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Investor profile

Bradley Tusk

Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Tusk Venture Partners

About

Bradley Tusk built his career as a political strategist before becoming a VC, serving as Deputy Governor of Illinois, campaign manager for Michael Bloomberg's 2009 NYC mayoral race, and Chuck Schumer's communications director, giving him deep experience with how laws and regulations are made that he now applies to startups and investing. He only backs early-stage technology companies in highly regulated markets and runs full-scale political campaigns to help portfolio companies win regulatory battles—an approach he used with Uber, FanDuel, Lemonade, Coinbase, and others, often taking equity as compensation. Bradley Tusk built his career as a political strategist before becoming a VC, serving as Deputy Governor of Illinois, campaign manager for Michael Bloomberg's 2009 NYC mayoral race, and Chuck Schumer's communications director, giving him deep experience with how laws and regulations are made that he now applies to startups and investing. He only backs early-stage technology companies in highly regulated markets and runs full-scale political campaigns to help portfolio companies win regulatory battles—an approach he used with Uber, FanDuel, Lemonade, Coinbase, and others, often taking equity as compensation.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Sectors
FinTech
Health
InsurTech
Consumer
Transportation

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $10M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
USA
Canada