Vice Ventures Catharine Dockery is investing $25M in vices: weed, sextech, gambling, alcohol | E984

In this episode, Jason Calacanis chats with Catharine Dockery, founder of Vice Ventures, discussing the origins and ethos of her fund. They delve into topics like harm-reduction, investments in controversial industries like cannabis, psychedelics, and sextech, and the fund's strong stance against causing harm.

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Jason Calacanis

Host • 80%

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Catharine Dockery

Guest • 18%

Chapters

0:00	Opening
0:47	Jason intros Catharine Dockery
4:29	How Catharine came up with Vice Ventures
7:00	What was the response when Catharine began raising her first fund?
7:19	What does harm-reduction mean for Vice Ventures?
9:21	Getting Marc Andreessen to invest in her fund
13:32	Strangest emails Catharine has received since starting Vice Ventures
16:01	Investing in cannabis
20:15	Investing in psychedelics
26:33	Investing in gambling
31:16	Who are Catharine's typical LPs?
32:15	Investing in alcohol
39:33	Investing in sextech
44:06	Vice Ventures strong thesis against harming others
47:22	Is Vice Ventures hiring?

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