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Pension Funds Put $50 Million Into Morgan Creek’s New Blockchain Fund


Morgan Creek Digital has raised the primary $60.9 million tranche of its $250 million goal for its second enterprise capital fund.

Morgan Creek revealed solely to CoinDesk that the identical establishments from the primary fund, together with two public pension funds, have elevated their investments within the second by greater than twofold.

Together, Fairfax County’s Virginia’s Police Officer’s Retirement System and Employees’ Retirement System are investing a mixed $50 million within the second fund, up from $21 million in its first fund that closed in February.

Commitments from different institutional buyers together with Wakemed Health and Hospitals, an insurance coverage firm and a college endowment make up the remaining $10 million of the tranche.

In an interview with CoinDesk, Morgan Creek Capital accomplice Anthony Pompliano mentioned the choice was taken to separate the complete $250 million elevate into tranches, with no date but set for its shut.

“We hear folks saying institutions aren’t interested, but this initial close along with the conversations we’re having with tens of other institutions, shows that there is no lack of interest.”

The second fund can be primarily targeted on seed investments in fairness, like the primary fund, which included investments in what Pompliano referred to as “blockchain infrastructure” firms like Bitwise and BlockFi.

“When you see the quality of the LPs in this fund, it speaks to the work that these infrastructure companies have done over the last 18 to 24 months,” Pompliano mentioned.

For its first fund, Morgan Creek raised $40 million, with stronger-than-expected investor demand main the corporate to exceed its preliminary fundraising goal of $25 million.

Combined with the Digital Asset Index Fund, a crypto index fund managed by Bitwise Asset Management, Morgan Creek has greater than $100 million belongings underneath administration.

“We raised the first fund for specific investments,” Pompliano mentioned, whereas the $250 million fund is “more institutionally sized.”

“For the LPs that are investing with us, this is a size that they’re used to.”


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