Camden Mcrae
General Partner at Cultivate Next
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2021 - Current
New Capital for the Next Waves of Innovation... [more soon]
Fund Manager & GP
2022
Leading the Chipotle fund focused on future of food across the value chain - from farm to store to door.
Cultivate Next is a venture fund that aims to make early-stage investments in strategically aligned startups.
Venture Partner & Advisor
2022
Co-Founder & General Partner
2019 - 2021
We are an early-stage venture fund that invests in the transformation of fundamental industries and processes.
Investor
2021
The Cap Table Coalition is made up of high-growth startups, VC firms, and emerging fund managers who want to work to close the racial wealth gap. If you are an underrepresented investor or a founder looking to pledge, join us! https://captablecoalition.com/ Inspired by the Act One Ventures Diversity Rider and Finix’s fundraising efforts to diversify startup cap tables, we're working to make it as easy as possible for everyone to join the movement.
Cap Table Coalition creates investment opportunities for traditionally marginalized investors.
Investor
2021
Manna Tree is a Vail, Colorado-based investment firm committed to improving human health through nutrition. The firm invests in and actively partners with growth-stage companies. We believe the future of health, well-being, and longevity is attainable through innovation in food. Manna Tree’s portfolio includes Evolve Biosystems, Gotham Greens, Health-Ade, Mycotechnology, Nutriati, The New Primal, Urban Remedy, Verde Farms, Vital Farms, Cheetah & Good Culture. www.mannatreepartners.com
Manna Tree invests in the future of human health, powered by food.
Investor
2021
Investing in Next Generation Consumer
Investor
2020
Freeflow is a venture firm focused on making pre-seed and seed-stage investments in new companies working to solve complex problems in human and planetary health, and which have a direct connection to the California Institute of Technology (“Caltech”) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (“JPL”), an operating division of Caltech, in Pasadena, CA. The GPs are David Fleck and Kevin Barrett, two longtime technology, life sciences and healthcare industry veterans who bring more than 50 combined years of technology and healthcare industry experience. Fred Wilson (Union Square Ventures), Chris Farmer (SignalFire) and Chris Douvos (Ahoy) represent the board of advisors and are also investors. To date our syndicate partners include: 8VC, Sequoia, Coatue, Catalio Capital Management, Nexus Venture Partners, OrbiMed, Embark Ventures, Dolby Family Ventures, Hillhouse Capital, Cultivation Capital, Techstars, Synovia Capital, Heritage, Wilson Hill, and Caltech.
Freeflow makes pre-seed and seed-stage investments which have a direct connection to Caltech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (“JPL”).
Investor
2020
Marcy Venture Partners (MVP) was Co-Founded by JAY-Z, Jay Brown and Larry Marcus. The firm has a passion for building game-changing consumer businesses and mass-market brands that resonate with culture across products and services, media and technology. We combine unique access, instincts, deep networks, operating and venture capital expertise to be long term partners in growth. MVP's portfolio companies embrace positive values including sustainability, empowerment, inclusivity, accessibility, convenience, health & wellness and personal expression. Our companies are led by top-tier management teams with clear vision, purpose and executional excellence. We lead or co-invest in companies that have meaningful brand values, high customer joy driven by an outstanding product, demonstrated growth and clear catalysts for the next level of scale.
Marcy Venture Partners is a venture capital firm investing in consumer, culture, and positive impact.
Leadership Team
2019
BLCK VC was formed to connect, engage, empower, and advance black venture investors by providing a focused community built for and by black venture investors.
Executive Committee
2018
Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs of Southern California is a Stanford Alumni Association group that seeks to unify and enrich the startup ecosystem by facilitating investment, education and mentorship opportunities for entrepreneurs and alumni investors.
Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs of Southern California is building Stanford's Startup Community in Southern California.