Adrian Adrian Castillo

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Investment Analyst at Driftwood Growth · AI applications · applied ML, venture capital

Driftwood Growth
Pittsburgh, PA · ET (UTC-5)
2+ years experience
UCLA
English
InvestingAdvising
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Overview

2 years around startups; now investing in AI applications. Previously an operator for 12 years before investing. Sit on 7 boards. I volunteer with a food bank on weekends.

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  • Founders building in AI applications
  • Advice on AI applications
  • Speaking or podcast invitations
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Skills
applied MLproductventure capitalbrands
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $25k cheques into seed AI applications in Southeast Asia

Cheque size
$25k
Stages
Series A
Sectors
AI applications, AI applications
Geographies
US and Europe
Lead or follow
Co-lead
Decision time
10 business days
How I help
Hiring the first ten people

Happy to follow a strong lead. We reply to every founder.

Pittsburgh, PA · remote OKventure capitalapplied mlproduct
Open
AdvisingOpen to advising
closes in 3 months

Office hours for founders preparing a seed round: AI applications and brands

Topics
AI applications, applied ML, product
Format
Calls
Terms
Paid
Capacity
A few async reviews a month
Best for
Teams scaling past 50 people

2 years of AI applications. Small equity or paid hours - flexible.

Pittsburgh, PAventure capitalapplied mlproduct
Open

Experience

  1. Investment Analyst
    Oct 2024 - Present
    Driftwood Growth · 2 yr · Contract · Pittsburgh, PA
    • Led or co-led 19 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later.
    • Previously an operator for 5 years before investing.
    • Backed 60 founders at pre-seed and seed.

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Education

  1. UCLA
    BS, Economics
    2020 - 2024

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