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John O'Brien(47)
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Founder of Strange Brew Strategies (PR), and Strange Brew Ventures, LLC. Investor in Fringe (FRNGE Inc.) and Lightmatter Inc.
strangebrewstrategies.comSeattle, Washington
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Connected to Jacob Colker (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence Incubator (AI2)), Vijay Chattha (VSC Ventures).
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cbCurrent Investing Position
Strange Brew Ventures, LLC Managing Partner
Investment Range
$10K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
4
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John O'Brien's Investments On Record (4)
| Company | StageDateRound Size | Total Raised |
|---|---|---|
Sanctuary AI | SeedJul 2021 | |
Lightmatter | Series BMay 2021$80M | $490M |
FRNGE Inc. | SeedFeb 2021$4M | $4M |
Permanent Data Solutions Inc. | SeedN/A | |
John O'Brien's Media (1)
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SBS Comms makes direct investments or takes equity as payment for PR. We are a leading PR firm across AI, space/rockets, enterprise software, and more. Most interested in AI/ML seed stage companies, work-from-home technologies, space, automation, enterprise software.not interested in
Yet-to-launch blockchain projects (unless heavily backed by VCs), health-tech, IoT.John O'Brien's Experience
Managing Partner Strange Brew Ventures, LLC2019 - Present
Co-Founder SBS2017 - Present
Principal Strange Brew Strategies, LLC2017 - Present
Vice President of Media Strategy The OutCast Agency2009 - 2017
Account Supervisor Horn Group2008 - 2009
Senior Account Executive Weber Shandwick2006 - 2008
Editor, Writer, Producer CNN2002 - 2006
Intern The Daily Show with Jon Stewart2002 - 2002
John O'Brien's Education
Washington State University B.A. Communications
Washington State University B.A. Communications/Broadcasting
Gonzaga University in Florence Italian, History, European Literature
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