Camp Hustle

Adam Draper is the Founder and Managing Director of Boost VC, a 2x entrepreneur, and a 4th generation venture capitalist. Adam's superpower is finding scrappy entrepreneurs that build things many would consider "impossible". His vision drives the firm's investment strategy, positioning it at the forefront of innovation across Deep Tech, and specifically as a thought leader in DeSci, Crypto, and VR.

He's a trailblazing investor with tons of experience, and his investing wins include top-notch companies like Coinbase, Plangrid, Amplitude, Sendwave, and Benchling. When he's not busy shaping the future, Adam's nose is buried in a book, probably Harry Potter. In a nutshell, Adam Draper gets energy from founders with independent thought, and grand vision.

Grant has spent the past 10+ years building tech startups and has a background in finance and operations. He was interim CFO at Optimizely and the COO of Clearbrain, two YC startups. He grew up in the bay area and studied at Stanford, where he received his B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering. He is currently building Gamma, an AI-powered platform to create presentations, websites, and more.

Gamma has tens of millions of users gaining more momentum every day. At Camp Hustle, Grant will share his experience building the company from the ground up, what's next for Gamma, and his insights on the future of AI.

Maria is an operator turned investor. Before transitioning to investing, a better part of the first decade of her career was spent scaling multinational technology startups like Uber and Branch.co in leadership roles such as Country Manager and General Manager.

Prior to Openseed VC, Maria was a Fund Manager at Octopus Ventures First Cheque Fund and before that, was the Managing Director of the Oxford Seed Fund.

Maria holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, a BSc. in Computer Science from Covenant University, and is also certified Chartered Accountant with the ACCA in the United Kingdom.

Josh is a founder-turned-podcaster-turned-VC at The Pitch Show & Fund. Josh founded his first company in 2010 after pitching his e-commerce idea to a panel of investors in college. After exiting the business four years later, Josh ventured into the world of podcasting and started The Pitch. Which sold to Gimlet Media in 2017... which got bought by Spotify in 2019.

Now the plot twist! In 2022 Josh & his cofounder/wife Lisa bought the show back, took it independent and started The Pitch Fund. A public 506(c) fund for listeners to invest in the startups featured on the show.

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Shiyan Koh is the Managing Partner at Hustle Fund, a global pre-seed venture capital firm that believes great founders can look like anyone and come from anwhere.

Before Hustle Fund, Shiyan was the VP of Business Operations and Corporate Development at NerdWallet, where she was instrumental in scaling annual revenue from $1 million to over $150 million. She was also a senior investment associate at Bridgewater Associates. Shiyan holds a BS in Biomechanical Engineering and a BA in Economics from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

At Hustle Fund, Shiyan leads many of our investments in startups based in Southeast Asia. Her background in fintech and crypto make her an asset to our portfolio companies in those fields. Shiyan is also instrumental in helping Hustle Fund automate many of its backend processes through AI and no-code tools, saving the fund 10s of hours of work each week.

Carson is a seasoned LP with nearly a decade of experience backing emerging and spinout GPs across large institutions, government entities, and family offices. He began his career in public markets before discovering his passion for venture capital while working at a small seed fund.

Carson went on to join Greenspring Associates (now part of StepStone Group), where he split his time between direct investments and supporting established and emerging managers across global markets. He then became the first Head of Private Equity & Venture Capital at SITFO, a $3.5 billion State Sovereign Wealth Fund, where he built a reputation for identifying and backing innovative spinout GPs. Most recently, he developed an emerging manager strategy for a large European family office and is currently in stealth mode for his next firm, which will also focus on supporting top-tier emerging and spinout GPs.

Carson has backed everything from micro funds to high-profile managers spinning out of tier-one firms. He is deeply committed to being a thought partner and strategic resource to the GPs he supports, helping them navigate the complexities of fund building and long-term success in the VC industry.

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Dave is the co-founder of Family VC, a global community of family offices investing in VC while leveraging the power of community.
Family VC is a tight-knit group with aligned values, many of whom are or were business owners themselves. These investors tend to be customer and revenue focused while leveraging new technology to improve their businesses.

Dave is also the MP of Sachse Family Fund, which is a venture fund that invests in technology companies, pre-seed to Series A.

At Camp Hustle, Dave will be part of Deck Clinic, where a panel of LPs will give real-time feedback to emerging fund managers on their pitch decks.

Haley Bryant is an investor at Hustle Fund, where she invests in pre-seed startups building in b2b SaaS, digital consumer health, fintech and web3 industries.

In addition to evaluating applications from 1000+ founders a month, investing, and offering unprecedented support to portfolio founders, Haley also operates the Venture Fellows program. This program offers hands-on education to a select group of emerging fund managers.

Haley is also an active angel investor, an instructor for Soul Cycle, and a host at Flow Club. Haley is an active member of BLCK VC, and the winner of the 2024 "Hustle Award".

Tony Cueva-Bravo is a VC with extensive experience in fintech and emerging markets. His expertise spans pre-seed to Series A investments, with a particular focus on payment solutions and financial technology in Latin America.

As Head of Business Development at Rebill (known as "Stripe for Latam"), Tony has driven 50% month-over-month growth and successfully closed multiple enterprise deals, cementing the company's position as a leading payment infrastructure provider in the region.

A recognized fintech thought leader with 10,000+ LinkedIn followers, Tony founded the "Fintech Latin America" newsletter which reaches 2,500+ senior stakeholders. He also hosts "Emerging Fintech," a weekly podcast exploring how technology is transforming financial services across emerging markets.

Tony has worked with Fortune 500 companies on their Latin American expansion strategies, and advised multiple fintech startups on go-to-market approaches. His session at Camp Hustle will focus on fintech startups in emerging markets.

Brian Nichols is a 2x founder, and worked at Lyft, Zoox, and On Deck, among others. He founded the Lyft Alumni Syndicate and has grown it to 3500+ members, and later co-founded Angel Squad at Hustle Fund. Angel Squad is a program and community run by Hustle Fund that teaches new angels how to invest in startups, and gives them access to invest alongside our fund.

Brian will be leading a bonfire session on Running an Angel Syndicate on Wednesday, May 15.

Elizabeth Yin is a co-founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, a pre-seed fund for software entrepreneurs. Previously, Elizabeth was a partner at 500 Startups where she invested in seed stage companies and ran the Mountain View accelerator. In a prior life, Elizabeth co-founded and ran an adtech company called LaunchBit (acq 2014). Elizabeth has a BSEE from Stanford and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Elizabeth's bonfire session at Camp Hustle will be a “walk and talk” with Charles Hudson (Precursor VC) and Virginie Raphael (FullCircle) on Tuesday, May 14th. They will discuss strategies, pitfalls, and tactics around fundraising as emerging fund managers.

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Eric Bahn is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm ($130M+ under management) based in San Francisco. Hustle Fund invests in software startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, backing founders who exhibit great execution and high velocity (we call it ‘hustle’). Hustle Fund has invested in over 500 startups, and raised over $100m from our incredible LPs.

Eric is a master storyteller and fundraiser. His Bonfire Session at Camp Hustle will dive into differentiation tactics for fund managers looking to raise their first, second, or third funds.