LAPIS CAPITAL

We invest beyond the horizon.

Investing in the world after AI

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Founders

The founders behind the platform.

Abdul Rahman, Steffen and Haydn lead Lapis Capital as Co-GPs and launch partners. Day-to-day investment management and operations are led by the fund's dedicated management team.

Mr Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Jasmi

Mr Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Jasmi

Co-GP

BahrainReal Estate · Investments

Chairman of Daheyat Al Areen Real Estate Development. Board Member at 2 Seas Investments Co WLL. Decades of leadership across real estate development and institutional investments in the GCC.

Daheyat Al Areen Real Estate Development

Chairman · Real estate development

2 Seas Investments Co WLL

Board Member · Institutional investments

GCC institutional leadership
Steffen Bassler

Steffen Bassler

Partner & Co-GP

MBA · EBS GermanyCredit Suisse · Arthur D. Little

Current CEO of SwissOne Capital. MBA in Entrepreneurship & Finance, European Business School (EBS) Germany. 15+ years in investment banking as European Head at Credit Suisse. Strategy and corporate finance consultant at Arthur D. Little. Career foundation through international trainee programme at Daimler Financial Services AG.

SwissOne Capital

Current CEO · Swiss regulated asset manager

swissone.capital

Credit Suisse

European Head · 15+ years investment banking · Senior institutional relationships across Europe

15+ years · European institutional finance
Haydn Snape

Haydn Snape

Launch Partner

MSc Economics · LSEHSBC · Barclays · JP Morgan

Launch partner of SwissOne Capital (2018, $10M AUM, Swiss regulated). CEO & Founder of Decentralised Investment Group ($40M AUM). Masters in Economics from the London School of Economics. Investment banking career spanning HSBC, Barclays, and JP Morgan.

SwissOne Capital

Launch partner · 2018 · $10M AUM · Swiss regulated

swissone.capital

Decentralised Investment Group

CEO & Founder · $40M AUM · Institutional crypto & blockchain

decentralisedinvestment.com

$50M+ in funds launched

Abdul Rahman and Steffen serve as Co-GPs alongside launch partner Haydn. The fund's investment management and daily operations are led by a dedicated professional management team.


The Thesis

The world is changing. Most funds haven’t noticed.

01

AI dismantles every mental model

Cognition becomes a commodity. Every knowledge-intensive industry reprices toward zero marginal cost.

02

Fiat currencies fracture

Governments print to fund the transition. Dollar blocs form. Weak EM currencies face existential pressure.

03

Labour disappears

Physical and cognitive work both automated. UBI becomes political necessity, not ideology.

04

Capital concentrates

When labour earns nothing, all returns flow to owners of land, compute, energy, and IP.

05

Wealth is redefined

Access replaces accumulation. The middle of every market collapses.


The Platform

Two businesses. One platform.

Thematic AI Fund


  • $10M AUM at launch
  • Cayman exempted LP structure
  • All asset classes, Americas focus
  • AI-assisted portfolio construction
  • 1.5% management fee · 20% carry · 8% hurdle

Integrated Exchange


  • Crypto ↔ fiat conversion
  • USD/ARS arbitrage desk
  • LatAm cross-border FX corridors
  • Paraguay SEPRELAD regulated
  • Revenue from day one

The exchange funds operations while the fund builds its track record.


AI-Native Operations

We don’t just invest in AI. We run on it.

Pattern recognition


AI systems process macro signals, sentiment, and flow data at a scale human analysts cannot match.

Augmented judgment


Human portfolio managers retain full decision authority. AI surfaces what they cannot see alone.

Proprietary flow data


Exchange transaction volume provides real-time intelligence on LatAm USD demand — a macro signal unavailable to any other fund.


Track Record

Built by founders who have done this before.

Daheyat Al Areen Real Estate Development Fund


  • $70M fund
  • Established 2007 · Based in Manama, Bahrain
  • Private company · Trading Companies sector
  • Chaired by Co-GP Abdul Rahman Al Jasmi
  • Institutional GCC capital

SwissOne Capital


  • Co-founder & launch partner, 2018
  • $10M starting AUM
  • Institutional crypto asset manager
  • Swiss regulated (Baar ZG, Switzerland)
  • Three active funds: Smart Top 50 Crypto Index, Smart Metaverse ETI, Smart Defensive ETI

swissone.capital

Decentralised Investment Group (DIG)


  • CEO & Founder
  • $40M AUM
  • Institutional crypto / blockchain investment

decentralisedinvestment.com

$120M+ in funds launched across three vehicles


Lapis Capital trading floor at night, overlooking Puerto Madero

Headquarters

On the waterfront of Buenos Aires.

Our trading floor sits in Puerto Madero — Argentina's financial district — overlooking the Río de la Plata and the Puente de la Mujer.

Address

Juana Manso 555, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Legal Structure

Built for institutional capital.

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Uruguay


Platform Holdco (SAS) · Territorial tax · International credibility

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Cayman Islands


Fund LP + GP · CIMA registered · Exempted LP structure

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Paraguay


Exchange SA · SEPRELAD VASP · 10% IRACIS corporate tax

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Argentina


Advisory SRL · Juana Manso 555, Puerto Madero · Research & market access