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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.

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