Baratunde Thurston - Crunchbase Person Profile

Overview

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Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Website www.baratunde.com
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Baratunde Thurston is the former President and Co-founder of Cultivated Wit. Currently, he is a Member of the Board of Trustees at Brooklyn Public Library.

Personal Investments

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Baratunde Thurston

has made

investments. Their latest investment was

Seed Round - ReSeed

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ReSeed

raised

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Announced Date	Organization Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round	Money Raised
obfuscated obfuscation	ReSeed	—	Seed Round - ReSeed	obfuscated obfuscation
obfuscated obfuscation	Future	—	Seed Round - Future	obfuscated obfuscation

Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Baratunde Thurston

has had

past jobs including

Founder & President

Cultivated Wit

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Cultivated Wit	Founder & President	May 2012	Feb 2016
The Onion	Director of Digital for the Satirical News Outlet	—	—

Board and Advisor Roles

Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles

Baratunde Thurston

holds

board and advisor roles including

Member Board Of Trustees

Brooklyn Blocked Driveway

Advisor

Unmetric

, and

Mentor

Techstars

Brooklyn Blocked Driveway Member Board Of TrusteesJun 2018
Unmetric AdvisorJul 2013
Techstars Mentor

Education

Baratunde Thurston

studied at

Harvard University

Harvard University A.B.Philosophy

Events

Number of Events

Baratunde Thurston

has participated in

events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

IBM Think 2021

May 11, 2021

IBM Think 2021 SpeakerMay 11, 2021
Code Conference 2019 Speaker Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, North AmericaJun 10, 2019
TED 2019 Speaker Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North AmericaApr 15, 2019
SUMMIT LA18 Speaker Los Angeles, California, United States, North AmericaNov 2, 2018
TED 2018 Speaker Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North AmericaApr 10, 2018
Manifesto Summit 2017 Speaker Los Angeles, California, United States, North AmericaNov 3, 2017
LTR Speaker New York, New York, United States, North AmericaApr 27, 2017

Recent News and Activity

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129

Funding Round•

Sep 13, 2023

ReSeed raised

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from Baratunde Thurston and 3 other investors

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Funding Round•

Sep 21, 2022

Future raised

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from Accomplice and 5 other investors

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News•

Oct 3, 2020