Ga^3in VC is a venture firm rooted in the Duke University founder network. We invest from first check to pre-IPO, and we run the Ga^3in VC AI+ Investor Forum: AI founders pitch live to a bench of VCs and corporate investors, in a room full of the investors who fund them.

Founded by Sergey Khusnetdinov, Professor of Entrepreneurship at SKEMA Business School. Ga^3in grew out of the DukeGEN and Duke alumni ecosystems and founded the Duke Web3 Conference. Past judges include Duke Professor of Finance Campbell Harvey.

Past judges came from Sony Innovation Fund, Antler, Draper, OKX Ventures, Polygon Ventures, PwC, Revolut, Kraken and ConsenSys. Premier Legal Partner: Fenwick.

38 pitch competitions since 2023 in New York, Miami, San Francisco, Singapore, Dubai, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul and Toronto. 303 startups have pitched to 108 judges. Winners went on to Y Combinator and the Outlier Ventures accelerator, and Haiku raised a $1M pre-seed. Ga^3in VC has invested in Anthropic, SpaceX, Kraken, Circle and Discord.

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