Asta Commodity Trading AG is an investment firm specializing in algo & DeFi crypto strategies. By focusing on top-performing strategies while embracing maximum diversification and low-correlation, we mitigate exposure to crypto and equity market volatility, achieving robust returns
Diversified strategies
Multi-strategies ranging from DeFi and HFT/arbitrage to impulse/trend and DeFi
Low correlation
Between the strategies and traditional financial markets
Developed infrastructure
Wide range of partners – custodians, prime brokers, exchanges
Exceptional annual performance
Vastly outperforming virtually all other classes
Successful track record
Experienced team with decades-long experience in large-cap PE/VC/fund investments coupled with an extensive footprint and network in crypto
Current strategies
ARBITRAGE
Capitalizing on pricing inefficiencies across different instruments/exchanges to generate stable profits
HFT
Leveraging advanced high-frequency systems to benefit from minimal price fluctuations
TREND / IMPULSE
Identifying and acting on market trends and momentum movements for optimal timing and profitability
LONG / SHORT
Taking long positions on undervalued assets while shorting overvalued ones to capture asymmetric returns
DEFI
Arbitrage, yield farming, market-making. Focus on leveraged liquid staking and liquid restacking
Team
Marina Groenberg
Founder and CEO
Marina is a Founding Partner and CEO and manages strategic development of the Group. She is overseeing and supervising portfolio companies as a shareholder and often as a Board Member
Marina is a Swiss Citizen residing in Zurich with her husband Henric and their two daughters. With over 20 years of experience in the financial industry, she has worked with major investment banks and has held various management positions in financial as well as industrial private equity firms
She holds several seats at management as well as supervisory boards. Marina has vast experience in complex M&A transactions and holds master degrees in math, law and economics and speaks 5 languages
Henric Groenberg
Founder and CIO
Henric is a Founding Partner and CIO of the group. He is managing the second largest asset in the portfolio, namely Villa Reale di Marlia outside of Lucca, Italy, a historical park and museum
Besides this, he is overseeing the liquid portfolio and private investments of the group. Henric is a dual Swedish / Swiss citizen living in Zurich. Henric has an extensive career in asset management and private equity in Sweden, Norway and Switzerland
He holds a masters degree in economics and, being a passionate helicopter and fixed wing pilot, he has also been managing a small helicopter operation for the past decade
ASTA COMMODITY TRADING AG, a company incorporated and existing in accordance with the laws of Switzerland, registration number CHE-464.676.024, having its registered office at Mühlegasse 18, 6340 Baar (the “Manager”)