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Matt Hougan

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Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management · Co-Founder at Futureproofhq · Executive at Bitwise

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedFutureproofhq

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About

Chief Investment Officer; former CEO of Inside ETFs and ETF.com, and Managing Director of Global Finance at Informa. Co-authored the CFA Institute's monograph on ETFs.

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Co-Founder at Futureproofhq

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Futureproofhq's investors · 1

ETFS CapitalLondon

Co-founders at Futureproofhq

MMMatt Middleton
Matt MiddletonFounder & CEO

Executive at Bitwise

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Bitwise's investors · 20

Blockchain CapitalSan Francisco · $25K – $200K checksBlockchain CoinvestorsSan Francisco · since 2025Blockchain Coinvestors AngelList SyndicateNew York · since 2021Castle Island VenturesBoston · $100K – $5M checksChorus OneCoinbase VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksCollaborative FundNew York · $500K – $1M checksCraft VenturesSan Francisco · $50K – $50M checksDria VenturesNew YorkElectric CapitalPalo Alto · $1M – $20M checks · since 2025General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks · since 2025Haun VenturesSilicon Valley · $1M – $100M checks · since 2025Highland Capital PartnersCambridge · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2025Morgan Creek CapitalChapel Hill · $1M – $5M checksParaFi CapitalNew York · since 2025Parafi General FundThe Perkins FundThird Point VenturesMenlo ParkY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2017

Co-founders at Bitwise

HKHong Kim
Hong KimExecutive Officer, Director
HHHunter Horsley
Hunter HorsleyFounder & CEO

Experience

  1. Bitwise Asset ManagementChief Investment Officercurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. Bitwise Asset ManagementGlobal Head of Research2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  3. Future ProofCo-Founder, Board Membercurrent2020 — present
  4. QuantumStreet AIBoard Membercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. Inside ETFsChairman2018 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  6. InformaManaging Director, Global Finance2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  7. ETF.comChief Executive Officer2015San Francisco Bay Area
  8. ETF.comPresident2010 — 2014San Francisco, CA
  9. ETF.comGlobal Head of Editorial2007 — 2009
  10. MetaMarkets.comAnalyst2000 — 2001Greater Boston

Skills & more

Research21ETFs99Editorial29Equities39Investment Strategies13Publishing14Analytics25Alternative Investments29Morningstar3Social Media62Quantitative Analytics2Mutual Funds26
+10 morePublicationsEditingOptionsPortfolio ManagementJournalismInvestmentsAsset ManagementAsset AllocationBloombergWriting

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Colleagues at Bitwise Asset Management

Bradley Duke
Managing Director, Head of Europe at Bitwise Asset Management
Brian Crain
Investment Committee at Frachtis
Ethan CHEN
Chief Researcher at Everest Ventures Group (EVG)
Hong Kim
CTO, Board Director at Bitwise Asset Management
Hunter Horsley
CEO, Board Director at Bitwise Asset Management
Jeff Park
Partner and Portfolio Manager at ParaFi Capital
Lisa Mesquit
CFP, CFA at Soaring Investment Management
Matthew Le Merle
Managing Partner & CEO at Blockchain Coinvestors

Frequently asked questions

Who is Matt Hougan?
Chief Investment Officer; former CEO of Inside ETFs and ETF.com, and Managing Director of Global Finance at Informa. Co-authored the CFA Institute's monograph on ETFs.
Where does Matt Hougan work?
Matt Hougan is Co-Founder of Futureproofhq and Chief Investment Officer at Bitwise Asset Management and Executive at Bitwise.
What companies did Matt Hougan found?
Matt Hougan founded Futureproofhq.
Where did Matt Hougan go to school?
Matt Hougan studied at Bowdoin College (Philosophy); Sidwell Friends.

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