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Solidus' History

Our Track Record Precedes Us.

Dawn of Solidus Capital

Solidus rolls out large-scale bitcoin mining operations across three continents

Quickly became PoW Mining Authority at the time.

Mining farms were the first of its kind and the largest in the region.

Strategic investors showed interest in the group, which grew immensely within the first years.

Operations expanded to EU and US.

First Services for UHNWIs

Wealth Management, Liquidity and Funds became the focus

Solidus deployed one of the first long-only Digital Assets Funds with three SFOs from Latam.

A Prop Trading desk was developed, achieving +1,000% gains outperforming BTC.

Solidus begun to advise Family Offices and Capital Groups across LATAM, establishing itself as the preferred group in the matter.

The group’s strategy focuses on Education and Access to the Ecosystem.

Liquidity On/Off Ramps

Solidus launches an institutional-grade Liquidity Desk for Sophisticated Investors and Corporations adapted to Latam markets

The OTC Desk gains traction within LATAM's Private Wealth segment, focusing on offering whiteglove services.

Corporations start to perform stablecoins international payment tests.

Multiple Custodians are integrated into the operational and technical stack, offering additional redundancy and risk mitigation.

Solidus closes the year 2021 with six Funds and SPVs successfully closed for which US$ +35M were raised.

Wealth Management

A breakthrough in Digital Assets is developed: Digital Assets Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs)

The group receives an Advisory License from the BVI and begins offering Wealth Advisory services in Digital Assets.

SMA Accounts AUMs grow with investors finally being able to own the asset class themselves through a regulated, integrated and seamless product.

New key veteran hires from Private Wealth and Digital Assets join Solidus Capital.

Solidus closes the year 2021 with six Funds and SPVs successfully closed for which US$ +35M were raised.

Wealth-Tech Platform

In order to scale up, Solidus decides to launch a first-of-its-kind, Digital Assets Marketplace for Wealth Advisors

Solidus develops an in-house Wealth-tech Digital Assets-only MVP for internal use plugged to multiple key vendors.

Solidus officially launches the first-ever Digital Assets-focused Multi-Family Office for the Offshore Private Wealth Segment.

Solidus is granted a Money Transmitter License and a Registered Investment Advisory License, in the State of Florida, USA.

Solidus is the first member in the region accepted to the Association for Digital Asset Markets and the US Digital Chamber of Commerce.

Solidus beta-tests its MVP with Offshore Independent Wealth Advisors, to be rolled out as a Whitelabel Product into the market.

Leadership

Carlos Mosquera

Co-Founder & CEO

Mr. Mosquera deployed one of the world's largest industrial-scale BTC mining operations in the US in 2013. Developed a Digital Assets Prop Trading strategy that generated +4-digit earnings. In late 2015, the first Solidus fund was created with three Family Offices from CentralAm 2015.

In 2018, he founded Solidus OTC, the first institutional-scale crypto/fiat Trading Desk in LATAM. Member of the Satoshi Roundtable Group. C4 Consortium certified Bitcoin expert, frequent panelist at international conferences.

Horacio Gandara

Co-Founder & COO

Mr. Gandara is a serial entrepreneur with a B.A. in Administration and a Master in Marketing. He launched a clothing retail chain at the age of 22, which reached more than US$ 20M in annual sales. In 2013, he implemented one of the largest industrial-scale Bitcoin mining operations in the US, Poland, and LATAM. He is a sophisticated investor who has executed arbitrage strategies in different markets and currencies. Since 2013 he is a real estate investor in LATAM.

Eduardo Sacco

Chief Infrastructure Officer

Chemical Engineer, B.A. in Administration, Investment Advisor. Citibank; 'BNC International'; worked at and co-founded various BDs and IAs; has aided in restructuring investment portfolios, co-managed international fixed income trading desks, and helped to develop and manage an asset management division through Smith Barney's International Branch in NY. Has advised financial institutions in the US, LATAM, and the Caribbean. FO.

Juan Carlos Mosquera

VP of Operations

Mr. Mosquera is a Telecom engineer with 10+ years in the IT and energy industries. Served as Senior Lead Engineer for GE, managing numerous high-scale energy projects throughout the EU, helping reduce the CO2 footprint of utilities across the region, and implementing digital solutions for remote asset monitoring. He developed a new method of Earth Fault localization on MV networks with an Autocorrelation Function. Mr. Mosquera has been investing in Digital Assets since 2014.