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Rashaun Williams

Limited Partner at Atlanta Falcons

Atlanta, Georgia

Overview 

Rashaun Williams is a Guest Shark on ABC's Shark Tank and a Venture Capitalist with a diverse investment portfolio that includes companies like SpaceX, Instacart, and Airbnb. He is also a limited partner in the Atlanta Falcons ownership group and has held leadership roles at prominent financial institutions like Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. Williams' career highlights include being a General Partner at Manhattan Venture Partners, where he managed multiple funds, and founding Queensbridge Venture Partners, LLC. His current role involves strategic investments in a wide range of companies at various stages of growth, demonstrating his expertise in finance, asset management, and corporate finance.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & Chief Investment Officer

    2025 - Current

    Harbinger Sports Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in minority stakes of North American sports franchises. Our team has strong ownership and operating experiences in these franchises over the last 25 years. We also have significant experience investing in illiquid minority stakes of private companies in the secondary market.

  • Chairman & Founder

    2012

    Value Investment Group is a single family office focused on alternative investments in private equity and venture capital. VIG has done over 170 investments with over 50 exits. Our strategy is focused on consumer products, tech, professional sports teams and home services / specialty contractors.

Value Investment Group is a single LP private family office focused on influencer-backed private equity

  • Limited Partner in the Atlanta Falcons ownership group

    2024

  • General Partner - MVP All-Star Fund I, II, III, IV

    2016 - 2025

    Rashaun served as General Partner of the MVP All-Star Funds which is a late stage tech fund. MVP has four funds, Allstar Fund I, II, III & IV. He brings to MVP extensive investing and corporate finance expertise. He was a Founding Partner at QueensBridge Venture Fund, which he helped launch in 2013 and managed with other partners including rapper and hip-hop icon Nasir “Nas” Jones. Queensbridge invested in startups such as Dropbox, Lyft, Seatgeek, Casper and General Assembly. Rashaun also manages Value Investment Group, a private investment and consulting firm focused on influencer-backed private equity and value investing, particularly in the consumer products, tech, media, entertainment, financial services and infrastructure.

  • Founding General Partner

    2014 - 2016

    The QueensBridge Fund is a venture capital fund focused on co-investment opportunities with leading VCs and disruptive technologies and has had over 20 exits to date. While managing QBVP Rashaun led investments with nine exits (Shift, Synata, Bluebox, Luxola, Bond, Whistle, RadPad, Pantry, Tilt). Other investments include Dropbox (series C), Lyft (series D), Casper (seed), Parachute Home (seed), Ring (series A), SeatGeek (series B), General Assembly (series C), NationBuilder (series B).

QueensBridge Venture Partners invests in technology companies in highly competitive and visible markets.

  • Director

    2010 - 2012

    Institutional Sales of alternative investments, private placements and Fixed Income Securities to Banks, Wealth Managers, RIAs, Family Offices, Pension Funds and Money Managers. Interest Rates products desk salesman covering institutional accounts for treasuries, agencies, swaps, options and SSAs. Fixed Income Sales & Trading. Los Angeles and New York.

DB Capital Ventures invests in early-stage and emerging growth businesses and is a venture capital firm based in New York.

  • Director

    2004 - 2009

    Fixed Income & alternative investments Instutional Sales in the midwest covering middle market Banks, Wealth Managers, RIAs, Family Offices, Pension Funds and Money Managers. Represented middle market investors in the Midwest interested in investing in alts, private placements and fixed income securities. Institutional Sales & Trading. From Bonds to CDS, to ABS, CMBS and CDOs

Wells Fargo & Company is a financial services firm that provides banking, insurance, investments, and mortgage services.

  • Analyst

    2001 - 2004

    Fixed Income Sales & Trading. Institutional Credit Sales in midwest covering midwest money managers, insurance companies, hedge funds and mutual funds.

Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.

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