Dexa/This Week in Startups

Published Oct 4, 2019

E984 Vice Ventures Catharine Dockery is investing $25M in vices: weed, sextech, gambling, alcohol

Catharine Dockery, founding partner of Vice Ventures, disrupts traditional venture capital norms by investing $25 million into unconventional sectors like cannabis, gambling, and sextech, highlighting innovative strategies to navigate societal barriers and unlock untapped market potential within vice industries.

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