Morgan Creek Digital

The parent firm, Morgan Creek Capital Management, was founded in 2004 by Mark Yusko, former chief investment officer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s endowment. Morgan Creek first got involved in blockchain technology in 2013 through Dan Morehead’s Pantera Capital, after which Yusko made a few related investments.⁠[1][1][2]

In 2018, Morgan Creek formed Morgan Creek Digital Assets (later Morgan Creek Digital) as an early-stage investor in blockchain technology, digital currency, and digital assets. That year it acquired Full Tilt Capital, the crypto investment firm Anthony PomplianoAnthony PomplianoAnthony Pompliano (commonly known as “Pomp”) is an American investor, bitcoin advocate, and financial podcast host. He co-founded the investment firm Morgan Creek Digital Assets, and as of October 2026 he is Chairman and CEO of the Nasdaq-listed company Silvia, Inc. (formerly ProCap Financial) and runs the investment firm Professional Capital Management.Open the full entry had co-founded in 2016; Pompliano was a co-founder and managing partner of Morgan Creek Digital Assets from 2018 to 2020.⁠[1][2][3][3]

Morgan Creek Digital partnered with Bitwise Asset Management to launch the Digital Asset Index Fund, managed by Bitwise, which holds a market-cap-weighted basket of the 10 largest digital assets reconstituted monthly and keeps its assets in 100% cold storage, with the aim of giving institutions such as pensions and endowments an entry point into crypto assets. Yusko said that almost all institutions have zero exposure to crypto assets and that “zero is the wrong number”; he believes blockchain will be as important as the internet.⁠[2][2][2][2][2][2]

As an existing investor, Morgan Creek Digital took part in the $37.5 million round of the bitcoin life insurer Meanwhile led by Bain Capital Crypto.⁠[4][4]

As of October 2026, Morgan Creek Digital says it invests in four foundational themes: artificial intelligence, computing infrastructure, blockchain technology, and big data, looking for early-stage companies built by entrepreneurs and operators and drawing on its team’s experience founding and running technology companies to advise portfolio companies on product, business development, and go-to-market strategy.⁠[5][5][5]

The “current investments” listed on its website are private company holdings and digital assets within its four actively managed funds, including 1inch, Avalanche, Bakkt, bitcoin, Bitwise, Blockdaemon, Chainlink, Coinbase, eToro, Ethereum, Filecoin, Gemini, Groq, Ledger, Messari, SolanaSolanaSolana is a proof-of-stake (PoS) public blockchain designed for high throughput and low latency, with SOL as its native token; it was developed by Solana Labs and launched Mainnet Beta in March 2020. It is known for design choices such as its Proof of History clock and parallel execution, suffered several network-wide outages in its early years, and became one of the crypto industry’s focal points in events including the FTX collapse, U.S. SEC lawsuits, and the listing of Solana ETFs.Open the full entry, Strike, and Uniswap.⁠[5][5][5][5][5][5]

As of October 2026, Mark W. Yusko is founder, CEO, and chief investment officer of Morgan Creek Capital Management and managing partner of Morgan Creek Digital; Sachin Jaitly and Xavier A. Segura are general partners, with Segura having joined as a general partner and co-founder from Tessera Venture Partners, which he co-founded; Darpan Biswas is a partner.⁠[6][6][6][6]

The parent, Morgan Creek Capital Management, is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving institutions and wealthy families. It is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with an office in Shanghai, manages about $1.5 billion in discretionary and non-discretionary assets, runs a risk-managed bitcoin fund managed by Yusko, and publishes the Digital Currents podcast.⁠[7][8][1][1][5]

Morgan Creek Digital: Official website: https://www.morgancreekcap.com/morgan-creek-digital/ (opens in a new window).⁠[7]

Morgan Creek Capital Management: Official website: https://www.morgancreekcap.com/ (opens in a new window).⁠[7]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry (parent company): Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/company/morgan-creek-capital-management (opens in a new window)⁠[7]