Focused, transparent, professionally managed exposure to the world’s fastest growing asset class

DACM’s story

Blockchain technology is driving a generational shift in the concept of what stores value, acceptance of digitisation and disintermediation of traditional institutions.

After a career in technology-related investment banking at JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, Richard Galvin recognised the potential of blockchain technology to disrupt and reshape some of the global economy’s largest sectors and co-founded DACM in 2017 to focus on investing in blockchain technology disruption.

DACM’s funds have since been recognised as some of the top performing funds of their categories - Digital Asset Fund (DAF) was awarded the highest performing long-only fund in 2020 and 2021, and DACM Liquid Venture Fund (DACM LV) the top performing crypto venture fund in 2020.

Today, DACM has built a team of experts and investment capabilities to manage investors’ capital in this burgeoning asset class.

We are a global team with technology, digital assets, financial markets, risk management and investment experience from leading institutions. Years of digital asset ecosystem participation have built deep relationships with crypto founders, developers and co-investors, delivering unique insight with global connectivity and investment opportunities.

  • Launch of DACM’s flagship Digital Asset Fund (DAF)

  • DACM Liquid Venture Fund (DACM LV) launches

2018

  • DACM Market Neutral Fund launches

2019

  • DAF #1 Top Performing Crypto Fund (Long-Only)

  • DACM LV #1 Top Performing Crypto Fund (Venture/ICO Style)

2020

  • Launch of the DACM Global Digital Asset Fund, purpose-built for Australian wholesale investors

  • DAF #1 Top Performing Crypto Fund (Long-Only)

2021

  • Global team of 17 managing assets on behalf of institutional and family office investors

2024

DACM’s investment philosophy

A focus on “concept-to-adoption” growth

Finding exponential growth opportunities helping to drive outperformance

  • Tech disruption is methodical and focuses on sectors that are the “lowest hanging fruit” where the tech can demonstrate an ability to attract users, revenue and capital.

  • Following initial wins, disruption moves to progressively harder use-cases, leveraging benefits of larger entrepreneur/developer base and access to capital.

  • The most asymmetric returns are delivered from positioning in sectors when their applicability to blockchain tech is still a concept (but DACM has conviction) and adoption is likely in a reasonable investment period.

Our team

Combining decades of traditional finance experience and technical knowledge with crypto-native ideals 

Richard Galvin

Executive Chairman & CIO
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Sean Abed

Executive Director
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Trent Alleyne

On-Chain Associate
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George Bardwell

Research Associate - Venture
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Roger Dinnie

General Counsel
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Bryce Doherty

Managing Director
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Darren Fong

Market Neutral Portfolio Manager & Head of Trading
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Nicholas George

Research Associate
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Thomas Hall

Head of Strategy & Product
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Aaron Holland

Senior Research Analyst - Directional
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Tushar Kumar

Infrastructure & Research Engineer
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David Shang

Research Analyst - Directional
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David Shellard

Data Scientist
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Jai Sheridan

Operations Analyst
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Nick Shieherlis

Head of On-Chain

Jodie Thomson

EA to Executive Chairman
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Liam Tyndale

Chief Operating Officer
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