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Kai Cunningham, Limited Ventures – Bridging the Gap Between VC and Pro Athletes + Entertainers


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Ryan Zauk sits down with Kai Cunningham, the youngest founding General Partner at Limited Ventures.
Limited Ventures is a fund created alongside titans of industry like the Forbes & Rockefeller families, and counts numerous athletes and entertainers as LPs.
Kai serves two critical roles:
1. Helping family foundations + institutions satisfy their Diversity and Inclusion Mandates without sacrificing returns
2. Bridging the gap between athletes/entertainers and the billionaire families of the world.
He has helped over 100 athletes and entertainers participate in deals like Airbnb, SpaceX, Lime, Coinbase, Pinterest, Lyft, DapperLabs, Zilch, Kraken, and many more.
They cover:
- His wild journey from the DMV area to the trading floor of Goldman Sachs and Limited Ventures
- Helping the "99%" of pro athletes invest like the 1%
- The future of the athlete investor and why that’s a positive for culture
- What fintech marketers need to know when working with celebs
- The problem companies will face when deploying their DEI&I funds
- His investment in UK BNPL Zilch
- and much more
Mentioned:
Brandon Copeland: https://medium.com/wharton-fintech/nfl-star-penn-professor-brandon-copeland-tackling-financial-education-through-life-101-9482e4d461b8
Harlem Capital: https://medium.com/wharton-fintech/jarrid-tingle-managing-partner-of-harlem-capital-transforming-the-face-of-entrepreneurship-b8d97db9a94a
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