Hey, I’m Tristan 👋
Movement Builder | Scaling Startups, Ecosystems, Communities ✨
Over the last 17 years, I’ve helped build movements—not just companies—adding up to over $1B in company value.
At my last startup, our Head of Growth said something that stuck:
“You have a truly rare ability to connect with anyone. That’s your superpower.”
I’ve put that superpower to work building and selling companies, scaling communities into the millions, and backing hundreds of founders helping visions become reality.
TL;DR
✅ Built & sold 2 tech startups (Forbes 30 Under 30)
✅ Scaled a crypto community to 1.2M people and $300M market cap
✅ Drove $100M+ pipelines in Web2, Web3 & AI
✅ Invested $70M into 250 startups (Innovaccer, Aircall, Printify, Ethic, Havenly, Pipefy, Headout, Italist, Backlot Cars, Misterbnb, just to name a few)
✅ Led 12 startup programs with 500 Global, Google, and other accelerators around the world
✅ Helped launch the biggest crypto donation ever to Save the Children ($1M+)
What I’m Building Now
🔮 Building AI to enhance authentic human connection
🚀 Advising startups on growth, fundraising, gtm, ecosystem design
🌍 Investing in movement-minded founders via Cool Collective
Highlights from the Journey
💡 Created Best Buy’s most opened email of all time (sent to 23M customers)
👟 Helped Kanye & Nike launch pop-ups via Storefront (“Airbnb for Retail” — NYT)
🌐 Ran 12 global accelerator programs (SF, Moscow, Riyadh, Japan, Albania, Vietnam)
🎤 Gave two TEDx talks (first ever masked TED talk + painted a street art mural for the other)
🐶 Built a global Doge do-good movement—including a statue, a documentary, and a moon mission
Fun Stuff
🌍 Traveled to 60+ countries with my wife Dany on a “sabbatimoon”
📚 Co-wrote a children’s book with my mom during the pandemic
📺 Made a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo on an NBC reality show
🤖 Built a mystery AI bot called Shisharka Land
✍️ Wrote for Entrepreneur, VentureBeat & The Guardian
Why I Do This
Because I believe movements move the world. And the best ones are built with curious, kind, and courageous people.
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