Investing Profile

Drew Austin(526)

VCCEOFounderInvestor
Managing Partner Red Beard Ventures Web3 Fund and Frontier Tech Syndicate, Co-Founder of Knights of Degen, Built & Sold Wade & Wendy
redbeard.venturesWestport, Connecticut
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23 Investors

Connected to Adam Draper (Boost VC), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), David Goldberg (Alpaca VC), and 20 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Red Beard Ventures Managing Partner
Investment Range
$90K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$400K
Investments On Record
25

Drew Austin is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

AR/VR (Series A)AR/VR (Series B)Web3/Blockchain (Series B)AR/VR (Seed)AI (Series B)Web3/Crypto (Series B)BioTech (Series B)E-commerce (Series B)E-commerce (Series A)Consumer Internet (Series B)Web3/Blockchain (Seed)Marketplaces (Series B)Enterprise (Series B)Web3/Blockchain (Series A)BioTech (Seed)AI (Seed)Web3/Crypto (Series A)BioTech (Series A)Marketplaces (Series A)Investors who were foundersAI (Series A)Investors who invested in female foundersWeb3/Crypto (Seed)Investors who invested in diverse foundersE-commerce (Seed)Enterprise (Series A)Consumer Internet (Seed)Future of Work (Series A)Future of Work (Series B)Future of Work (Seed)AR/VR (Pre-seed)Web3/Crypto (Pre-seed)Web3/Blockchain (Pre-seed)Future of Work (Pre-seed)BioTech (Pre-seed)AI (Pre-seed)E-commerce (Pre-seed)Consumer Internet (Pre-seed)Marketplaces (Pre-seed)Enterprise (Pre-seed)Consumer Internet (Series A)Marketplaces (Seed)Enterprise (Seed)

Drew Austin's Investments On Record (25)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Truflation
Series AFeb 2024$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Balaji Srinivasan
Skry
Pre SeedApr 2022$1M
$1M
Co-investors: Vishal Rao
Blockade Games
SeedNov 2021$5M
$5.2M
Co-investors: Yossi Hasson (2048 Ventures), Tilt ​ (040 Capital)
Veremark
SeedSep 2021$3M
$14M
Co-investors: Timothy Mills (ACF Investors), Jose del Barrio (Samaipata), Anubhav Maheshwari (Stage 2 Capital), Charles Delingpole
Zed Run
Series ASep 2021$20M
$20M
SuperRare
SeedSep 2020$1.4M
$10M
Co-investors: Chamath Palihapitiya (Social Capital), Naval Ravikant (The Hit Forge), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Marc Benioff, Mark Cuban
Alto IRA
SeedJan 2020$3.5M
$21M
Co-investors: Chris Moreno (Real Estate Tech Rolling Fund), Kurt Bilafer, Rudra Peram, Marco A. Casas
Commsor
Pre-SeedAug 2019
$66M
Co-investors: Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Carter Adamson (Atomico), Ben Hassler (Polymath Capital Partners), Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Lolita Taub (Ganas Ventures), Timothy Chen (Essence VC), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Ben Lang, Sahin Boydas, Ben Tossell, Sam Corcos, Casey Neistat, Alex Pattis, Julia DeWahl, David Peterson, Peter Kazanjy, Gina Bianchini, Andrew Gazdecki, Zachary Sims, Nkechi Iregbulem

most interested in

Blockchain, NFT, Alternative Asset Investments, Collectibles,SaaS, Climate Tech, Space Tech, BioTech

Drew Austin's Experience

Co-Founder Knights of Degen2021 - Present
CEO Wade & Wendy 2015 - 2021

Drew Austin's Education

Syracuse University - Martin J. Whitman School of Management Bachelors Entrepreneurship