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Brett Shear

Investor

Managing Partner at Palm Tree Crew Investments

Miami Beach, Florida

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

About

Brett Shear is a General Partner at 1confirmation, where he invests in cryptocurrency products. He is also Managing Partner at Palm Tree Crew Crypto, a venture fund focused on consumer crypto investments. Previously, he cofounded Fleek, a web development platform for IPFS, and served as cofounder and Strategic Director of Balanc3, a ConsenSys spoke.

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Experience

  1. 1confirmationGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — present
  2. Palm Tree Crew InvestmentsManaging Partner, PTC Cryptocurrent2021 — presentMiami, Florida, United States
  3. FleekCo-Founder, COO2018 — 2020Greater New York City Area
  4. ConsenSysFounding Team, Balanc32017 — 2018Brooklyn, NY
  5. Fordham FinTech NetworkCo-Founder, President2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area

Education

  1. Fordham Gabelli School of BusinessMaster of Taxation
  2. Florida State UniversityBachelors of Accounting, Accounting

Skills & more

Tax Accounting13Financial Accounting13Business Development3Managerial Accounting7Cost Accounting7Financial Modeling5Market Research9Financial Statement Analysis6Blockchain8Smart Contracts6Blockchain Accounting9

Languages Spanish

  • Bloomberg Market Concepts — Bloomberg
  • Ethical Leadership Certification — NASBA Center for the Public Trust

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Same school

Also attended Fordham Gabelli School of Business22

LukasPartner at Hummingbird VenturesRyan GearyFinance Director at FJ LabsBruce TaraginManaging Director at Blumberg CapitalJoePartner at Thomson Reuters VenturesDavid GoldbergBoard Partner at Alpaca VCTina MoranSenior Associate at Flourish Ventures

+ 16 more

Also attended Florida State University40

Amanda DawsonDirector, People Operations at StartXMax ColbertPhysician-Entrepreneur at Medical Excellence CapitalHamlet YousefManaging Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsTarek WakedCo-Founder & Managing Partner at Type One VenturesOmar PimentelDirector of Frontier Strategy at Type One VenturesDoug HicksEntrepreneur-In-Residence at The Innovation Space

+ 34 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Palm Tree Crew Investments1

Brandon AlsterAnalyst at Palm Tree Crew Investments

Also worked at Fleek2

Howard LiuManaging Partner at Argonautic VenturesHarrison HinesPartner at Argonautic Ventures

Also worked at ConsenSys37

Mason NystromInvestor at Pantera CapitalDanny CrichtonPartner, Research at Lux Capital, publishing the Securities newsletter and RiskgamingKavita GuptaSpecial Advisor at Buckhill CapitalJoseph LubinChairman at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.Min TeoManaging Partner & Co-CIO at Ethereal Ventures Management Ltd.Neil GomesAdvisor at Folius Ventures

+ 31 more

Colleagues at Palm Tree Crew Investments

Austin Criden
President at Palm Tree Crew Investments
Brandon Alster
Analyst at Palm Tree Crew Investments

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Amitt Mahajan
Managing Partner at Presence Capital
Austin Criden
President at Palm Tree Crew Investments
Brandon Alster
Analyst at Palm Tree Crew Investments
Eytan Elbaz
Venture Partner at TenOneTen Ventures
Gabby Dizon
CEO at Bitkraft Esports Ventures

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