Christopher Calicott
Christopher Calicott is the Managing Director of Trammell Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm focused on Bitcoin-native opportunities. He led the development of the TVP Bitcoin Venture Fund, the venture capital industry’s first investment fund series dedicated exclusively to backing founders building on the Bitcoin protocol stack. Christopher has extensive tech background, with expertise in disruptive data analytics, machine intelligence, and multi-sided platform strategies, business development, and early-stage company growth mechanics. He is an advisor and mentor to early stage founders and also a coach to the startups in a number of accelerator programs and startups. He has also allocated to and managed venture investments in a number of sectors within the digital asset space.
Christopher Calicott Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Managing Director and Founding Partner
Academic History
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International M.B.A.
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French Language, French, Business and Economics
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board Observer, Kraken Exchange
Board Member, Voltage
Mentor, TechStars
EARLY CAREER & EXPERTISE
Calicott was a financial services committee chair at Texas Blockchain Council and co-chair at Texas Work Group on Blockchain Matters
He was also an advisory board member at The Austin Forum on Technology & Society.
He has extensive experience in liquidity service provision, custody, credit markets, consumer-grade protocol and application infrastructure.
He has also been involved in gaming and novel Bitcoin-native financial products and services.
He has a multi-year background as a small business entrepreneur, having worked primarily around information tech consulting.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Calicott has been featured at Business Wire, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times, among others.
He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision.