Craig Wilson
Founder of The Crop Project
Brooklyn, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Executive Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
2024 - Current
Oversee school’s Institute for Invention, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (IIIE) - which includes all 3 current Future Labs (Urban, Data, Veterans), the NYC Media Lab, FLAX Venture Studio, and a range of other entrepreneurial activities.
Adjunct Professor
2020
Department of Technology Management & Innovation
Manging Director of NYU Tandon Future Labs
2014 - 2023
The NYU Tandon Future Labs are the first public-private partnership with New York City tasked with creating a sustainable incubation program focused on increasing the success rate of new ventures and generating positive economic impact. Cofounder of Veterans Future Lab
Co-Founder & Advisor
2019
Building a regenerative future. www.thecropproject.com
The Crop Project is an agricultural processing and wholesale company that sells Atlantic kelp.
Visiting Professor
2022
Teaching J-Term Class on Climate & Technology
Founding CEO
2022 - 2022
The Climate Collective is an innovation network that supports companies building at the intersection of climate impact and web3. Our mission is to develop a trusted and liquid market for high quality digital environmental assets at scale. Transitioned away to go on paternity leave
Venture Partner
2021 - 2022
Allegory is flexible capital that invests at the intersection of web3 and climate. Transitioned away to go on paternity leave
Allegory Labs is an investment company that invests and builds at the intersection of web3 and climate.
Associate
2013 - 2014
Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund, built by a collection of successful entrepreneurs. We are headquartered in New York City and Cambridge, but make investments all over the world.
Founder Collective is a seed-stage venture capital fund that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses.
Collaborator
2013 - 2013
Collaborative is an investment fund focused on two macro themes: the growth of the creative class and the concept of collaborative consumption -- www.collaborativefund.com
Collaborative Fund is an investment fund that provides funding to companies based on creativity and collaborative consumption.
Founding Associate
2009 - 2012
• Locus is a start-up research, consulting and asset-management firm • Helped develop and improve upon proprietary classification system and economic model to organize, identify, diversify and stratify risk in portfolios and global economic systems
Chief Of Staff
2008 - 2009
• Researched, analyzed and consulted for companies owned by White Bull Holdings, a small and highly respected private investment company and assisted director in day-to-day operations • Developed, led and presented several major projects involving White Bull owned subsidiaries such as an organic cattle farm, a digital media company, an aboriginal rights cause, a sports consulting firm and a professional rugby team, the South Sydney Rabbitohs
Professional Ski Patroller
2008 - 2008
• Provided on-mountain medical care and avalanche control for largest ski resort in Washington • Also assisted in running day-to-day opening and closing operations of Crystal Mountain • Participated in TruTV reality television show, Ski Patrol