Profile
Sam is a Venture Partner at Stateless Ventures where he sources DeFi and early stage crypto deals.
Sam co-founded Carbon Money during his senior year at Stanford, raising funds from Y Combinator and General Catalyst, among others.
Sam started mining Bitcoin in his dorm room in 2014 and, prior to Carbon, was one of the founding engineers at Plenty, a Softbank backed AI and hydroponics company.
Sam is passionate about decentralization and tech enabled disintermediation.
Sam studied Computer Science at Stanford.
Samuel Trautwein active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
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Carbon-12 Labs, Inc.
 Carbon-12 Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Carbon-12 Labs, Inc. provides payment solutions for the block chain industry. The company was founded by Mai Gavin and Samuel Trautwein and is headquartered in Pacifica, CA. | Founder | - |
Stateless Ventures
 Stateless Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Stateless Ventures LLC (Stateless Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Matt Slater. The firm is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. | Private Equity Investor | - |
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Carbon-12 Labs, Inc.
Carbon-12 Labs, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Carbon-12 Labs, Inc. provides payment solutions for the block chain industry. The company was founded by Mai Gavin and Samuel Trautwein and is headquartered in Pacifica, CA. | Technology Services |
Stateless Ventures
Stateless Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Stateless Ventures LLC (Stateless Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Matt Slater. The firm is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico. | Finance |
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