Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

Red Beard Ventures Investor Elana Dickman and on making 200 investments through a syndicate

10 Nov 2022 · 1 min

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In this interview excerpt, the host asks about Drew Austin and Red Beard Ventures. The interviewee explains that Drew Austin is the founding and managing partner of Red Beard Ventures, which launched about two years ago with its first investment in SuperRare. Since then, the firm has made nearly 200 investments through a syndicate, including notable Web3 and crypto companies such as Sandbox, Dapper Labs, Wilder World, and Unstoppable Domains, among many others. Earlier in the year, Red Beard Ventures began raising a dedicated Web3/crypto fund targeting pre‑seed to Series A stages. Drew’s background includes founding an HR recruiting platform, being an active advocate in the Web3 space, launching an NFT project, and consistently investing in top Web3 and crypto firms.

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And to give our listeners some context, who is Drew Austin and can you speak more about Red Beard Ventures as a whole as well?
Yeah, for sure. So Drew is the managing and founding partner of Red Beard Ventures. It started about 2 years ago. The first investment was SuperRare. Since then, we've done now almost 200 investments through a syndicate. So we've invested in Sandbox, Dapper Labs, Wilder World, Unstoppable Domains, and you have to mention about 150, 200 others. And then earlier this year, we started raising a fund. So we're raising a specific to Web3 crypto fund right now, pre-seed to Series A. But yeah, Drew comes from just a founding background. He started an HR recruiting platform. He's a really big advocate in the Web3 crypto space, started an NFT project, and has been investing in the top Web3 crypto companies.