Taboo Ventures

Taboo Ventures is a series of events presented by The Tenth Man, Frontierial and Dogpatch Labs, showcasing the weird and the wonderful companies building on the fringes. A new generation of founders are pushing boundaries with disruptive mental health technologies, psychedelic-assisted therapies, sexual wellness devices, and digital end-of-life services. Others are exploring the spaces where the wants of the consumer and the needs of the regulator collide; from alternative proteins grown in labs to precision cannabis medicines. These emerging investment areas share the same challenges; highly-moralised public debate, imperfect regulations, and chronic underfunding. They can appear controversial, comical even, yet behind the noise is groundbreaking innovation, billion-dollar market caps and huge addressable markets of unmet needs.