Felix Machart

Felix is Investment Partner at Greenfield. He joined the firm on day one as Head of Research.

Felix has led many of Greenfield’s research efforts, most notably the paper on the state of blockchain governance. Before joining Greenfield, he was an independent researcher in the space and investment manager at Axel Springer Plug & Play.

Felix holds a double degree, Master of Science from WU Wien and Master of International Business from Queen’s University.

Publications from Felix

  • _Building
    Tags: Published On: April 24th, 2024

    Since 2022, we have been backing Safe (rebranded "Gnosis Safe"). Meanwhile, the smart contract wallet platform has emerged as critical infrastructure and the most used industry standard for securely managing digital assets in web3. Safe has achieved wide adoption, securing over $100B in assets and being used by major DAOs, institutions, and individuals. This article reiterates our initial investment thesis and showcases our continued conviction in the project, while arguing that Safe features elements of a meta aggregator for web3, putting it in a dominant strategic position.

  • _Investments
    Tags: , Published On: April 17th, 2024

    Greenfield co-leads Centrifuge's $15M Series A. Its unique position in the market for tokenizing real-world assets (RWAs) is due to its solid and efficient infrastructure, differentiated service lines, and stellar team with a strong reputation and network across decentralized finance and traditional players. Centrifuge is primed for further massive growth.

  • _Research
    Tags: , , Published On: April 12th, 2024

    Today, >$100B assets are stored in Safes, making Safe the leading platform of smart wallet infrastructure.  Safe proved its anti-fragile strength above all in 2023, when it delivered impressive anti-cyclical growth: In its expanding ecosystem (200 projects), a rapidly growing user base (4.1M new accounts) was way more active (18.3M transactions). We documented this success story by analyzing key metrics and major developments in our 2023_Report on Safe. We are publishing this report today amid another decisive moment in Safe's journey: The community vote on token transferability.

  • _Investments
    Tags: , Published On: March 19th, 2024

    We're thrilled to announce that Greenfield is co-leading Keyring's $6M seed funding round alongside Gumi Cryptos Capital. Keyring addresses the crucial challenges of regulatory compliance and market liquidity by empowering financial organizations to engage with compliant counterparts when participating in DeFi. Leveraging zero-knowledge (ZK) technology, Keyring guarantees institutional-grade privacy and security for sensitive data.