Chris Adamo
Managing Director at Arkive
Chris Adamo
Managing Director at Arkive
Miami, Florida
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Director
2023 - Current
Excited to announce that I’m joining the team at Arkive, the world’s first distributed museum curated + owned by a global community. My role will be to launch the Arkive Art Fund and our @ART brand as our Managing Director. Throughout my career, I've invested in, worked at or volunteered for countless organizations that have evolved the way communities thrive and interact. Combining my skill sets of community building, investing, curation, and being a conduit, I’m invigorated to expand upon what Arkive has created around the 🌎 Arkive has created a community of the most impactful leaders in arts & culture, and we are building one of the most important collections in history, while being continually showcased in public and private spaces. Our @ART instagram brand is diving deep into all things Art, and bringing our community into the mix IRL and Online. Art is for all and we are pushing that evolution daily. Unlike traditional museums, Arkive does not confine its collection of tier-one art to a single physical location. On average less than 10% of a museum’s collection is ever seen by the public at any given time, the rest sits in storage. Arkive is changing the museum model by 1) becoming the first investible museum - providing patrons the opportunity to own shares in the collection and 2) partnering with public and private spaces globally to showcase the works, with the aim of increasing their visibility, accessibilty, impact, & value. The Arkive fund will continue to work through the Arkive community to elevate, educate, and contextualize the significance of all our upcoming acquisitions, while always maintaining our commitment to placing as close to 100% of the works in context on public display. Over the past year, we have had art works featured at Art Basel Miami, SXSW, Davos, Paris, Milken, Mexico City, Los Angeles with the Getty Foundation, MMCA in Seoul, Korea, Grand Master Records, and the Calgary Central Library.
Head of Network, Family Office Relationships
2015
Leading our family office's relationships for co-investments and partnerships.
Co-Founder
2021
Apply to join our community: https://angel.co/s/flamingocapital/loz8K Led by a team of successfully-exited Miami founders + investors, Flamingo Capital sources top Venture deals based on local roots, provides access to top tier founders across the country that have made their way through Miami and from our deep network of venture capital investors around the world. Chris Adamo: Former 1800 Flowers.com exec (grew from 500m to 1b), Current Letterhead co-founder, Highly active angel investor and advisor in over 40+ startups Adam Garfield : Founder of Speedetab (sold to Wix), current VP at Wix Will Weinraub: Founder of Live Ninja (sold to IDT), current CEO + founder of On Chain Studios and Cryptoys We view each LP as an important part of the community. We strive to get to know all of you and engage in 2 way conversations to source/co-syndicate deals, provide value to the founders we invest in, and grow each other's networks. Should you have a founder we should meet, we encourage you to DM us to discuss syndication or have them submit their startup through this link. Being based in Miami has opened the doors to an extremely diverse set of founders and investors from all over the world. We plan to share our expansive network, extending access to opportunities that prior were inaccessible. We’re stage agnostic, as we invest equally across Pre Seed, Seed, Series A and later stage. Our plans are to open access to rounds that we ourselves are investing in or advising as we work closely with founders throughout their growth.
Investor and founding team
2021
An AI newsletter platform built for content and community. Most email tools are built for old-school, transactional marketing. That means duct-taping tools and complex workflows to build lasting relationships with your email list and convert those relationships into revenue. Letterhead puts all those capabilities in one place. My role is focused on partnership development across the entire organization. Let’s build better communities together!
Co-Founder
2020
We started The #MiamiTech Happy Hour to connect everyone in Miami who has a shared interest in Tech, when there were so many new interesting people moving to Miami. It began as a casual meetup during the loosening of the quarentine of 2020 and has blossomed into the go to weekly event in the #MiamiTech ecosystem! This is a recurring happy hour for new and old Miamians interested in connecting with fellow entrepreneurs, investors, tech folks, and a diverse group of awesome people. Come grab a drink and catch up! A few logistical details: We host this gathering every week, at the FREEHOLD - find us in the outdoor area! We normally start at 6 PM and It usually lasts for a few hours - come and go when works for you. There is street parking around the area. Often we have sponsors + panels (startups, VC's, Tech companies, public/private organizations, etc.) that want to support and connect with the Miami community! Here is a link to RSVP for each week and keep up to date on the programming: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-miamitech-happy-hour-tickets-156539589125 By attending, all participants commit to upholding and being subject to our Code of Conduct. By attending, participants also acknowledge and grant permission for the use of photographs they may appear in for promotional material by the organizers or sponsors. If you would like to rescind this permission, please contact us directly. Hope to see you soon! Natalia + Chris
Super Angel Partner
2023
Alumni Ventures collaborates with elite angel investors — a select group of co-investors chosen for their track record, sector expertise, and community connections.
Investor and Advisor
2022
Our mission is to give children a safe and positive community where they can find joy, develop healthy online relationships, and aspire to their greatest potential as tomorrow’s digital citizens. Zigazoo is a top-5 kids app on the Apple App Store and the world’s largest social network for kids. On Zigazoo, kids make video responses to challenges made by the world’s biggest children’s brands and share them with friends. We are American parents and teachers who get our inspiration from children and believe in the power of kid creations. We founded Zigazoo in 2020 to give parents the tools they need to make screen-time healthier, smarter, guilt-free, and joyful for families around the world. We invite you to the wonderful world of Zigazoo to have fun, learn, and enjoy time with your Zigazoo friends! In contrast to most social media platforms, Zigazoo prioritizes safety and positive interactions with our features that are carefully designed with your child in mind. Safety has been our first priority since day one. Zigazoo is KidSAFE COPPA Certified and 100% human moderated. All content has been diligently reviewed by Zigazoo’s moderation team to ensure only safe and age-appropriate content is being created by and shown to the Zigazoo community. Zigazoo has been featured in CNN, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Axios, Fortune, and the New York Times and has been praised by the likes of Scary Mommy and Moms.com. Zigazoo partners with the world’s most popular entertainment companies, sports leagues, publishers, celebrities, zoos, museums, award-winning musicians, athletes, and children’s brands to offer exciting content for kids to engage with, learn from, and share with friends! Our newest feature is that Zigazooers can earn digital and physical prizes for completing challenges! We can’t wait to see you on Zigazoo.
Investor and Senior Advisor
2021
Conscience VC invests into early-stage consumer companies embracing deep tech and data. Proud to build alongside such a future thinking team.
Strategic Advisor
2021
The shortcut to shopping. Get personalized inspiration, exclusive deals and pay how you prefer. Only in the Klarna app. If your brand is interested in partnering with Klarna, let’s chat.
Investor
2018
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is the creator of Fortnite, Unreal, Gears of War, Shadow Complex, and the Infinity Blade series of games. Epic's Unreal Engine technology brings high-fidelity, interactive experiences to PC, console, mobile, AR, VR and the Web. Unreal Engine is freely available at unrealengine.com. For the very latest on the studio, check out @EpicGames.
Education
MBA
2010 - 2011
B.S. degree
2000 - 2003