Alan Howard’s Son Starts a Crypto Venture Fund With Colleague

Alan Howard, the British hedge-fund billionaire, isn’t the only crypto advocate in the family. His son, Daniel Howard, and a colleague have raised $25 million for a new venture-capital fund that will focus on the digital-asset sector.

Halo Capital, based in New York, was officially announced this week by the 27-year-old Howard and Bhavin Vaid. Both were most recently at crypto-focused private equity firm 10T Holdings.

Daniel Howard, left, and Bhavin Vaid.

Source: Halo Capital

In an interview, the pair said they want to bring the mindset of growth investors to early-stage projects. Unlike many venture investors in crypto that concentrate on a specific ecosystem such as ...