The trend of accumulating Bitcoin on the balance sheet continues with unabated vigor and momentum. But Finpeers and Sander Andersen will combine Bitcoin & Private Equity. “Bitcoin is Private Equity on steroids,” he says in a video interview with Kaupr.
In the interview, Andersen says that Finpeers still has a mission to democratize private equity through tokenization, but notes that the biggest challenge related to private equity and tokenization is low liquidity. By combining Bitcoin on its balance sheet, and companies with a good, ongoing cash flow, Andersen sees a new opportunity.
The first thing we are going to do is accumulate Bitcoin on the balance sheet, secondly to loan this inventory and, thirdly, to use both bitcoin and the equity of the company as collateral to obtain better loan terms. This is a model that Finpeers has also developed in close collaboration with family office customers, who have been Finpeer's primary target audience since its inception.
For Finpeers, Bitcoin Equity is not only a strategy, but also the name of the first company to realize the strategy. Before long, Bitcoin Equity will be launched and available in the first-hand market.
Although Finpeers now defines itself as a “Bitcoin Treasury Company”, its business model is not to profit from the volatility surrounding Bitcoin and the imbalances that arise between a company's hub value, based on its holdings of Bitcoins, and the company's stock value. The combination of Bitcoin and an operation with ongoing and good cash flow, Andersen describes as a hybrid model.
Andersen believes that the beta performance of Bitcoin is going to be one of the better things you will find in the coming years. “It is a force that you do not want to go short in. It has been very stupid for the last ten years and will be even stupider in the next ten years,” says Andersen, who believes it is necessary to create added value beyond Bitcoin holdings alone, he says.
- We believe that whoever wins in the long run, and who can still be here in 10-15 years, must at some point make money. Therefore, we are looking at less profitable companies with cashflow, where you can use the company's cash flow to buy Bitcoin and thus build a solid equity portfolio,” Andersen says.
The Finpeers boss is absolutely convinced that the best companies will be the ones that earn the most Bitcoin. - It will be extremely difficult for others to compete, and everything will eventually be benchmarked against Bitcoin. But if you can't prove that you can beat Bitcoin, it's just as good to own Bitcoin only.
The Finpeers entrepreneur is also aware that it remains for him and the company to prove. - I take one day at a time, but it is now about delivering, first by launching Bitcoin Equity, then building a capital market on top of Bitcoin in the form of tokenization and finally having family offices become the primary capital that helps fund the strategy.
Below is the video interview (in Norwegian) and a timeline.
00:00 Welcome to Sander Andersen, Finpeer
00:57 Why establishment in Switzerland?
01:35 Mission to democratise private equity
02.13 Tokenization of Real World Assets
03:11 What now - what is Bitcoin Equity?
04:40 Starting with Bitcoin
06:14 A hybrid model?
08:22 New investment company
09:49 Who are the investors?
11:48 Bitcoin and private equity
14.18 Benchmarking against Bitcoin
15:03 What is the value?
16:45 What if Bitcon goes down?
18:27 Bitcoin and equity in the same product
20:10 Tokenization as a primary strategy
22:04 Investment and exit strategy
23:42 Bitcoiners and Decentralized Mission
25:59 Sander's plan and journey
27:33 Turning point in traditional finance?
29:24 Where are you going?
The trend of accumulating Bitcoin on the balance sheet continues with unabated vigor and momentum. But Finpeers and Sander Andersen will combine Bitcoin & Private Equity. “Bitcoin is Private Equity on steroids,” he says in a video interview with Kaupr.
In the interview, Andersen says that Finpeers still has a mission to democratize private equity through tokenization, but notes that the biggest challenge related to private equity and tokenization is low liquidity. By combining Bitcoin on its balance sheet, and companies with a good, ongoing cash flow, Andersen sees a new opportunity.
The first thing we are going to do is accumulate Bitcoin on the balance sheet, secondly to loan this inventory and, thirdly, to use both bitcoin and the equity of the company as collateral to obtain better loan terms. This is a model that Finpeers has also developed in close collaboration with family office customers, who have been Finpeer's primary target audience since its inception.
For Finpeers, Bitcoin Equity is not only a strategy, but also the name of the first company to realize the strategy. Before long, Bitcoin Equity will be launched and available in the first-hand market.
Although Finpeers now defines itself as a “Bitcoin Treasury Company”, its business model is not to profit from the volatility surrounding Bitcoin and the imbalances that arise between a company's hub value, based on its holdings of Bitcoins, and the company's stock value. The combination of Bitcoin and an operation with ongoing and good cash flow, Andersen describes as a hybrid model.
Andersen believes that the beta performance of Bitcoin is going to be one of the better things you will find in the coming years. “It is a force that you do not want to go short in. It has been very stupid for the last ten years and will be even stupider in the next ten years,” says Andersen, who believes it is necessary to create added value beyond Bitcoin holdings alone, he says.
- We believe that whoever wins in the long run, and who can still be here in 10-15 years, must at some point make money. Therefore, we are looking at less profitable companies with cashflow, where you can use the company's cash flow to buy Bitcoin and thus build a solid equity portfolio,” Andersen says.
The Finpeers boss is absolutely convinced that the best companies will be the ones that earn the most Bitcoin. - It will be extremely difficult for others to compete, and everything will eventually be benchmarked against Bitcoin. But if you can't prove that you can beat Bitcoin, it's just as good to own Bitcoin only.
The Finpeers entrepreneur is also aware that it remains for him and the company to prove. - I take one day at a time, but it is now about delivering, first by launching Bitcoin Equity, then building a capital market on top of Bitcoin in the form of tokenization and finally having family offices become the primary capital that helps fund the strategy.
Below is the video interview (in Norwegian) and a timeline.
00:00 Welcome to Sander Andersen, Finpeer
00:57 Why establishment in Switzerland?
01:35 Mission to democratise private equity
02.13 Tokenization of Real World Assets
03:11 What now - what is Bitcoin Equity?
04:40 Starting with Bitcoin
06:14 A hybrid model?
08:22 New investment company
09:49 Who are the investors?
11:48 Bitcoin and private equity
14.18 Benchmarking against Bitcoin
15:03 What is the value?
16:45 What if Bitcon goes down?
18:27 Bitcoin and equity in the same product
20:10 Tokenization as a primary strategy
22:04 Investment and exit strategy
23:42 Bitcoiners and Decentralized Mission
25:59 Sander's plan and journey
27:33 Turning point in traditional finance?
29:24 Where are you going?
