Smart Humans with Slava Rubin

Swati Chaturvedi is the co-founder and CEO of Propel(x) – an investment platform that enables accredited investors worldwide to invest in alternatives, including investments in startups, hedge funds and venture capital funds. Ms. Chaturvedi has a long history of working in the alternative investments space and is the founder of the MIT Alumni Angel Investors group. She founded and led the group 2013–2015, and continues to be on the screening committee. Prior to starting Propel(x), Swati has worked as an investment professional at Exigen Capital private equity, Siemens Venture Capital and Temasek Holdings. She has also been a management consultant working across a variety of industries. Ms. Chaturvedi holds an MBA degree from the Sloan School of Management, an M.S. degree from MIT, an M.S. degree from UC Berkeley, and a Bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio.  Prior to founding SkyBridge in 2005, Scaramucci co-founded investment partnership Oscar Capital Management, which was sold to Neuberger Berman in 2001. Earlier, he worked in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs & Co.   In 2022, Scaramucci was ranked #47 in Cointelegraph’s Top 100 Influencers in Crypto and Blockchain. In 2016, he was ranked #85 in  Worth Magazine’s  Power 100: The 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance. In 2011, he received Ernst & Young’s New York Financial Services “Entrepreneur of the Year” Award. Anthony is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and a board member of the Federal Enforcement Homeland Security Foundation. He is the author of five books.   Scaramucci served on President Donald J. Trump’s 16-person Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee, and in 2017 briefly served as Chief Strategy Officer of the Export-Import (EXIM) Bank and White House Communications Director.   Scaramucci, a native of Long Island, New York, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.

Jenny Fielding is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at The Fund, a global founder community and pre-seed venture capital fund that has invested in over 200 companies. Previously, Jenny spent 7.5 years as the Managing Director at Techstars where she was the first check into a portfolio of companies with a current market cap of over $12 Billion. Jenny is a 2x founder, recovering lawyer, Kauffman Fellow and adjunct professor at Columbia University.

Eli is the Co-Founder of Betterment, a robo-advisor managing over $30 billion of investments. After leaving a career in corporate law in 2007, he served as the company’s co-founding COO and President for 10 years to build the largest independent robo-advisor in the U.S.  As a board member, Eli continues to steward Betterment’s growth while advising groundbreaking companies such as Masterworks and fueling the growth of early-stage FinTech startups including Rally and Sweater Ventures as an investor. In 2020, he co-founded Treasury, a founder-led, founder-first VC alongside Acorns founder, Jeff Cruttenden.

Artem has 10+ years of finance experience in food, agriculture, and farmland. Prior to founding FarmTogether, Artem was CFO at Full Harvest, a B2B platform for buying and selling produce. He also previously worked at Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, E&Y, and PwC. Artem holds an MBA from The Wharton School.

Ryan Chang is an entrepreneur, collector, and artist.  He has one of the top sneaker collections and helped move sneakers forward as an investable asset class. Ryan sold Kanye West ‘Grammy Worn’ Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototypes from 2008 for a record-breaking $1.8 million in 2021 - The world record for most expensive sneaker sale. He is also the Founder and Chief Curator of Applied Arts which provides consulting services to individuals and companies investing in alternative assets such as sneakers, sports cards, NFTs, and other collectibles. Also Ryan founded Ivy Consulting which provides tutoring and other academic services.

Stephan Paternot is Co-Founder & Executive Chairman of Slated, the leading online film packaging, financing, and distribution marketplace, supplying the exploding global demand for great content. In 2004, Stephan co-founded PalmStar, a film production and financing company that has produced and financed over 30 films including Hereditary (2018), Collateral Beauty (2016), Sing Street (2016) and John Wick (2014). Stephan is also the founder and general partner of the Actarus Funds. Founded in 2002, these angel funds have backed such companies as LendingClub, SecondMarket, Indiegogo, AngelList, Digital Currency Group, and many more. Prior to these ventures, Paternot is best known for co-founding one of the first Internet community sites, theglobe.com, in 1994. The company set stock market history when it went public in 1998 with a record-setting IPO, pushing the company valuation to over $1 billion. Over a six-year span, the company grew to over 300 employees, and the website became one of the top thirty most trafficked sites in the world. In 1999 Stephan won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and in 2001 published his memoir, A Very Public Offering, detailing his experience at theglobe.com. A Very Public Offering was updated and reissued in 2018 in conjunction with the worldwide release of the National Geographic Television series Valley of the Boom, in which Paternot is featured as a character.

Ezra Levine is the CEO of Collectable, leading the company’s efforts to democratize the sports card & memorabilia industry by providing investment and ownership opportunities to sports fans, collectors, and investors of all income brackets. Collectable has completed over $50M in fractionalized sports collectibles offerings since their September 2020 launch.  As of April 2022, investors have enjoyed 26 exits for an average return of 62% above the IPO price.  In addition, Collectable co-founded The MINT Collective, the first of its kind thought leadership conference for investing in sports collectibles.  Levine has regularly been featured in the media including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, & Bloomberg.

Gary Vaynerchuk is a serial entrepreneur, and serves as the Chairman of VaynerX,  the CEO of VaynerMedia and the Creator & CEO of VeeFriends. Known as “GaryVee” he is described as one of the most forward thinkers in business - he acutely recognizes trends and patterns early to help others understand how these shifts impact markets and consumer behavior. Whether its emerging artists, esports, NFT investing or digital communications, Gary understands how to bring brand relevance to the forefront. He is a prolific angel investor with early investments in companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Venmo, Snapchat, Coinbase and Uber. Gary is an entrepreneur at heart -- he builds businesses. Today, he helps Fortune 1000 brands leverage consumer attention through his full-service advertising agency, VaynerMedia which has offices in NY, LA, London, LATAM, and Singapore. VaynerMedia is part of the VaynerX holding company which also includes VaynerProductions, VaynerNFT, Gallery Media Group, The Sasha Group, Tracer, VaynerSpeakers, VaynerTalent and VaynerCommerce.  Gary is also a Board Member at Candy Digital, Co-Founder of VCR Group, Co-Founder of ArtOfficial, and Creator & CEO of VeeFriends. Gary was recently named to the Fortune list of the Top 50 Influential people in the NFT industry. In addition to running multiple businesses, Gary documents his life daily as a CEO through his social media channels which has more than 34 million followers and garnishes over 272 million monthly impressions/views across all platforms.  His podcast ‘The GaryVee Audio Experience’ ranks among the top podcasts globally.  He is a five-time New York Times Best-Selling Author and one of the most highly sought after public speakers.

Tom Gearing is CEO of Cult Wines, a top wine investment platform. Tom has grown Cult Wines from a burgeoning start-up to an award-winning global company with six offices across the United Kingdom, North America, and Asia Pacific. Tom’s expertise, entrepreneurship and knowledge of wines have been widely regarded and he is regularly quoted in the New York Times, Financial Times, and Wall Street Journal. His most memorable vinous experiences to date are Petrus ’61 en Magnum, Liger Belair La Romanee ’09 and Domaine Leroy, Richebourg ’03.