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Solo GP fund Andrena Ventures hopes to carry startup talent onto its next challenges
Gideon Valkin's solo VC firm Andrena Ventures raised $12 million from backers including several VCs and entrepreneurs, and made its first investment into AI startup Nustom.
The firm’s general partner, Gideon Valkin, told TechCrunch that while he will fund talent with roots in European and British fintech, Andrena itself is sector agnostic. Nustom hasn’t publicly launched yet (which explains its succinct website), but it already boasts a long list of investors including OpenAI, Balaji Srinivasan, Garry Tan, Naval Ravikant and others. With swarms of early fintech employees looking for their next challenge, the name that Valkin picked for his venture is fitting: Andrena is a type of bee, and “pollination, in my mind, is probably the best analogy for what I do,” he said.
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