Taylor Durand
Taylor Durand is an investor at Craft Ventures focusing on frontier tech and software, with a passion for physical AI. He previously worked at Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Luxor, and graduated from Queen's University.
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Craft Ventures writes $10M to $30M+ checks, larger than 97% of firms in the atlas.
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- Luxor
- Goldman Sachs · TMT investment banking team
- Blackstone · investor on growth equity team
- Dropbox · GTM
- Clearbit · GTM
- Craft Ventures · InvestorNow
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Who is Taylor Durand?
Taylor Durand is an investor at Craft Ventures focusing on frontier tech and software, with a passion for physical AI. He previously worked at Blackstone, Goldman Sachs, and Luxor, and graduated from Queen's University.
How much does Taylor Durand invest?
Taylor Durand invests through Craft Ventures, which writes checks of $10M to $30M+ at series a, series b.
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A warm intro from a founder Craft Ventures backed works best. A short LinkedIn note with one line on traction is the next best route.
What did Taylor Durand do before Craft Ventures?
Luxor; TMT investment banking team at Goldman Sachs; investor on growth equity team at Blackstone; GTM at Dropbox; GTM at Clearbit.
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