Description: Carter Laren is an early stage investor, advisor, and board member to early stage technology companies and seed stage funds. As a cryptographer and serial entrepreneur with more than $400m in exits, over a decade of angel investing experience, and venture success as the founder of an early stage venture firm, Carter brings both strategic and tactical advice to both founders and investors.
Carter Laren is an early stage investor, advisor, and board member to early stage technology companies and seed stage funds. As a cryptographer and serial entrepreneur with more than $400m in exits, over a decade of angel investing experience, and venture success as the founder of an early stage venture firm, Carter brings both strategic and tactical advice to both founders and investors.
Relax, there will be roads.
I began my career as a cryptographic engineer in the late 1990s, first in the defense industry, where I held a TS/SCI clearance, and then in the private sector, where I got paid to hack satellite TV. At Cryptography Research, I was part of a small team that designed and built smartcard-based conditional access systems. After that, I led a team of engineers that designed and licensed security for Blu-ray. Over a decade later, the invention of Bitcoin turned "crypto" into a household word. Today, I invest in