Marc D. Seidel
I run operations at a Swiss wealth management group and am a fund manager. My interests include digital assets, startups, and investing. I started my career in finance, founded 3 startups, and worked for Meta and Google.
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Marc D. Seidel heads up operations at a Swiss wealth management group (BFI Capital Group) as well as their alternative investment practice (AltAlpha Strategies).He previously worked at Google where he led the go-to-market ads strategy for a new partner program in Switzerland and Austria. Before that he was at Meta leading the go-to-market ads strategy for Switzerland. He also worked at BFI for 9 years, holding various positions within wealth management, wealth planning and precious metals trading. He founded three companies, one each in the health care, law digitalization and sustainability ecommerce sector.Always fascinated by technology, being ignited through gaming as a kid, this eventually led to Marc exploring blockchain technology in 2016, while studying at Stanford in Silicon Valley. In 2021, he co-initiated the crypto fund of funds AltAlpha Digital.He holds a Master’s degree having studied at the Universities of St. Gallen (Business Innovation), Oxford (History, Politics & Society), Stanford (Management Science & Engineering) and Zurich (Banking & Finance). He is also a CAIA Charterholder.
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Writings
- Cointelegraph: Decentralized finance: The best ways to participate and operate
- BeInCrypto: Wieso aktiv verwaltete Anlagestrategien wichtig sind
- GenTwo: Enabling easy access to actively managed crypto hedge funds through AMCs
- Nebelspalter: Wenn Alt auf Neu trifft: Die Digitalisierung der Gold Industrie – Swiss Made
Interviews
- Fundplat: Einfacher Einstieg in das Krypto-Universum
- Moneycab: Marc Seidel, Partner Alternative Investments bei BFI Consulting, im Interview
- Beyond Bitcoin: Ep 68 "Fortune Favours the Informed"
- AssetRush: Ep 19 "First step is to build a bridge for investors to have this ease of access"
- AssetRush: Ep 31 "Technology can help with financial inclusion"
- Fundscene: Aktive Anlagestrategien im Krypto Universum
- Fundview: Schweizer Dachfonds über Krypto-Strategien: "Es ist auch viel Schund dabei"
- Fundview: Schweizer Dachfonds über Investieren im Krypto-Bärenmarkt: "Ein spannender Zeitpunkt für den Einstieg"
- Swisspreneur: Alternative investments, why they matter and how they perform compared to more traditional investments
- HFM: Swiss digital asset FOHF seeks l/s, quant, market neutral
favorite books
non fiction
- The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson
- Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Taleb
- How To Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
- Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis & Steven Kotler
- Zero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future by Blake Masters & Peter Thiel
- Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World’s Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life by William Green
- A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market by Edward O. Thorp
- "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman & Ralph Leighton
- Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin
- Minimalism: Live a Meaningful Life by Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus
- The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living by Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
fiction
Random domains
I have a handful of random domains, whose potential is just waiting to be unlocked ... contact me if you have ideas for some of those listed below.
digitalinvesting.xyz
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rightclicksave.ch
swissdigital.art
syndicate.ventures
zerotwo.one
theinsane.one
inflectionpoint.ch
santawishes.ch
...
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