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5 Questions With Andrew Batey of Side Door Ventures: AI, Superfans and What He’ll Cut a Check For


Beatdapp CEO Andrew Batey discusses AI, superfans and investing in his first conversation about his VC fund Side Door Ventures.

Side Door quietly launched in 2018 and comprises 14 different smaller funds covering a wide array of disciplines — space travel, blockchain, manufacturing and more. To date, he’s made investments in companies like SpaceX, Pipe, Plaid, Varda and EtherFi, as well as music-related startups like JKBX and the now-defunct superfans app Renaissance, which he felt particularly passionate about. Now that Beatdapp has established itself as an industry leader with partnerships with Universal Music Group, the Mechanical Licensing Collective, Beatport, SoundExchange and more, Batey is ready to talk about Side Door Ventures for the first time.

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