Liquid Venture Capital 

Sparkline Capital

Research

17 Pages

Sparkline Capital argues investors can capture much of venture capital’s innovation premium with liquid public equities, and complement blockchain exposure with crypto tokens. It shows how a rules based portfolio of young, small, fast growing, innovative stocks can track a venture index closely while remaining tradable. One provocative point is that private marks can lag reality, creating the illusion of stability during drawdowns.

Date published: September 2022

Source: Sparkline. The example investments provided are for illustrative purposes only.

Key Takeaways

Liquid venture replica: Builds venture like exposure from public stocks that are small, young, fast growing, and innovation heavy.
Innovation beyond startups: Finds a similar innovation premium among large company innovators, not just venture backed startups.
Tokens as complement: Argues tokens can provide liquid blockchain exposure when few pure play crypto equities are listed.

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