Athenaeum Ventures

Seattle, Washington, USA

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Investing in Mavericks with Jordan Baker, Athenaeum Ventures

Ed Barker sits down with Jordan Baker, founding general partner of Seattle's Athenaeum Ventures, whose path to running a fund looks nothing like the standard resume. He left home at 14, passed through three high schools, dropped out at 16, skipped college, and built a career across music, streaming, and gaming, most prominently the brand agency Moonrock, before raising his first fund. Baker argues that venture has drifted from its original job, backing insane people with insane ideas, into what he calls consensus capital, where investors crowd the same credentialed founders and price out everyone else. His edge, he says…

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