Matt Halstead

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Matt Halstead is a Director with the Teachers Retirement System of Texas, one of the world's largest investment funds. AT TRS, he leads the firm's Digital Asset Investing practice, and manages a global portfolio of real estate investments with responsibilities including new investment origination and strategy development. In 2012, he co-founded Chocolaterie Tessa, an artisan chocolate company he launched with his wife. Prior to his current role, he was responsible for sales and business development for the Vines of Mendoza, a private vineyard, winemaking and hospitality business based in Argentina. Halstead began his career at Archon Capital and Goldman Sachs Real Estate Mezzanine Partners, performing due diligence and underwriting of high-yield real estate debt investments.

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Halstead leads the Digital Asset efforts of the firm, building the leading institutional investment business focused on early-stage investing.
He is responsible for identifying, underwriting and recommending potential fund and principal investments in most property types and strategies.
He also serves as a voting member of the Real Estate Investment Committee.
He was the winner of the 2021 TRS Excellence in Investing Award, a peer-determined award given to the most outstanding investor at TRS.

EARLY CAREER

As a sales manager and financial analyst at Vines of Mendoza, he was responsible for financial analysis, valuation, corporate accounting and investor relations.
He analyzed high-yield debt and preferred equity real estate investments, including direct originations and secondary market acquisitions, on behalf of Archon and Goldman Sachs.

MEDIA & APPEARANCES

Halstead has been a speaker at the Milken Institute and Consensus 2023 by CoinDesk, among others.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.

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