Tusk Ventures
There are 17,000 startups in the U.S. and if you’re one of them, you’re either trying to disrupt a traditional industry – transportation, energy, health care, education, insurance, finance, hospitality, alcohol, beauty, gaming – or create an entirely new one. If we know one thing, it’s that politicians and entrenched interests typically don’t thank you for the disruption, they punch back.
That’s where we come in. We protect startups from politics.
We believe that knowing who’s coming at you, why, when and how you handle it is just as important to your success and survival as your UI, your customer acquisition costs, or your next round. In fact, we know it is: getting the politics right is what allowed Uber to make ridesharing possible in every city.
We are one-part venture capital firm, one-part political strategy firm that deploys both capital and political expertise to help startups break through regulatory barriers and operate at full speed.