Faye Maidment (Investor @ Unshackled Ventures)

Secondary effects of the creator economy, the art of curation and audience building, inflection points for VR/AR, and evaluating timing risk as an investor

February 04, 2021 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

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This week we had on Faye Maidment (@maidmentfaye) with Unshackled Ventures.

Unshackled is an early stage fund focused on partnering with and supporting immigrant-founded startups. The fund invests agnostically across verticals, and Faye spends most of her time within AR, VR, Gen Z, and internet culture. Outside of work, she also co-authors a weekly newsletter (High Tea) that dives into the topics she is interested in.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • The explosion of the creator economy and the secondary effects of this transition

  • The art of curation and audience building

  • Why AR/VR is poised to get over the adoption issue

  • Evaluating timing risk as an investor

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