Episode 19 - Struck Gold with Adam Struck

Welcome to The Kurty D Show, a podcast presenting unique perspectives shaping the world. This week I'm excited to share my conversation with my friend, Adam Struck, the founder and managing partner at Struck Capital. A seed-stage venture capital fund based in Santa Monica, California. Struck is a next-gen venture firm supporting early-stage founders focusing on seed investments into companies led by visionary technologists and are quickly building a strong track record with not only placing super-smart bets but also rolling up their sleeves and actively helping their founders grow their businesses. In addition to their VC fund, Struck is evolving their platform with Struck Crypto, a $100 million digital assets fund that has been outperforming Bitcoin Plus in 2022.

Prior to Struck, Adam co-founded Long Island Iced Tea brands with his brother Greg. Founded in 2011, the company offered premium bottled iced tea brewed with custom black tea leaves and reverse osmosis water. The brothers paired solid product-market fit with flawless execution to scale distribution to over 10,000 outlets. They sold the business to private equity firm Colin investments a couple of years after starting the company, and Adam parlayed his profits into Struck.

This is a great episode, Adam gets real about growing up in South Africa, immigrating to the US, and some of his core drivers and philosophy for finding success in life and business. This show has a lot to offer anyone interested in tech startups investing crypto and digital assets and the Southern California tech market.