INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Startup founders are hard-pressed to find the right investors — not only to fund their businesses but to help their businesses grow
These days, investors represent a variety of backgrounds and industries — traditional venture capital, Hollywood, even the NBA.
When
Golden State Warriors point guard and two-time MVP Stephen Curry isn''t playing basketball, he working with his business partner and former
college basketball teammate Bryant Barr
Together, Barr and Curry run SC30 Inc., which manages Curry investment, media, philanthropy and brand partnership interests
third investment came in December 2018,when the fund participatedin hotel-booking platform SnapTravel $21.2 million Series A round.
Stephen
Curry to talk passion projects Nothing But Nets, Slyce at Disrupt SF
Curry foray into the tech ecosystem started when he co-founded
marketing automation platform Slyce
Since then, Curry has taken a more structured approach to investing through SC30 Inc., where the portfolio has grown to eight investments in
companies such as TSM and Palm.
It worth noting Curry is not the only baller in the tech investment game
There are his former teammates Andre Igoudala, an investor in Lime and board member of Jumia, and Kevin Durant, an investor in a number of
startups through his fund Thirty Five Ventures.
At Disrupt SF 2019, listen as the three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry and SC30 Inc
President Bryant Barr discuss SC30 Inc
investments, featuring SnapTravel CEO Hussein Fazal as he shares how he determined SC30 Inc
would make a good strategic investor
We&ll also talk to Curry about his general investment strategy and overall ambitions in tech.
Disrupt SF runs October 2 & 4 at the Moscone
Center in the heart of San Francisco
Passes are available here.
