Matt Hougan

EquBot LLC is an investment management company that utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to help investment professionals make better decisions. The company is based in San Francisco, CA and has subsidiaries in India. The company's proprietary platform, equbot, allows users to create or analyze portfolios using their machine learning algorithms and IBM Watson's natural language processing. EquBot was founded by Christopher Natividad, Art Amador, and Chida Khatua, with Chida Khatua serving as CEO since incorporation.

Bitwise ETF Trust engages in the cryptocurrency business. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Advisor Circle, Inc. is a media and events company that uses technology to serve the wealth management and wealthtech industries. Advisor Circle is based in Marlborough, MA. The company connects financial advisors, investors, fund managers, and wealthtech companies through in-person and digital events, one-to-one meetings, and networking programs. Advisor Circle provides data insights, analysis, research, and thought leadership to help financial professionals make informed buying decisions. The company was founded in 2020 by Matthew Middleton, John Swolfs, and Matthew Hougan, who have a successful track record of driving meaningful events for the financial advice and ETF industries over the last decade. Matthew Middleton has been the CEO since incorporation.

Bitwise Bitcoin ETP Trust is an exchange traded fund. Its investment objective is to seek to provide exposure to the value of bitcoin held by the Trust, less the expenses of the Trust's operations. The fund is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bitwise Asset Management, Inc. (Bitwise) is an independent crypto asset management firm headquartered in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded by Hunter Horsley and Hong Kim in 2017. Bitwise manages the crypto index fund (OTCQX: BITW) and pioneer products spanning bitcoin, Ethereum, DeFi, and crypto-focused equity indexes.

Metamarkets Group, Inc. provides price data and predictive analytics to publishers and web companies. It offers inventory discovery, marketplace monitor, and bid monitor. The company was founded by David Soloff and Michael E. Driscoll in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ETF.com LLC provides news, analysis and events for exchange-traded funds. It operates different publications in the field of ETFs and index-related investments. The firm which also provides conferences and events in the ETF space is majority-owned by its managing partners. The company was founded by James Wiandt in 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.