Early-Stage Venture · Naples, FL

Attention to Revenue.

We invest in founders using AI and media technology to rebuild how industries work, sell, and get seen. Early-stage, in-revenue, and built by founders who know how to earn attention instead of buying it. We back them at seed and Series A, then put the full weight of our network behind them.

Vintage2025 / 2026 StageSeed · Series A FocusAI · Media
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01 — Thesis

What is  culture capital?

Capital is a commodity. The best founders can raise from anyone, so what matters is who stands behind them and what comes with the check. We believe the next generation of great companies will be built at the intersection of AI and media: products that understand people, and founders who know how to reach them. We look for operators who are already in revenue, already winning attention, and ready to redefine the categories they're entering, from sports and travel to law and finance. We back the person as much as the product.

Seed-Stage, In-Revenue

We invest early — but in companies that have already proven they can generate revenue. Not pre-product, not pre-customer.

Inter-Portfolio Engagement

Every company in our portfolio has been introduced to the others. We treat the portfolio as a network, not a spreadsheet — actively engineering collaboration where it creates value.

Optics on the Next Round

Through advisory positions and regular engagement, we maintain visibility into each company's next injection of capital and ultimate liquidity event.

02 — Team

The partners.

Patrick Susemihl

Co-Founder · Managing Partner

Patrick has sustained a long career financing real estate. While running day-to-day fund operations, he is responsible for identifying, underwriting, and negotiating investments in cutting-edge AI and media companies. He maintains close advisory relationships across the portfolio.

Darrell Becker

Co-Founder · Managing Partner

Founder & CEO of Becker Studios and Construction, with deep experience across real estate development, design, and management. A longtime resident of Montecito and Palm Beach, Darrell brings an insightful command of economic investment and deal sequencing to the fund.

Dennis Austin

Financial Analyst

Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Culture Capital, responsible for portfolio valuations, deal analysis, operational analytics, and market-fit optimization. A business operator first — 25+ years building enterprise-scale capabilities at Microsoft, Expedia, and Endava. Overhauled Microsoft's global digital analytics program into a framework adopted across 90% of the company worldwide; built the financial infrastructure behind TLM Partners' acquisition by Endava (NYSE: DAVA). His work is featured in Kellogg's MBA curriculum.

Tessa Adams

Advisor

Tessa Adams is the Co-Founder and CEO of Everle, Inc., the New York technology company behind Blob AI, a privacy-first AI thinking partner, and everle, a live human-first social platform. She has built her career where brand, culture and technology meet, including consumer tech and brand work at Red Bull. At Culture Capital, she advises on AI, consumer brand and founder strategy.

Alex Lotier

Limited Partner · Founder, Culture Media

Founder of Culture Media — an emerging sports and creator-focused media company. Alex built Culture Kicks into a digital brand with more than 15 billion lifetime impressions, and today leads one of the most recognized names in sports media.

Luke Sermarini

Limited Partner · CPG Advisor

Drexel University, business administration. Founder of Maxxed Men's Care — a men's skincare company picked up by the largest CPG incubator on Earth (Dr. Squatch, Gruns, Native).

03 — Portfolio

Where the capital goes.

04 — Contact

Building
something
worth attention?

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