Trust Fund
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Amoruso used SEC Rule 506(c) to accept LPs at $2,500
“So I raised in public, which is something called a five oh six C, which means that I can solicit and fundraise publicly, which you typically can't do. So I was able to, you know, bring on LPs with checks as small as 2500 dollars, And, you know, people who othe…”
Trust Fund is a $5M vehicle with zero institutional investors
“I don't have institutional investors. It's like a just over five million dollar fund.”
Trust Fund's LPs include David Sacks, Chris Dixon, and Anthony Noto
“And it's like Jason Calacanis and David Sacks. Chris Dixon, and Andrew Chen, and Rob Hayes, and like, you know, Josh Ellman, and you know, like, Anthony Noto, I'm the CEO at SoFi, so it's, I was, it's like real heavy hitters”
Amoruso gave a portfolio startup direct access to her LinkedIn DMs
“One of my portfolio companies, I just gave them carte blanche access to my LinkedIn DMs, and they will reach out to people that I am like tangentially connected to, and say, as me, and be like, hey, I love what you're doing with such and such beauty company, s…”
Amoruso caps Trust Fund's size specifically to avoid building a team
“I would ideally not have a team. I think my ambition for the size of the fund, you know, for a fund to, for example, is capped at, you know, the kind of LP I need, you know, I want to manage and the size of the team I would need to build to support that fund”
Amoruso: Trust Fund invests in B2B software and backed Toothio
“You know, I invest in B to B software. So the thing that I'm able to help these companies with is they're not inherently brands, right? One of the companies I invested in is called Toothio, and they're a dental labor marketplace, right?”
Amoruso: Venture firm Trust Fund avoids consumer product investments
“I'm not investing in consumer product businesses.”
Amoruso: Naming VC firm 'Trust Fund' cuts through noise via humor
“It's just a good name. That's it. Like rich kids want to wear the bucket hat. Kids that didn't grow up with money think it's funny to wear a hat that says trust fund on it. Like kids in the Hamptons are wearing hats that say trust fund. It's just funny, and it…”