Hassan Bassiri
Partner
Hassan started his career in 2008 as an attorney in the KPMG NY international practice where he structured M&A deals on behalf of PE Funds and multinational clients and even passed his CFA.
He left KPMG to focus on crypto full time in late 2018, joining Arca – a digital asset hedge fund – and helping the firm grow AUM from $5M —> $750M in the peak of 2021. While at Arca, he focused on trading /derivatives, yield farming / DeFi and VC and led seed deals in Axie Infinity, SNX and Thorchain (RUNE).
He left Arca in 2021 to join Nima Capital, a family office, to help guide the firm’s investments in the digital asset space focusing on VC and onchain trading. While at Nima, he’s led seed deals in Botanix at $18M, Morpho at $120M and Eversify at $10M.