Brett Calhoun

General Partner & Co-Founder

2023 - Current

Building a top-tier Pre-Seed VC fund in middle America, investing coast-to-coast

Director of Ops and Founding Team (Scale)

2021 - 2022

We started the Scale accelerator (4 cohorts) that evolved into Redbud VC (new fund/investors) - we learned a lot

.

2024

Supporting our portfolio and acquisitions (steel, banking, tesla rental, etc.) through analytics, finance, and strategy

Adjunct Professor

2024

Adjunct Professor for AACE student venture fund https://business.missouri.edu/allen-angel-capital-education-program

Guest Contributor

2023

Advisor

2023

Co-Founder

2021 - 2023

Empowering veterans to be homeowners through access to capital. In the first year, we helped 900 veterans purchase a home. Scaled to over $1M ARR 12 months after launch.

Founder

2022

The Junction is a growing community of founders, investors, and ecosystem builders who are passionate about building tech startups in our flyover states. The mission of The Junction is to consolidate the thousands of tight flyover ecosystems into one family.

Founder

2024

Connecting Mizzou student and alum builders

Advisor

2021

Founding Team

2021

We are a SaaS fintech startup focused on solving awareness, lack of experts, and compliance for qualified small business stock for every name on a company's cap table. - Product of CapGains.com I help founders, employees, and investors realize the benefits of the Section 1202 and 1045 Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) 100% capital gains tax exclusion. We provide consulting, tools, and rollover opportunities.

Venture Partner

2022 - 2023

Venture Partner Program Cohort 9 Republic gives people power to invest in the future they believe in by providing access to startup, real estate, crypto, and video game investment opportunities. Focused on creating a diverse, sustainable, connected world, Republic and its affiliates have facilitated over $500 million in investments from over one million global community members. With a global team in six countries, Republic is backed by Galaxy Digital, The Motley Fool, Binance, Naspers, AngelList, and more. Republic Venture Partners collaborate across the startup ecosystem to support founders and their ideas. If you are a startup looking to raise capital from the crowd, message me here on LinkedIn!