Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Rashaun Williams is Founder, CIO of Harbinger Sports Partners & Guest Shark on ABC's Shark Tank. He is also a Limited Partner with the Atlanta Falcons and has over 170 investments under his belt with over 50 exits. Mr. Williams is the founder of his family office Value Investment Group and was a general partner in the MVP All-Star Fund. He co-founded venture capital fund Queensbridge Venture Partners where he was an early investor in companies like Robinhood, Coinbase, Casper, Ring, PillPack, Lyft & Dropbox. An expert in illiquid secondaries he started his career at Wall Street firms such as Goldman Sachs, Wachovia Securities & Deutsche Bank doing over-the-counter fixed income. That inspired his journey into illiquid secondaries in venture capital and now pro sports teams. In 2007 he founded Dixsville Partners, a private equity fund investing in infrastructure development and mineral companies in West Africa. With a passion for financial literacy and entrepreneurship Mr. Williams founded the Kemet Institute in 2001, a non-profit focused on providing free financial literacy, entrepreneurship and life skills classes to under-served communities and schools. He is currently on the Board of Directors for The Atlanta Opera, is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. and summa cum laude graduate of Morehouse College.
Harbinger Sports Partners is a private equity firm focused on investing in minority stakes of North American sports franchises. Our team has strong ownership and operating experiences in these franchises over the last 25 years. We also have significant experience investing in illiquid minority stakes of private companies in the secondary market.
Value Investment Group is a single family office focused on alternative investments in private equity and venture capital. VIG has done over 170 investments with over 50 exits. Our strategy is focused on consumer products, tech, professional sports teams and home services / specialty contractors.
Rashaun served as General Partner of the MVP All-Star Funds which is a late stage tech fund. MVP has four funds, Allstar Fund I, II, III & IV. He brings to MVP extensive investing and corporate finance expertise. He was a Founding Partner at QueensBridge Venture Fund, which he helped launch in 2013 and managed with other partners including rapper and hip-hop icon Nasir “Nas” Jones. Queensbridge invested in startups such as Dropbox, Lyft, Seatgeek, Casper and General Assembly. Rashaun also manages Value Investment Group, a private investment and consulting firm focused on influencer-backed private equity and value investing, particularly in the consumer products, tech, media, entertainment, financial services and infrastructure.
The QueensBridge Fund is a venture capital fund focused on co-investment opportunities with leading VCs and disruptive technologies and has had over 20 exits to date. While managing QBVP Rashaun led investments with nine exits (Shift, Synata, Bluebox, Luxola, Bond, Whistle, RadPad, Pantry, Tilt). Other investments include Dropbox (series C), Lyft (series D), Casper (seed), Parachute Home (seed), Ring (series A), SeatGeek (series B), General Assembly (series C), NationBuilder (series B).