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Rashaun Williams

Transform investment strategies and build diverse portfolios with Rashaun Williams, Venture Capital Expert and Shark Tank Guest. Rashaun helps organizations identify high-potential opportunities across traditional and alternative assets, leveraging insights from 170+ investments and 50+ exits including Robinhood, Coinbase, and Lyft.

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Rashaun Williams, Speaker | Founder & Sports CIO
Rashaun Williams

Rashaun Williams

Atlanta, United States

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$51k–75k

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  • Venture capitalist with investments in major tech companies
  • Guest Shark on ABC's Shark Tank
  • Professional sports team owner and financial educator
Rashaun Williams is Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Harbinger Sports Partners, a Guest Shark on ABC's Shark Tank, and a Limited Partner with the Atlanta Falcons who has completed over 170 investments with more than 50 exits. Williams co-founded Queensbridge Venture Partners, where he made early investments in Robinhood, Coinbase, Ring, PillPack, Lyft, and Dropbox. He founded his family office Value Investment Group and established Dixsville Partners in 2007, a private equity fund focused on infrastructure and mineral companies in West Africa. His Wall Street experience includes roles at Goldman Sachs, Wachovia Securities, and Deutsche Bank in over-the-counter fixed income trading. Williams also founded the Kemet Institute in 2001, a nonprofit providing free financial literacy and entrepreneurship education to underserved communities. Rashaun brings practical insights from navigating complex investment landscapes, from public markets to venture capital to professional sports ownership. His expertise in identifying early-stage opportunities and understanding illiquid secondaries offers audiences a rare perspective on building wealth across multiple asset classes. He translates sophisticated investment strategies into actionable approaches that entrepreneurs and investors can apply to their own ventures. Audiences learn how to identify high-potential investment opportunities before they become mainstream, understand the fundamentals of building diversified portfolios across traditional and alternative assets, and develop frameworks for evaluating risk in emerging markets and technologies. Rashaun also shares practical methods for using financial literacy as a tool for community impact and generational wealth building. Book Rashaun Williams to gain investment insights from someone who has successfully deployed capital across venture, private equity, and professional sports.

Why we recommend booking Rashaun

Rashaun Williams, founder and CIO of Harbinger, Shark Tank guest and an Atlanta Falcons LP, has 170 investments and 50+ exits, which gives him unusual credibility across venture and private equity. Clients value his playbooks for sourcing early-stage winners, assessing illiquid secondaries and stress-testing allocations; he fits if your team needs to scale deal flow and align capital with impact.

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What is Rashaun Williams's speaking style like?

Rashaun Williams draws on his career spanning Goldman Sachs, venture capital, and sports ownership to present frameworks for evaluating investment opportunities across asset classes, from early-stage tech to illiquid secondaries and emerging markets.

What topics does Rashaun Williams specialise in?

Rashaun Williams speaks on venture capital and early-stage investment, emerging markets and private equity, and financial literacy and generational wealth building. He is Founder and CIO of Harbinger Sports Partners and a Guest Shark on ABC's Shark Tank, with over 170 investments and more than 50 exits, including early positions in Robinhood, Coinbase, Lyft, and Dropbox through Queensbridge Venture Partners.

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