PRWeek Coffee Break

Coffee Break with Rachael Horwitz, CMO, Haun Ventures

Episode Summary

This week on Coffee Break, PRWeek editorial director Steve Barrett is joined by Rachael Horwitz, CMO, Haun Ventures. Launched last week, Haun Ventures is helmed by Katie Haun, who has a decade of experience at the US Department of Justice prosecuting organized crime, murders, public corruption, prison gangs, white collar crime and money laundering. She created the Government's crypto-currency taskforce in 2014. Horwitz met Haun at Coinbase, where the latter was a board member having left government in 2017. Horwitz has also worked in comms at Silicon Valley stalwarts including Google, Twitter, Facebook and Andreessen Horowitz. Haun Ventures is a venture capital firm designed to help founders build the next generation of the internet. It raised $1.5 billion in capital to support the growth of web3, which will be invested through a $500 million early stage fund and a $1 billion acceleration fund.

Episode Notes

Coffee Break topics:

 - Intro to Haun Ventures

 - Crypto

 - Different forms of Crypto

 - Is Andreessen a part of this fund?

 - Any potential future investments?

 - Biggest misconception about crytpo and web free?

 

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