Together we build bridges to a new era.
One team. Two worlds.
Bridge-builders between TradFi and Web3
Michael Geike
Read mathematics at Imperial College London, then traded derivatives at JP Morgan and built data-science teams at Zalando. Over a decade in distributed ledger technologies; co-founder and former CEO of the listed Advanced Blockchain AG.
Michael Geike
Michael is the team's specialist for blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. He read mathematics at Imperial College London. After years as a derivatives trader at JP Morgan, he built teams of data scientists at Zalando to optimise AI- and algorithm-based payment systems. He has worked with distributed ledger technologies for over a decade and has been involved in several blockchain ventures — including, in 2013, Europe's first listed company dedicated exclusively to cryptocurrencies and mining. Most recently he was CEO of the listed Advanced Blockchain AG, which he co-founded in 2017.
Edgar Heimbach
Managing director of 21 Oaks Capital, responsible for client business. Economist with an investment-banking career at Merrill Lynch, UBS, Deutsche Bank and WestLB, latterly head of WestLB's brokerage business in Düsseldorf.
Edgar Heimbach
Edgar is managing director of 21 Oaks Capital GmbH and primarily responsible for client business. After studying economics, he began his career as a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch, then worked in investment banking at UBS, Deutsche Bank and WestLB. In cash equity sales he served institutional asset managers, insurers and hedge funds, latterly heading WestLB's brokerage business in Düsseldorf. Since 2015 he has been an independent entrepreneur, advising mid-sized companies on sustainability, process optimisation and digitalisation.
Steffen Fuchs
Over 30 years in banking, including UBS Economics Research and management roles in equity sales at UBS and Deutsche Bank — latterly Managing Director responsible for Deutsche Bank's institutional equities business across Europe.
Steffen Fuchs
Steffen leads macro strategy in our team. After more than 30 years in banking — including UBS Economics Research and various management roles in equity sales at UBS and Deutsche Bank — he was most recently Managing Director responsible for all of Deutsche Bank's institutional equities business across Europe. Since 2016 Steffen has been an independent entrepreneur and author.
Boyan Georgiev
Business informatics (TU Munich), several years in the blockchain industry including Head of Research at Advanced Blockchain AG. Responsible for research and blockchain/DLT strategy.
Boyan Georgiev
Boyan leads research and blockchain/DLT strategy in our team. He studied business informatics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He has worked professionally in the blockchain industry for several years, including as Head of Research at Advanced Blockchain AG, where he also ran the incubation programme operated together with SOSV's blockchain arm dlab — producing many successful projects he still advises today.
Joshua Reimann
Business psychologist focused on the “evolution of money”. Founder and managing director of a consultancy and investment firm specialised in blockchain; long-standing advisor to the listed coinIX.
Joshua Reimann
In his thesis in business psychology, Joshua explored the “evolution of money” and discussed Bitcoin as digital gold. After his studies he advised German mid-market blockchain projects and, for years, a major German logistics group on digitalisation and automation. He founded and runs a successful consultancy and investment firm focused on the blockchain market, which also invests in promising German blockchain start-ups with real-world use cases. As an analyst he most recently advised the listed coinIX in Hamburg over several years.
Kyra-Marie Anderle
Dual master's (International Business & Business Analytics) from Hult International Business School. Built the digital-assets practice at the Dr. Giesen Family Office. At 21 Oaks she leads business development and the tokenisation of real-world assets (RWA).
Kyra-Marie Anderle
Kyra studied at Hult International Business School in Boston and San Francisco, earning two Master of Science degrees (International Business and Business Analytics). As co-founder of Nexa GreenTech GmbH she successfully built a company in sustainable products and technologies. She began her career at the Dr. Giesen Family Office, where she established and still leads the digital-assets practice. At 21 Oaks Capital, Kyra is responsible for business development and the tokenisation of real-world assets (RWA). Her expertise spans digital asset management, private equity, strategic business development and sustainable technology.
Harald Sporleder
Over 25 years in portfolio management, latterly Managing Director for Allianz Global Investors' European hedge-fund business. Today CIO and managing director at Lingohr & Partner Asset Management and an advisory partner to 21 Oaks.
Harald Sporleder
Harald is the team's specialist for managing and serving institutional client assets. After studying economics, he began his career at Dresdner Bank Asset Management. He has more than 25 years of portfolio-management experience and was most recently Managing Director for Allianz Global Investors' European hedge-fund business. Since December 2022 Harald has been CIO and managing director at Lingohr & Partner Asset Management. As a partner he is an active advisor to 21 Oaks Capital.
Bernd Reeker
On the Düsseldorf exchange since 1987, later running his own trading firm and co-founding a wealth manager. Today managing partner of an investment company and supervisory-board member of several corporations; an initiator of 21 Oaks Capital.
Bernd Reeker
Bernd began his career in 1987 on the Düsseldorf exchange at the broker Spütz AG, where over 15 years he was responsible first for bond trading and later proprietary trading. He then ran his own trading firm on the Düsseldorf exchange. In 1993 he was a founding partner of Packenius, Mademann & Partner Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH (a holding of Donner & Reuschel private bank). Today Bernd is managing partner of an investment company and supervisory-board member of several corporations. He is one of the initiators of 21 Oaks Capital and contributes his experience and network in an advisory capacity.
Pontis Oakwood
The first AI employee at 21 Oaks Capital — his face an amalgam of the whole team. On YouTube he explains complex topics around blockchain and AI: simple, precise and to the point.
Pontis Oakwood
The first AI employee at 21 Oaks Capital. His face is an amalgam of every team member — a face that carries the whole firm within it. On our YouTube channel, in his own playlist, he explains complex topics around blockchain, AI and the business models of the future: simple, precise and to the point. Pontis is present in our chat groups, learns every day from his colleagues, and gets better with every conversation. The further artificial intelligence advances, the more Pontis grows, too.
Alexander Höptner
CEO of AllUnity (a DWS, Flow Traders and Galaxy joint venture for a MiCA-regulated EUR stablecoin). Previously CEO of 100x Group (BitMEX) and Börse Stuttgart, which he turned into a pioneer of digital-asset trading.
Alexander Höptner
Alex is CEO of AllUnity, a joint venture of DWS, Flow Traders and Galaxy aiming to issue a fully regulated EUR stablecoin under MiCA. Until the end of 2022 he was CEO of 100x Group, the holding structure behind the BitMEX platform. Before that, from 2018, he was CEO of Börse Stuttgart and Euwax AG; under his leadership Börse Stuttgart became a pioneer of digital-asset trading and the first traditional EU exchange operator to offer crypto markets. Earlier he spent 15 years in senior roles at Deutsche Börse AG before founding two virtual-asset trading start-ups in 2016.
Leonard Dorlöchter
Co-founder of peaq, the decentralised Web3 network powering the Economy of Things. Several years building organisations, teams and products in the blockchain industry.
Leonard Dorlöchter
Leonard is a co-founder of peaq, the decentralised Web3 network powering the Economy of Things. With his co-founders he reimagines a future of automation-generated abundance and researches technologies for a fairer, more decentralised future in industry consortia such as Gaia-X moveID. In his six years in the blockchain industry, Leonard has built several organisations, teams and products.
Sandor Horvath
Engineer and architect, 15 years in the digital transformation of the construction and real-estate industry. Chairman of the “Bauform” data federation and founder of the “Web3 World Society” think tank.
Sandor Horvath
Sandor is an engineer and architect who has accompanied the digital transformation of the construction and real-estate industry for 15 years. He encountered blockchain in 2017 and led the focus areas of Web3 data economy and the industrial metaverse in academia. Since autumn 2024 he has chaired the European data federation “Bauform”, building the digital sovereignty of an entire industry together with its leading representatives. He is also founder and CEO of the “Web3 World Society” think tank, where he develops the ideology of decentralism toward a free, fair, sustainable and human-centred approach to future technologies.
The idea behind 21 Oaks Capital dates back to 2017 — the year of the ICOs, when the mainstream is first deliberately introduced to blockchain technology. In this period Germany's first listed public company built around distributed ledger technology is founded, Advanced Blockchain AG; Michael Geike is part of that community.
Co-founder Edgar Heimbach — for many years an institutional equity broker — takes notice. For an institutional project it was still too early at the time: the BaFin regulatory framework was missing.
That changes in 2021. Under Germany's Fund Location Act, institutional investors may allocate up to 20 % of their capital to digital assets. Steffen Fuchs and Harald Sporleder join. The goal: to give institutional investors access to digital assets in a traditional way — as a classic fund structure, managed in Germany and regulated by BaFin.
21 Oaks Capital sees itself as a bridge between the traditional “old” world of finance and the innovative “new” world of distributed ledger technologies.