René 🌱 Invest in Creativity
@RJPinnell
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Founder of @Artizen. 5th generation artist. Obsessed with investing in human creativity.
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Joined October 2009
My 17-year quest to build @ArtizenFund into an overnight success. 🔥 Dreams of funding art 1:18 🎬 Selling TV pilots 4:34 🌪️ Hurricane parties 11:20 💔 Love, loss & life in prison 22:04 💰 Virtual fortunes 27:12 💥 Bankrupt 35:19 🚀 Escape velocity 39:14 Full story below ↓
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Amazing conversation with @michelreilhac curator of Venice Immersive, brilliant artist, fountain of wisdom. One of the most creative humans I know.
Future of Immersive Storytelling: Artizen Talks with Venice Curator Michel Reilhac
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Future of Immersive Storytelling: Artizen Talks with Venice Curator Michel Reilhac
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Deeply moved and motivated by this essay. Time to grow up. Time to build real products that help real people.
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I've been a little quiet on social... spending ~10 hours a day on the phone pitching investors. got some big news I'll be sharing soon-ish. Artizen is going to do some pretty amazing things in 2026. can't wait!
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NEW POD @vitalikbuterin on the @greenpillnet podcast for a year-end deep dive into public goods funding in the @Ethereum ecosystem. Thx @devanshmehta for co-hosting. We discuss how the landscape has shifted from “vibes-based” funding to verifiable, dependency-driven
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This was a really really great showcase. So much fun. Please come to these things. It gives me energy.
Artizen Showcase #53
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Creative Commons: Artizen Talks with Chris Schultz
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This was a good one.
Cinema Unbound: Artizen Talks with Amy Dotson
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Congrats to Pooja and the team at Fern 🌿! Pooja and @henri_stern from @privy_io are examples of the amazing humans that @juanbenet was able to bring together at @protocollabs and @ProtocolVC_ was lucky to support both of them!
Today I’m thrilled to share that @fernhq_ has been acquired by @raincards. I have deep respect for Charles, Farooq, and the Rain team, and I’m excited to build powerful stablecoin infrastructure together. All Fern customers will be supported with no disruption. Onwards.
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We went to Detroit and found a very strange carbon dioxide sucking machine made by @remoracarbon. Full episode here and on YouTube (down below in the comments).
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The way human creativity is gonna change the world.
holy shit. we did it. $6M for human creativity. 🤯
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holy shit. we did it. $6M for human creativity. 🤯
💰 Fundraising Goal Reached ✔️ Thrilled to share that we hit our $6M fundraising goal for the Artizen Endowment. Next stop, $10M before the end of the year.
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