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

Why did Red Beard Ventures Investor Elana Dickman transition from consulting to venture?

9 Nov 2022 · 1 min

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Elana Dickman moved from consulting to venture by diving into crypto and Web3. She built a personal portfolio investing in companies like SpaceX and Rainbow, bought her first NFT, and became a content creator advocating for women in crypto. Meeting Drew Austin at NFT NYC led her to source Web3 deals and shift fully into venture investing.

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I would love to talk more about your transition from consulting to venture as well.
Yeah, so I've been investing in crypto for a couple years. It was kind of always a side passion. And then I switched to a startup after Australia in LA. But on the side, I was looking and subscribing to different syndicates. So the syndicates would send me different startups. I'd look at what they were building. And I started just investing in different companies. One specifically I always followed, their name's HyperGwap. Mm-hmm. And so I invested in SpaceX and Rainbow and Alt and Atoms, and I started just getting a startup portfolio. And then I got really deep down just the Web3 crypto rabbit hole. So got my first NFT, then started investing, started becoming a content creator and kind of an advocate for women in this space. And then I went to NFT New York City last year and met Drew Austin and started sourcing deals for him. Specifically in the Web3 crypto space.