# kaal:claim:3002908-035

**Claim.** Fund type composition diverges across regions: in the United States hedge funds dominate the blockchain using sample, while in Europe venture capital funds clearly predominate.

**Type.** empirical  **Support.** evidenced

**Holds when.**

- n equals 105 funds classified by type

**Source quote.**

> the majority of private funds are hedge funds (10), tech funds (7), private equity (5), venture capitals (4) and others (2). In Europe, the distribution among the types of investors is different: the majority of the private funds identified are venture capitals (22)

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, *Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and* (2017), V. Data, page 28

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Marco Dell'Erba, Blockchain Innovation in Private Investment Funds - A Comparative Analysis of the United States and (2017). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3002908

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**Topics.** innovation, private-funds

**Keywords.** fund-types, venture-capital, hedge-funds, comparative-analysis

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- supersedes: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/2998033-037

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