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Investors and Capital-Hungry Companies Adapt to Covid-19 Crisis
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Tristan Pollock
Entrepreneur in Residence at DAO
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Tristan Pollock
Entrepreneur in Residence at DAO
San Francisco, California
Overview
Tristan Pollock is a Movement Builder based in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in venture capital, angel investing, and expertise in areas like cryptocurrency and NFTs. Notable highlights of his career include founding Shisharka Skunk Works and serving as a Venture Partner at 500 Startups, where he invested in successful companies like BacklotCars.
Currently, Tristan is the Founding Partner at Cool Climate Collective, showcasing his leadership in the startup ecosystem and his commitment to supporting innovative ventures in sectors like Smart Cities/UrbanTech and Web3/Crypto.
Work Experience
Founding Partner
2021 - Current
Invested $2.1M into 15 climate tech startups (and counting), supporting their journey with a collective-focused approach. http://coolclimatecollective.com 🌲👐🌲
Entrepreneur in Residence
2021
Scaled a crypto project/community to over 1 million members.
Founder
2018
Building various art and technology projects, investing/advising in ClimateTech, and consulting with startups, VCs, and accelerators.
Head of Community
2020 - 2021
Building a movement around the future of inclusive tech teams and the startups they power.
Venture Partner
2014 - 2020
Led accelerator and seed fund strategy co-directing $65M into 400 startup investments via Fund IV.
500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.
Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.
Entrepreneur In Residence
2019 - 2019
Mentored accelerator and portfolio companies.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Founder & Head of Community
2012 - 2016
Built company from the ground up to millions in revenue, raising $10M in funding from top Silicon Valley investors (AngelPad, Spark Capital, GaryV, Nas), and leading the acquisition to OuiOpen.
Sharing Economy Advisory Board
2014 - 2016
Guided city regulators around the emerging sharing economy and the best way to work with tech companies in order to promote urban innovation.
Founder & Head of Content
2009 - 2012
Built a movement around solution journalism growing SocialEarth to 200 contributors and partners in 25 countries in less than three years. Sold to 3BL Media to become the largest social impact press network in the world.
Community Builder
2009 - 2012
Built a local community of Ashoka Fellows and social entrepreneurs.
Green Skills Innovation Challenge looks for social entrepreneurs who are equipping those most in need of opportunity with green skills.
Education
Exchange Program
2008 - 2008
Bachelor of Science (BS)
2004 - 2008
AP5
2012 - 2012