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Tristan Pollock
Entrepreneur in Residence at DAO
San Francisco, California
Overview
Tristan Pollock is a Movement Builder based in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in venture capital, angel investing, and expertise in areas like cryptocurrency and NFTs. Notable highlights of his career include founding Shisharka Skunk Works and serving as a Venture Partner at 500 Startups, where he invested in successful companies like BacklotCars.
Currently, Tristan is the Founding Partner at Cool Climate Collective, showcasing his leadership in the startup ecosystem and his commitment to supporting innovative ventures in sectors like Smart Cities/UrbanTech and Web3/Crypto.
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2025 - Current
Founding Member
2024
District is an exclusive membership community for the world’s top founders, investors and c-level operators.
Founding Partner
2021
Invested $2.1M into 15 climate tech startups (and counting), supporting their journey with a collective-focused approach and network of 1.5K angel investors.
Founder
2018
Right now, I'm building an AI-powered tool to help people own their voice online—and advising startups on how to grow smarter, fund faster, and tell stories that actually stick.
CEO
2021 - 2025
Scaled a crypto project to over 1.2 million community members/holders and 300M market cap at ATH, including $4.3 million donated to kids in need.
Head of Community
2020 - 2021
Building a movement around the future of inclusive tech teams and the startups they power.
Venture Partner / EIR
2014 - 2020
Co-directed the $65M Fund IV into 400 startups via seed fund and accelerator investments while also consistently coaching founders on growth strategies.
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.
Entrepreneur In Residence
2019 - 2019
Coached accelerator and portfolio companies on growth strategies.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Founder & COO
2012 - 2016
Built company from the ground up to millions in revenue, raising $10M in funding from top Silicon Valley investors (AngelPad, Spark Capital, GaryV, Nas), and leading the acquisition to OuiOpen.
Sharing Economy Advisory Board
2014 - 2016
Guided city regulators around the emerging sharing economy and the best way to work with tech companies in order to promote urban innovation.
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2004 - 2008
AP5
2012 - 2012