Kai Cunningham, Limited Ventures Bridging the Gap Between VC and Pro Athletes + Entertainers

Published: June 30, 2021, 5 a.m.

Ryan Zauk sits down with Kai Cunningham, the youngest founding General Partner at Limited Ventures. \n\nLimited Ventures is a fund created alongside titans of industry like the Forbes & Rockefeller families, and counts numerous athletes and entertainers as LPs.\n\nKai serves two critical roles: \n1.\tHelping family foundations + institutions satisfy their Diversity and Inclusion Mandates without sacrificing returns\n2. Bridging the gap between athletes/entertainers and the billionaire families of the world. \n\nHe has helped over 100 athletes and entertainers participate in deals like Airbnb, SpaceX, Lime, Coinbase, Pinterest, Lyft, DapperLabs, Zilch, Kraken, and many more.\n\nThey cover:\n- His wild journey from the DMV area to the trading floor of Goldman Sachs and Limited Ventures\n- Helping the "99%" of pro athletes invest like the 1%\n- The future of the athlete investor and why that\u2019s a positive for culture\n- What fintech marketers need to know when working with celebs\n- The problem companies will face when deploying their DEI&I funds\n- His investment in UK BNPL Zilch\n- and much more\n\nMentioned:\n\nBrandon Copeland: https://medium.com/wharton-fintech/nfl-star-penn-professor-brandon-copeland-tackling-financial-education-through-life-101-9482e4d461b8\n\nHarlem Capital: https://medium.com/wharton-fintech/jarrid-tingle-managing-partner-of-harlem-capital-transforming-the-face-of-entrepreneurship-b8d97db9a94a\n\n--\nFor more Fintech insights, follow us below:\n\nMedium: medium.com/wharton-fintech\n\nWFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech\n\nRyan's Twitter: twitter.com/RyanZauk\n\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-fintech-club/