I'm now running Velvet - uniting my network of fund managers, family offices, venture capitalists, and institutional investors while creating seamless tools in private markets where information and transparency take precedence. Velvet's mission is to enhance accessibility to the opaque and fragmented private market by building tools that foster transparency, efficiency, and connectivity for investorsI've been a serial founder and trader my entire life and have a background in computer science and finance. I ran a video production company, a coffee truck, and quant fund that has now run for 4 years and generated quadruple digit returns.