Bryant Hayward is an experienced portfolio manager, specializing in Venture Capital and Direct-Growth Investments. He has over 23 years of experience working with various clients, including Family Offices, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Pension funds, Institutional Banks, Wealth Managers, and Corporate Venture Partnerships. His focus lies in building custom Venture portfolios for his clients, including investments in the blockchain-crypto domain. Bryant works actively to produce outsized returns for his clients while mitigating risks and reducing investment costs. His niche lies in handpicking the best companies from various funds and building custom venture portfolios. He has worked with numerous Family Offices over the years, and his expertise can significantly improve investment allocation, venture exposure, and performance.

Bryant is an expert in asset allocation portfolios, and his approach is in line with the Yale/Endowment model. He believes that fortunes are built and made in down markets and collected in up markets. Bryant emphasizes the importance of DPI when measuring fund returns, as it measures how much capital has been returned back to investors. In addition, he evaluates the performance of existing investments, including underperforming assets that may be redeemed or liquidated, to build dry powder to invest in viable opportunities.

Bryant is a distinguished alumnus of Kemper Military School, Princeton University, Stanford University Graduate School of Business - Venture Capital Unlocked, and Aalborg Universitet. Previously, he's worked at Wells Fargo Private Bank, Morgan Stanley, Sequoia Capital, Citi, and Merrill Lynch.