Joseph Naggar
Partner, Co-Chair of Risk Committee & Head of Digital Assets @ GoldenTree Asset Management
New York, United States
Joseph Naggar is a Partner at GoldenTree Asset Management. Mr. Naggar co-chairs GoldenTree’s Risk Committee and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. Mr. Naggar is also Head of Digital Assets at GoldenTree Asset Management and is a General Partner of GoldenChain, a wholly owned subsidiary of GoldenTree that manages the firm’s funds focusedon digital assets. Prior to joining GoldenTree, Mr. Naggar was a Managing Director at Morgan Stanley in its Global Fixed Income Division and Global Principal Credit Group. Mr. Naggar is a member of The MIT Sloan School Americas Executive Board and serves on the advisory board of the MIT Center for Finance and Policy.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Joseph Naggar invests in
Stages Joseph Naggar invests in
Countries Joseph Naggar invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 3 (60%)
- FinTech 2 (40%)
- Cryptocurrency 2 (40%)
- Financial Services 2 (40%)
- Web3 1 (20%)
Stage
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (60%)
- Seed 2 (40%)
Country
- United States 2 (40%)
- Japan 1 (20%)
- Germany 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Hemi Labs
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Hemi (https://hemi.xyz) is a modular protocol that integrates Bitcoin and Ethereum to amplify and extend the core capabilities of the two leading blockchain networks. This offers a novel perspective on blockchain interoperability and scaling by approaching Bitcoin and Ethereum as components of a single supernetwork. The result providessecurity that exceeds that of Bitcoin (“superfinality”) and new levels of blockchain programmability, portability, and potential. Hemi was co-founded by Jeff Garzik (former Bitcoin core developer) and Max Sanchez (inventor of the Proof-of-Proof consensus protocol), and is surrounded by a team of renowned blockchain engineers, strategic partners and investors. | $15M / Seed / Aug 26, 2025 | |
Centrifuge
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Centrifuge is a decentralized operating system that provides the infrastructure and ecosystem to manage and invest in tokenized assets. Its system is used to power the financial supply chain and foster economic opportunity. It is also used by third-party service providers to create, consume, and interact with the data within the financial supplychain permitting easy creation of apps and functionality, helping businesses to transact on a global network while maintaining ownership of their data. | Venture - Series Unknown / Aug 26, 2025 | |
SushiSwap
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SushiSwap is a peer-to-peer, decentralized exchange that allows users to swap tokens, provide liquidity, and other DeFi services. The company is based in Japan and operates a decentralized finance liquidity provision platform. | $5.3M / Seed / Oct 06, 2022 | |
Concerto Card
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Concerto Card is a company created to power credit card partnerships that enhance the user and product experience for consumers and businesses. | $21.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 02, 2022 | |
Rift Finance
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Rift Finance is a decentralized protocol that supercharges DAO growth through restructured incentive frameworks. Rift allows DAOs to deploy governance tokens from their treasuries to deepen token liquidity without having to give up ownership. | $18M / Venture - Series Unknown / Feb 08, 2022 |
Co-Investors
YZi Labs
1 deal together
BlockBase Ventures
1 deal together
Breyer Capital
1 deal together
Crypto.com
1 deal together
DeFiance Capital
1 deal together
DNA Fund
1 deal together
About GoldenTree Asset Management
GoldenTree is an employee-owned, global asset management firm that specializes in opportunities across the credit universe in sectors such as high yield bonds, leveraged loans, private credit, distressed debt, structured products, emerging markets, private equity and credit-themed equities. GoldenTree was founded in 2000 and is one of the largestindependent asset managers focused on credit. GoldenTree manages over $48 billion for institutional investors including leading public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, insurance companies and sovereign wealth funds. GoldenTree is headquartered in New York and has offices in West Palm Beach, FL, Charlotte, NC, London, Dublin, Sidney, Singapore, Tokyo, and Dubai.
GoldenTree Asset Management Contacts
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Christopher Hayward
Partner, President & Chief Financial Officer
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Joseph Naggar
Partner, Co-Chair of Risk Committee & Head of Digital Assets
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Steven Tananbaum
Founder, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer
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Frank Gioia
Director, Head of Investment Compliance
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Kathy Sutherland
Partner & Chief Executive Officer
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FAQ
What does Joseph Naggar invest in?
Joseph Naggar invests primarily in Blockchain, FinTech and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Joseph Naggar last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Joseph Naggar closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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