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Tristan Pollock(947)

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Founding Partner at Cool Climate Collective
tristanpollock.comSan Francisco, California
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86 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), and 83 other investors on Signal.

Networks Tristan is a member of
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Current Investing Position
Cool Climate Collective Partner
Investment Range
$10K - $250K
Sweet Spot
$100K
Investments On Record
16

Tristan Pollock is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Tristan Pollock's Investments On Record (16)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Baker Technologies
SeedApr 2022$370K
$10M
Co-investors: Michael Lazerow (Lazerow Ventures), Erik Moore
Alga Biosciences
Pre SeedMar 2022
$4.1M
Co-investors: Tommy Leep (Jetstream), Mehrad Yaghmai (Cool Climate Collective), Tomás Álvarez Belón (Innovation Endeavors)
Commsor
Pre-SeedAug 2019
$66M
Co-investors: Niki Pezeshki (Felicis Ventures), Tod Sacerdoti (Flex Capital), Carter Adamson (Atomico), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Ben Hassler (Polymath Capital Partners), Drew Austin (Red Beard Ventures), Jesse Middleton (Flybridge Capital Partners), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Lolita Taub (Ganas Ventures), Timothy Chen (Essence VC), Julie Herendeen (Broadway Angels), Jonathan Hillis (Seed Club Ventures), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Brian Murray (Craft Ventures), Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Sam Corcos, Casey Neistat, Alex Pattis, Julia DeWahl, David Peterson, Mathilde Collin, Peter Kazanjy, Elad Gil, Gina Bianchini, Andrew Gazdecki, Zachary Sims, Sahin Boydas, Nkechi Iregbulem
Printify
SeedMay 2018$1M
$57M
Co-investors: Fabrice Grinda (FJ Labs), Irene Au (Khosla Ventures), Jose Marin (FJ Labs), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Edward Lando (Pareto Holdings), Jeff Bonforte (Catapult Capital), Katie Stanton (Moxxie Ventures), Eva Lau (Two Small Fish Ventures), Elizabeth Weil (Scribble Ventures), Fritz Lanman (Acequia Capital), Christopher North (L Catterton Growth), Justas Janauskas (Contrarian Ventures), Rait Ojasaar (Change Ventures), Yrjö Ojasaar (Change Ventures), Will Smith (Dreamers VC), Kevin Ryan (AlleyCorp), Rob Eldridge (Tapas Capital), Andris K. Berzins (Change Ventures), Gokul Rajaram, James Blouzard, Pete Koomen, Thomas Plantenga, Bradley Horowitz, Steve Chen, Adrian Aoun, Ragnar Sass, Joshua Schachter, Markus Villig, Martin Villig, Martin Henk, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Ameet Ranadive, Richard Branson, Evan Moore, Bob Young, Varsha Rao, Scott Belsky, Ott Kaukver, Rohini Pandhi, Mantas Mikuckas
Blavity
SeedDec 2017
$7M
Co-investors: John Lyman (GV (Google Ventures)), Marlon Nichols (MaC Venture Capital), Laurence (Lo) Toney (Plexo Capital)
Vango
VentureOct 2016$2.4M
$2.4M
Co-investors: Omar Darwazah (AAF Management Ltd.)
Mycroft
SeedFeb 2016$120K
$3.9M
Co-investors: John Fein (Firebrand Ventures), J J (GreaterGoodSociety), Stephen Hays (What If Ventures), Mike Edelhart (Social Starts), Rob Ness (Asymmetry Ventures)
Aircall
SeedJan 2016$3M
$230M
Co-investors: Quentin Nickmans (eFounders), Cesare Pesci (YOBE Ventures), Bernard Liautaud (Balderton Capital), Ben Fu (NewView Capital), Sunil Chhaya (Kearny Jackson), Michel Meyer, Oleg Tscheltzoff, Andrew Nutter, Clement Benoit, Greg Kidd

most interested in

Frontier solutions positively impacting the world from AI to climate tech. I love passionate founders building movements not companies.

not interested in

Unkind leaders.

Tristan Pollock's Experience

Founding Partner Cool Climate Collective2021 - Present
Co-Founder Shisharka Skunk Works2018 - Present
Entrepreneur in Residence 500 Startups2014 - 2020
Partner 500 Startups2015 - 2018
Co-Founder, COO, Head of Community Storefront2012 - 2015
Co-Founder SocialEarth2009 - 2012
Director of Marketing Hughes Foundation2008 - 2011
Dotcom Marketing, Social Responsibility, TEDx Best Buy2008 - 2011

Tristan Pollock's Education

Auckland University of Technology BS International Business
North Dakota State University BS Business