Nick Grouf is an entrepreneur and investor who founded Firefly Network, PeoplePC, and Spot Runner. He later incubated Loot Crate and Pluto TV, and serves on boards including The Hammer Museum.
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Alpha Edison writes $250K to $10M checks, larger than 33% of firms in the atlas.
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- PeoplePC1999
- Spot Runner
- Goldman Sachs
- McKinsey & Company
- Firefly Network1995-1999
- PeoplePC1999-null
- Spot Runner
- AlphaEdison · Managing PartnerNow
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Who is Nick Grouf?
Nick Grouf is an entrepreneur and investor who founded Firefly Network, PeoplePC, and Spot Runner. He later incubated Loot Crate and Pluto TV, and serves on boards including The Hammer Museum.
How much does Nick Grouf invest?
Nick Grouf invests through Alpha Edison, which writes checks of $250K to $10M at pre-seed, seed, series a, series b.
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What did Nick Grouf do before Alpha Edison?
PeoplePC; Spot Runner; Goldman Sachs; McKinsey & Company; Firefly Network; PeoplePC; Spot Runner.
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