UPDATE — I'm now focused on ClimateTech investing via The Collective, a syndicate of climate-motivated operator investors who believe climate change is the biggest challenge and investment opportunity of this decade. Join us here.
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Hello, and welcome to my syndicate. I make advantageous investments into entrepreneurs and tech businesses that are capitalizing on growing trends.
Some of these current trends are Impact/ClimateTech, Crypto/Blockchain, Travel, and Remote Work.
My syndicate differentiates in 3 ways:
1 - I only invest in founders that I'm extremely passionate about, and who I believe are smart, ethical leaders.
2 - Thus, founders offer my syndicate better terms and early access. I also sometimes offer lower carry and minimum investments than most syndicates.
3 - Finally, the companies not only have exciting growth but are also truly bettering the world.
I focus on companies in these areas:
1 - Experiences - travel, vicetech, and other experiential companies.
2 - Creativity - empowering the creative class through content, art, music or otherwise.
3 - Frontier Tech - the future of technology. Think artificial intelligence.
4 - Marketplaces - distributing power. This includes the sharing economy.
About me:
I invest in and get early access to, founders who are genuine and know how to hustle in markets that I know well. I also coach every founder I invest in on fundraising and growth and bring many ex-founders to invest with me who know the industry. Sometimes I get better valuations, too.
*I've built and sold 2 companies.
*I've raised $10M as a founder and invested $30M as a VC.
*I've spent the past decade in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and around the globe working with startup accelerators, including Google for Startups, Techstars, and 500 Startups, watching the entire startup lifecycle occur again and again.
Thus, my selection process is carefully made as I look for startups that have legit and growing traction, a solid vision, and big potential. I'm opportunistic, what can I say.
Join me in partnering with founders who want to build movements around their companies.
More on me: www.tristanpollock.com
I source startups from my network and I syndicate all of my investment opportunities.