KCOIN CAPITAL LP
45+ years of combined institutional trading experience.
The BKCoin Capital team brings asset management and trading experience from AllianceBernstein, JP Morgan, Merril Lynch, and multiple hedge funds.
TEAM
Carlos Betancourt
Founding Principal
Carlos is a founding principal of BKCoin Capital LP. He oversees the firm’s daily operations and legal, compliance, and research staff report to him.
Prior to founding BKCoin Capital, Carlos was the Founder and Managing Director of Yorkville Commodities, a full-service physical commodities brokerage and consulting company that offered financing services to small and medium-sized companies within energy, mining, and natural resources industries in North America and LATAM. His previous experience includes working at AMCI Group as a Commodities Manager, KCM Asset Management as an Equity Analyst, and The Newport Group as a Business Analyst.
Carlos is actively involved in helping current students from his alma mater’s prestigious Roland George Investment Program develop skills to become successful professionals. As a former Division I student-athlete, he enjoys an active lifestyle and participates in several sports leagues in NYC.
Carlos earned his B.A. in Finance and MBA with a concentration in Finance from Stetson University. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Papiamento.
Kevin Kang, CFA
Founding Principal
Kevin is a founding principal of BKCoin Capital LP. He shares the daily management and trading responsibilities for the fund.
Prior to founding BKCoin Capital, Kevin was the portfolio manager and trader at an NYC-based fund, managing over $4 billion in multi-asset portfolios specializing in US equities and fixed income. His experience includes being Associate Portfolio Manager at AllianceBernstein in NYC. During his tenure at AllianceBernstein, he effectively collaborated with multiple portfolio managers in managing the largest US equities’ product by AUM. Additionally, he successfully implemented investment decisions and efficiently oversaw the firm’s daily positioning of its $40 billion portfolio.
Kevin is a CFA® charterholder and earned his B.A. in Finance from Stetson University. He is fluent in English and Korean.
Justin Simmons
Advisor
Justin M. Simmons is an equity trading specialist with over 14 years of experience focusing on small-cap companies and technical analysis. Justin believes blockchain technology and crypto assets offer the greatest potential for long-term wealth creation since the commercialization of the Internet. Blockchain technology has the potential to be a major disrupter within the money transfer/remittance and banking industries, as well as, the central banking and fiat currency model. Given this outlook, Justin believes early investors in the space stand to generate significant generational wealth.
Justin is currently trading both domestic and international equities at Gilder Gagnon & Howe Co. Previously, Justin worked at Evercore ISI as a sales trader and small-cap specialist and at JPMorgan on the sales and trading desk.
In his free time, Justin works with an E-commerce Business Development and Mentorship Group helping those looking to create cash flow generating assets and is an investor in a real estate FinTech startup. He is a mentor to youth in New Jersey through the Garden State Scholars Investment Club teaching financial and investment literacy. Justin is an active member of the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) New Jersey Alumni Chapter and serves on the executive board helping the chapter raise money to provide scholarships to deserving students in New Jersey attending Florida A&M. Justin lives in New Jersey with his wife Chloe and two sons Justin Jr “J.J.” and Bryce.
Justin earned his B.A. and MBA with a concentration in finance from Florida A&M University.
45+ years of combined institutional trading experience.
The BKCoin Capital team brings asset management and trading experience from AllianceBernstein, JP Morgan, Merril Lynch, and multiple hedge funds.
TEAM
Carlos Betancourt
Founding Principal
Carlos is a founding principal of BKCoin Capital LP. He oversees the firm’s daily operations and legal, compliance, and research staff report to him.
Prior to founding BKCoin Capital, Carlos was the Founder and Managing Director of Yorkville Commodities, a full-service physical commodities brokerage and consulting company that offered financing services to small and medium-sized companies within energy, mining, and natural resources industries in North America and LATAM. His previous experience includes working at AMCI Group as a Commodities Manager, KCM Asset Management as an Equity Analyst, and The Newport Group as a Business Analyst.
Carlos is actively involved in helping current students from his alma mater’s prestigious Roland George Investment Program develop skills to become successful professionals. As a former Division I student-athlete, he enjoys an active lifestyle and participates in several sports leagues in NYC.
Carlos earned his B.A. in Finance and MBA with a concentration in Finance from Stetson University. He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Papiamento.
Kevin Kang, CFA
Founding Principal
Kevin is a founding principal of BKCoin Capital LP. He shares the daily management and trading responsibilities for the fund.
Prior to founding BKCoin Capital, Kevin was the portfolio manager and trader at an NYC-based fund, managing over $4 billion in multi-asset portfolios specializing in US equities and fixed income. His experience includes being Associate Portfolio Manager at AllianceBernstein in NYC. During his tenure at AllianceBernstein, he effectively collaborated with multiple portfolio managers in managing the largest US equities’ product by AUM. Additionally, he successfully implemented investment decisions and efficiently oversaw the firm’s daily positioning of its $40 billion portfolio.
Kevin is a CFA® charterholder and earned his B.A. in Finance from Stetson University. He is fluent in English and Korean.
Justin Simmons
Advisor
Justin M. Simmons is an equity trading specialist with over 14 years of experience focusing on small-cap companies and technical analysis. Justin believes blockchain technology and crypto assets offer the greatest potential for long-term wealth creation since the commercialization of the Internet. Blockchain technology has the potential to be a major disrupter within the money transfer/remittance and banking industries, as well as, the central banking and fiat currency model. Given this outlook, Justin believes early investors in the space stand to generate significant generational wealth.
Justin is currently trading both domestic and international equities at Gilder Gagnon & Howe Co. Previously, Justin worked at Evercore ISI as a sales trader and small-cap specialist and at JPMorgan on the sales and trading desk.
In his free time, Justin works with an E-commerce Business Development and Mentorship Group helping those looking to create cash flow generating assets and is an investor in a real estate FinTech startup. He is a mentor to youth in New Jersey through the Garden State Scholars Investment Club teaching financial and investment literacy. Justin is an active member of the Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU) New Jersey Alumni Chapter and serves on the executive board helping the chapter raise money to provide scholarships to deserving students in New Jersey attending Florida A&M. Justin lives in New Jersey with his wife Chloe and two sons Justin Jr “J.J.” and Bryce.
Justin earned his B.A. and MBA with a concentration in finance from Florida A&M University.