MIT, UPenn
- Wharton MBA
Humla Ventures develops a new venture capital market segment as a dedicated secondaries and distressed investor into Fintech/Blockchain/AI Venture Capital with a multi-cycle venture platform centered on Financial markets technologies.
Humla Ventures invests in world-class entrepreneurs transforming markets and ecosystems, with a focus on finance, artificial intelligence, and Crypto-finance. Learn more about our deal flow and strategy.
Including all investments advised or oversought by XBTO Humla Venture Capital: Including XBTO, XBTO Ventures, Fund investments, SPVs, and Fund Investments
We are a team of veteran private equity & hedge fund professionals, entrepreneurs, investment bankers, data scientists, software developers, accountants and company builders committed to exceptional returns for investors and helping scale transformative businesses.
Our firm sits upon the XBTO global infrastructure, with over 70 traders, market makers, programmers, and cryptofinance professionals and thought leaders all over the world. Deal flow, due diligence, and key macro insights are easily accessible.
Venture capital is about integrity, relationships and investment access. Our network, built through decades of successful investing, deals, speaking engagements, philanthropy, and providing expertise in global forums for business leaders and governments is a key differentiator.
XBTO was founded in 2015 as the first entity to provide institutional grade liquidity for digital assets and continues to grow and shape the market. At Humla we invest in early-stage companies transforming the financial ecosystem. Through strong partnerships, resources, community, and co-investor networks, we provide both capital and guidance with the goal of helping founders build a better financial system.
We believe a deep support network increases the probability of a company's success, and also results in deeper insights and accelerated growth. As a result, we have created a unique venture capital model for today's exceptional fintech companies. Humla has deep relationships with a network of market makers, blockchain strategists, banks and strategic partners, connecting you to the business leaders who may be your future clients, investors, board members, etc.
Humla Ventures has an extensive investor network to help our portfolio companies secure future financing from quality, institutional and Ultra High Net Worth investors.
Online communities give VC companies a more efficient way to facilitate communication across various network segments. However, at Humla we believe in strengthening the virtual connections with in-person events. As a result, Humla has been the proud sponsor of the Bitcoin Conference and the jersey sponsor of its local team, Inter Miami.
Humla Ventures is a resource for early-stage companies paving the new economy. Humla assists portfolio companies with a range of services including marketing, branding, communications, staffing, design, and strategy. Every portfolio company benefits from the full backing of Humla and its affiliates.
Our network of partners is our biggest added value. Before founding Humla, our leadership has led Wall Street hedge funds and investment banking teams, built successful businesses, backed entrepreneurs, and enabled great success stories. Humla has created an ecosystem for companies, thought leaders, and influencers to connect and thrive together.
We lead the evolution of the fintech ecosystem as one of the biggest and most reputable innovators and investors in digital assets and seize the best early-stage prospects. Humla utilizes a global network of top VCs, industry titans, and co-investors in addition to an exclusive transaction flow.
Reach out to the investing team for further information.
Our network, technology-first philosophy, and deep blockchain origins make us particularly adept at identifying high-potential- early stage startups. Our five-year track record and constant striving for improvement give us confidence in our strategy.
Reach out to the investing team for further information.
We regularly provide SPV opportunities to our LPs and investment partners. These SPV direct investment opportunities are typically focused on growth or early stage companies that are excess capacity alongside our fund or part of our participation rights from our portfolio. If you'd like to receive regular opportunities, please click here.
With its counter positioning and its superior value proposition, Bitcoin is transforming vast swaths of our economy. We based the fund thesis on the upcoming changes to our financial system and exposed our investors to the value generation of this disruptive technology.
We regularly provide SPV opportunities to our LPs and investment partners. These SPV direct investment opportunities are typically focused on growth or early stage companies that are excess capacity alongside our fund or part of our participation rights from our portfolio. If you'd like to receive regular opportunities, please click here.
Humla develops various strategies in the crypto markets. xAlpha, Humla's partner, is a liquid strategy developed in collaboration with XBTO Asset Management.
The fund seeks to exploit our knowledge and success in digital asset trading and investing to construct an ALPHA focused fund with low volatility, leveraging our risk management skills. We will be deploying capital across digital assets, equities, FX, interest rates and derivatives. Learn more
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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Functions of money | self-study | Book: The Bitcoin Standard (Chapter 1) | ||
Money demand and supply and gov money | self-study | Book: The Bitcoin Standard (Chapter 4) | ||
Money and Time Preference | self-study | Book: The Bitcoin Standard (Chapter 5) | ||
Individual Freedom | self-study | Book: The Bitcoin Standard (Chapter 7) | ||
Digital Money | self-study | Book: The Bitcoin Standard (Chapter 8) |
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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Bitcoin Explained | self-study | Book: Mastering Bitcoin |
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Bitcoin White Paper | self-study | Bitcoin White Paper |
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Bitcoin theory | self-study | 21 Days of Bitcoin: Bitcoin Explained | Antoine's talk |
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Bitcoin Technology* | self-study | Alvaro's talk |
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Bitcoin Myths | self-study | Crypto Theses for 2022 | ||
Bitcoin and Financial Transformation | self-study | Book: The Internet of Money | ||
The Future of Bitcoin | self-study | |||
Bitcoin and Energy Consumption | self-study | Bitcoin Energy Consumption |
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Ethereum Explained | self-study | Book: Mastering Ethereum |
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Intro to Ethereum | self-study | Book: Mastering Ethereum (Chapter 1) | ||
Intro to Ether | self-study | Book: Mastering Ethereum (Chapter 2) | ||
Ethereum Gas | self-study | Book: Mastering Ethereum (Chapter 7) | ||
Smart Contracts | self-study | Book: Mastering Ethereum (Chapter 7) | ||
Stablecoins Explained | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 5 | ||
Altcoins | self-study | Book: Mastering Bitcoin (Chapter 9) |
Sub-Topic |
Mode of training |
Reading (book) |
Reading (articles) |
Podcast or video |
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Blockchain Explained | self-study | Book: Mastering Bitcoin (Chapter 7) | ||
Proof of Stake | self-study | |||
Proof of Work | self-study | |||
Blockchain Applications | self-study | |||
Platforms | self-study | |||
Ethereum | self-study | |||
Cardano | self-study | |||
Solana | self-study | |||
Ripple | self-study | |||
Stellar | self-study | |||
Polkadot | self-study |
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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Lightning Explained | self-study | Lightning Network Paper | ||
Multisignature Wallet | self-study | A Deep Dive Into Lightning as a Bitcoin Scaling Solution_CoinDesk Research |
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Lightning Channel Nodes | self-study | |||
Payment Channel | self-study | |||
How to use Lightning Network | self-study |
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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Binance | self-study | |||
Coinbase | self-study | |||
FTX | self-study | |||
Bitstamp | self-study |
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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What is a Crypto Wallet? | self-study | |||
MetaMask | self-study | What is MetaMask? | ||
Blockstream Green | self-study | |||
Coinbase | self-study | |||
Ledger | self-study |
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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DeFi Explained | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 2 | ||
Decentralized Exchanges | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 7 | ||
AMM | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 7 | ||
Liquidity Pools | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 7 | ||
Yield Farming | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 9 | What Bitcoin Did Podcast: Bitcoin Borrowing and Lending Markets |
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Staking | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 9 | Staking Vs. Yield Farming Vs. Liquidity Mining – Key Differences |
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Lending and Borrowing | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 6 | ||
Crypto Derivatives | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 8 | ||
Deribit | self-study | |||
Binance (Futures) | self-study | |||
Bybit | self-study | |||
FTX (Derivatives) | self-study | |||
DeFi Protocols | self-study | Book: Mastering Ethereum (Chapter 12) | ||
Aave | self-study | |||
Compound | self-study | |||
Polygon | self-study | |||
Sushiswap | self-study | |||
Synthetix | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 8 | ||
Uniswap | self-study | Book - How to DeFi: Beginner - Chapter 7 |
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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Tokenomics Explained | self-study | |||
DAO | self-study | |||
Tokens | self-study | Book: Mastering Ethereum (Chapter 10) | ||
ICO | self-study | Book: Mastering Ethereum (Chapter 10) | ||
Valuation | self-study | Valuation of crypto-assets |
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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NFTs Explained | self-study | |||
self-study | ||||
NFT Platforms | self-study | |||
OpenSea | self-study | |||
SuperRare | self-study | |||
NFT Utility | self-study | |||
How to make money with NFT? | self-study |
Subtopic | Mode of training | Reading (book) | Reading (articles) | Podcast or video |
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Web 3.0 Explained | self-study | Report: Framing the Future of Web 3.0 by Goldman Sachs |
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Metaverse | self-study | |||
Blockchain Polkadot | self-study |
Course Name | Format | Price | Start date | Link |
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DeFi Academy | Online + Weekly workshops | $2,497 FOUR WEEK PROGRAM | beginning of January 2022 | https://londonreal.tv/defi-academy/?utm_source=londonreal&utm_medium=sidebar_cta&utm_campaign=defi |
Decentralized Finance (DeFi): The Future of Finance Specialization | Online | Coursera prices (free if only videos) | whenever | https://www.coursera.org/specializations/decentralized-finance-duke |
Blockchain & Bitcoin 101 (Ivan on Tech) | Online | whenever | ||
DeFi 101 | Online | whenever | ||
DeFi 201 | Online | whenever | ||
Crypto Academy | $249.00 USD |
Theme | Book Name | Link |
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Crypto & Blockchain | The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous | |
Crypto & Blockchain | Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M. Antonopoulos | |
Crypto & Blockchain | Mastering Ethereum by Andreas M. Antonopoulos | |
Crypto & Blockchain | The Internet of Money by Andreas M. Antonopoulos | |
Crypto & Blockchain | Bitcoin Billionaires by Ben Mezrich | |
Crypto & Blockchain | The Fiat Standard by Saifedean Ammous | |
DeFi | How to DeFi: Beginner by Kain Warwik | |
DeFi | DeFi and the Future of Finance | |
Lightning | Mastering Lightning by Andreas M. Antonopoulos |