Wazuzu, Inc. is a holding company that creates value for its partners, customers, and stakeholders by leveraging a variety of innovative blockchain technologies. It is the brainchild of a broad group of unusually forward-thinking and experienced business builders.

Joseph E. Besecker is the founder and chairman of Emerald Asset Management PA, LLC, parent company to four subsidiary investment advisory firms. With more than 30 years of experience in the money management business, Besecker quickly recognized the transformative potential of digital collectibles. He teamed up with tech start-up veteran Paul Slaats of the private equity firm Milestone Partners, who has been integral to more than two dozen technology businesses, from inception to exit, including IPOs.

Seeing the application of blockchain technologies and tokenization across all aspects of the economy and understanding the need for regulatory compliance, they founded Wazuzu in 2020. Today, with a team possessing a unique combination of capital markets and business building expertise, Wazuzu is helping its clients exploit and accelerate all of the opportunities that tokenization represents. The Wazuzu team believes that blockchain technologies will transform existing business models and create some of the most useful and valuable asset classes in the history of the world -- unique, personal, digital, secure, and applicable in most every sphere of our lives.

The name Wazuzu is loosely based on the powerful Chinese myth of the nine sons of the Emperor Dragon, in which the dragons are seen as connectors between the ethereal, conceptual space and the unlimited potential of the real world. To the Wazuzu founders, tokenized assets represent something we could only dream of a few years ago – the ability of everyday people to generate unique content that is verifiable, permanent, unlimited in potential, and traded easily and without the need for formal markets.

Today, Wazuzu is building multiple verticals including:

• Wazuzu Services supports new companies with the expertise needed to succeed and helps already existing businesses speed conversion to the blockchain to maximize value, strengthen brands and enhance portfolios.


• Wazuzu Gaming is a blockchain-powered gaming platform focused on engagement, fun, learning, and philanthropy.


• Wazuzu Racing allows people to enjoy one of history’s most majestic and exclusive sports in a new way. Powered by a blockchain-based platform we build unique content and provide data intelligence for horse owners, breeders, and fans alike … allowing for fractional ownership along the way.


• Wazuzu Esports monetizes and promotes digital team gaming, builds the community, creates unique applications, and hosts multiple tournaments throughout the year.