A Blockchain Technology Solution to Prevent Gun Deaths
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Managing Director at GC, leading the Creation Fund for incubating and purchasing business, as well as leading early stage crypto and fintech investing. General Catalyst is a venture capital firm ($30B plus AUM) that has had the privilege to support great founders and teams behind companies like Anduril, Anthropic, Applied Intuition, AirBnb, Canva, Circle, Datto, DemandWare, Glean, Gitlab, Gusto, Helsing, Hubspot, Kayak, Livongo, Long Lake, Mercor, Nirvana, Ramp, Samsara, Snap, Stripe, Together AI and others.
General Catalyst partners with ambitious founders to drive resilience and applied AI from seed to growth.
Focus on Tagomi integration as well as strategy + standup for new products/offerings
Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.
Seed/ Early Stage Investments: Fintech: Ramp, AtoB, Power (acquired by Marqeta), Unit, Clara, Zip, Atomic Invest, Stark Bank, Seel, Relay Finance, Highnote, Savvy, Array, Ascend, Footprint, Arch, Fragment.dev, Payrails, Balance, Trucksmarter, Adaptive, Nomba, Stitch Money, Pine, Modern Life, Authentic, Keep, DolarApp, Sanlo, Frec, Comity, Yuno, Amplify Insurance, Column Tax, Argyle, Comun, Kanmon, Comulate, Flex, AiPrise, Vault, Azos, Arcana, Dub, and Zeal Crypto: Taxbit, Crossmint, Sardine, TRM Labs, Eigen Labs, Turnkey, Dynamic, Moonpay, Hang, Monad, Tenderly, Flowdesk, Exponential, Spectral, Artemis, Axiom, Fortunafi, Bridge (acquired by Stripe), Moonwell, Courtyard, Visible.xyz, Layer 3, Deform, Olympix, Kiln, Polymarket, Definitive, Rail, Superform, Allium, Renegade, Meanwhile AI: Harvey AI, Together AI, Codeium, Exa, Recraft, Cohere, Portrait Analytics, Kick, Raylu, Visual Electric, Gladia, Doppel, Morph Labs, Default, OpenLayer Startup Tooling & Other: Stytch, Neon, Sutro, Eraser Labs, Zip Security, Vantage, Standard Meterics, SecureFrame, Knock, Traba, Zbiotics, Claim, Notch, Veracity, Subject.com, Passes, Hubble Network, Healthy Together, Veracity
Tagomi was acquired by Coinbase in 2020 and is the first prime brokerage for digital assets. It is now a foundational piece of Coinbase Prime Brokerage, whose clients include Tesla, SpaceX, Blackrock, and others. Tagomi raised $28mm, with our largest backers being Founders Fund and Paradigm, as well as Pantera, Collaborative Fund, SV Angel, Elad Gil, Kal Vepuri, Charlie Songhurst, Lee Linden, Box Group.
Tagomi is a cryptocurrency trading platform that provides access to priced liquidity, low commissions, and maximized client return.
Raised $40,725,857.00 from ZhenFund and ZhenFund.
I worked on the two-person investment team with Kal Vepuri of Brainchild. Seed/Series A investments include blockchain (Blockstack, Filecoin, Algorand), consumer (Warby, Harry's, Sweetgreen, MIRROR), and tech (Docker, SeatGeek, ClassPass, Gusto) companies.
Focus on fintech partnerships.
Lake Swan Properties is a holiday home rental company.
Castanea Partners is a consumer focused private equity fund founded by two former CEOs of Neiman Marcus and has $1B under management. Buy-side associate.
Castanea is a private equity firm that invests in consumer brands and marketing services companies.
Raised $1,125,000.00.
Experience in operations, energy trading, risk, refining, chemicals. Received offer to return as Senior Associate.
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity