Andrew Newman - Hash Function
Andrew brings 10 years of private market investing & private fund operations / strategy experience to lead Hash Function company and investment operations, investment & strategy execution, and product development.
For the past five years, Andrew was a member of an investment team at BlackRock, investing and managing diversified multi-alternative private market portfolios. He helped grow the team from $5bn to $10bn focusing on investment & fund structuring ,execution, and operations. He later managed the PnL and focused on business strategy, process, and partnerships.
Prior to BlackRock, he was a member of the GP team at The Wolff Company, a fully integrated real estate private equity firm. In 2022, Andrew made the leap -- becoming a full-time Bitcoiner and co-founding Hash Function.
Session
Bitcoin mining, similar to gold mining, is a capital intensive process with highly specialized infrastructure. Methods of financing these endeavors are rapidly developing and often dictate how businesses survive, thrive, or die. This discussion will discuss equity, debt, and alternative financing structures for miners and some potential implications of each.