S1:E2 - Greg Castle (Managing Partner & Founder, Anorak Ventures)

After founding and scaling the “Sweet Greens” of London to 5 locations and over £2m in revenue, Greg shifted focus and pursued his passion for technology, joining a gaming startup called Scaleform to lead marketing efforts. After that company was acquired he made his first angel investment into VR startup Oculus, which went on to be acquired by Facebook for over $2BN. That was the start of his investing journey and led him to found Anorak Ventures, a frontier tech focused VC firm based in the Bay Area. In this episode we discuss his first $1M in startup investments and what he has learned along the way. Find Greg on Twitter @gpcastle12.