Caleb Shack

Caleb Shack

Investment Partner atVariantFirm active Sep 23New York City

Caleb Shack is an Investment Partner at Variant, previously an investor at Big Brain Holdings. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and co-founded FranklinDAO.

What Caleb can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M
Comes in atPre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Variant writes $1M to $30M checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Variant.

Career

  1. Big Brain Holdings · investor
  2. Variant · Investment Partner
    Now

Companies founded

FranklinDAO

Investments named in public bios

Swoop

Focus

infrastructurecryptographydata scienceresearchbusiness development

Education

University of Pennsylvania, Economics, Computer Science, and Math

Also at Variant

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Questions

Who is Caleb Shack?

Caleb Shack is an Investment Partner at Variant, previously an investor at Big Brain Holdings. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and co-founded FranklinDAO.

How much does Caleb Shack invest?

Caleb Shack invests through Variant, which writes checks of $1M to $30M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Caleb Shack?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Caleb in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Variant backed works better.

What did Caleb Shack do before Variant?

investor at Big Brain Holdings.

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