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Tyler Knight

Founder of Vannevar Ventures

Austin, Texas

Overview 

Tyler Knight is the Solo GP at Vannevar Ventures in Austin, Texas, focusing on early-stage investments at the intersection of technology and innovation. With a background in venture capital and a strong track record of investing in companies across various sectors like GovTech, Material Science, and AI, Tyler has successfully led investments in companies such as Lightmatter, Cuby, and Mojo Vision. Tyler Knight's career highlights include founding Vannevar Ventures and showcasing expertise in early-stage investments and strategic business development, particularly in emerging sectors like Generative Tech/AI and EnergyTech. His role involves identifying and investing in promising startups, contributing to their growth, and leveraging his financial modeling and M&A skills to drive successful outcomes for both the companies and his firm.

Work Experience 

Vannevar Ventures

  • Founder & GP

    2023 - Current

    Named after "America's First CTO", Vannevar Bush, Vannevar Ventures is an early-stage VC fund and syndicate investing in the most ambitious founders on the planet mission-driven to modernize the technology infrastructure that powers the physical sectors and national security. In the wake of decades of domestic digitization and deindustrialization, (over)financialization and globalization, the great financial crisis, and COVID-19, there are macroeconomic, geopolitical, and technological forces converging into a tidal wave of change that will manifest in a generation-defining technology innovation cycle. Over the next decade, the highest density of power law returning venture-backed startups will come from the cohort innovating at the intersection of bits, atoms, and American Dynamism. https://vannevarventures.us/

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H.E.N.R.Y Collective

  • Founder & General Partner

    2021

    H.E.N.R.Y Collective venture syndicate with 2500+ LPs and rolling fund investing in early-stage venture-backed startups trailblazing the post-COVID economy. Invest in the H.E.N.R.Y Collective rolling fund for exposure to a portfolio of high-caliber venture-backed startups: https://angel.co/v/back/h-e-n-r-y-collective-ventures Join the 2500+ LPs in the H.E.N.R.Y Collective venture syndicate for deal-by-deal opportunities: angel.co/i/wtqwv Investments: Phoenix (YC W21), Loft Orbital, Natilus, Kiwi Biosciences, Mate Fertility, Aria Pharmaceuticals, Bumblebee Spaces, Cion Digital, Radicle Sciences, Here, Assembly OSM, US Bitcoin Corp, Bonsai, Flyp, Versus Game, Parcel, Coin.fi, Vylo, Cromatic, Nophin, Harmonic.ai, Elysium Health, Galoy, Analog, Earth AI, Maverick Biometals, Intramotev

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Moonshot Brands (YC W21)

  • Investor & Director of Strategy

    2021 - 2022

    Moonshot Brands enables founders of bootstrapped e-commerce businesses with liquidity, shared economics + upside in future growth, and an end-to-end growth platform. Our fundamental thesis is that, given the right resources, training, support, and product stack, the founders of these digitally native e-commerce businesses are best equipped to scale their business to the next level.

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Struck Capital

  • Investment Team

    2020 - 2021

    Founder-first capital for innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Struck Capital is a next-generation seed-stage venture capital firm based in Los Angeles. We support visionary founders that leverage core technology innovation to tackle the world’s largest problems. We lead seed investments sourced idiosyncratically through our robust network

Struck is a founder-first capital for innovative entrepreneurs.

struckcapital.com
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Arbor Advisors

  • Investment Banking Associate

    2018 - 2020

    Silicon Valley's Investment Bank - By Entrepreneurs, For Entrepreneurs: A team of former operators that advise entrepreneur led technology companies on growth equity financings and M&A opportunities

Arbor Advisors is a Silicon Valley based investment bank focused exclusively on growing technology & technology enabled companies.

arboradvisors.com
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Cappello Group, Inc.

  • Investment Banking Analyst

    2017 - 2018

    Full service, bespoke Investment Bank: Sell & Buy Side M&A Advisory, Equity & Debt Raises, Restructurings, Corporate Carveouts, Valuations, etc. Notable Transactions: Advised Prologic on their sale to Frontline Education: > $50M Advised SunStreet on their credit restructuring.

Head Harmony LLC

  • COO & Co-Founder

    2015 - 2016

    • A D2C Health & Wellness startup that provides neuroprotective capsules to those suffering from brain injuries / concussions and other neurodegenerative disorders

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