Connect Ventures is a consumer-focused venture capital fund founded by Nicole Quinn and Mike Blank, investing in consumer and prosumer companies across sports, digital health, media, entertainment, e-commerce, and marketplaces. The firm operates in partnership with Creative Artists Agency (CAA), providing portfolio companies access to CAA's network of over 1,000 agents, talent, media, IP, partnerships, and sponsorships. Nicole Quinn previously spent over a decade at Lightspeed Venture Partners co-leading the Consumer team, while Mike Blank spent 15 years at CAA building the agency's consumer investment practice. The fund backs what it calls 'The Greats'—founders who have achieved founder-product fit and are building generational companies at the intersection of culture and technology. Portfolio companies include Calm, Character AI, Dapper Labs, Multiverse, OpenSea, Rothy's, thatgamecompany, beehiiv, Haus Labs, Hungryroot, Lighter, and Music.AI/Moises.

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