Hey, I’m Tristan 👋
Movement Builder | Startup Scaler | Ecosystem Whisperer
Over the last 17 years, I’ve helped build movements—not just companies—and that’s added up to over $1B in enterprise and community value.
At my last startup, our Head of Growth said something that stuck:
“You have a truly rare ability to connect with anyone. That’s your superpower.”
I’ve put that superpower to work building and selling companies, scaling communities into the millions, backing hundreds of founders, and helping bold ideas break through the noise.
🚀 TL;DR
✅ Built & sold 2 tech startups (Forbes 30 Under 30)
✅ Scaled a crypto community to 1.2M people and $300M market cap
✅ Drove $100M+ in pipeline across Web2, Web3 & AI
✅ Invested $70M into 400 startups (6 unicorns, 5 exits > $1B)
✅ Led 30+ startup programs with 500 Global, Techstars, Google & more
✅ Helped launch the biggest crypto donation ever to Save the Children
🧠 What I’m Building Now
🔮 AuthenticAI — Your AI-powered career OS (like LinkedIn built for your future self)
🚀 Advising & consulting startups on growth, fundraising & ecosystem design
🌍 Investing through Cool Climate Collective & supporting movement-minded founders
🏆 Highlights from the Journey
💡 Created Best Buy’s most opened email of all time (sent to 23M customers)
👟 Helped Kanye & Nike launch pop-ups via Storefront (“Airbnb for Retail” — NYT)
🌐 Ran 10 global accelerator programs (SF, Tokyo, Moscow, Riyadh)
🎤 Gave a TEDx talk in a mask & painted a street mural to go with it
🐶 Built a global Doge movement—including a statue, a documentary, and a moon mission
🌎 Fun Stuff
🌍 Traveled to 60+ countries with my wife Dany on a “sabbatimoon”
📚 Co-wrote a children’s book with my mom during the pandemic
📺 Made a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo on an NBC reality show
🤖 Built a mystery AI bot called Shisharka Land
✍️ Wrote for Entrepreneur, VentureBeat & The Guardian
🌌 Why I Do This
Because I believe movements move the world.
And the best ones are built with curious, kind, and courageous people.
If that’s you—
👉 Let’s build something together
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