Ep. 63: Bridging the Alternatives Investment Gap

Brian Harstine, CEO and founder of Acquire, is an early adopter and fanatic of blockchain usage. Before he entered the financial services space, he worked in the film and entertainment industry which gave him a unique perspective while building his company.

Brian recognized a problem within the investment space, in which only accredited investors, private equity partners and industry insiders could access certain high-level investment opportunities. Powered by blockchain, he built Acquire to bring private equities to every investor and make investing more inclusive and accessible. 

Blockchain is built on an ethos of transparency, and Brian prioritizes protecting investors and holding his legal and compliance teams to the highest standards. By offering professionally-curated tokenized securities, he wants to create a bridge between traditional markets and the DeFi ecosystem that brings liquidity to the space and “makes people’s money work for them.”

In the next few years, Brian is excited about the opportunities surrounding blockchain. He says, “It’s inevitable that our systems are changing, it’s just a matter of when and how.” 

Check out this episode to learn more from Brian and Hunter on tokenized alternative securities and the movement toward a more inclusive investments space.

More About Brian

Brian is the Founder and CEO of Acquireinvest.com. Brian has served as a blockchain + securities strategist since 2013, with a background in business development and operational efficiency. Brian is an active UI/UX product-focused entrepreneur, designer, and marketer. Brian spent his early career in entertainment building his first company in entertainment, producing, packaging, and as a development specialist. Brian’s work with film and TV lead to selling projects globally with products in places like Sundance, Berlinale.

Brian’s first entertainment company has brought to market 250+ high end content projects. Later he leveraged his abilities for private media investment management for high net worth individuals and soon helping them first touch blockchain. This lead to his work in finance on various projects in several key sectors, Energy, infrastructure, and Tech where he has predominately spent the last 5 years in blockchain, specifically focused on securities.