When a startup breaks up equity you see the first 80% split between the cofounders, 10% for early hires, and another 10% as an employee options pool. That’s the standard. That means while a co-founder can see 20–30% of the equity, the acting CTO at an early stage organization might…

How do we define influence in the psychedelics ecosystem? Authored by: Maya Albert, Lilia Karimi, Tammy Sanders, Marik Hazan Our team woke up on May 1st to see a list published by Psychedelic Invest of the 100 most influential people in psychedelics. I was grateful to have my own work…

Written by Magenta Ceiba and Marik Hazan Many people in the psychedelic movement are passionate about ethical development of companies. As the business landscape in this field explodes, the following resources are intended to give the reader solid alternatives to traditional venture capital and strictly for-profit or non-profit business models…

Well… It means pulling a used Christmas tree off a neighbor’s curb to use as your New Years tree a week later. It means having that same tree taken down when an American Rabbi tells your parents they’ll get you confused about religion. It means buying one for your mother…

I had never heard of a VC firm that had a mission. Values were replaced by a compelling thesis and strategy to maximize returns. As we interacted with more nonprofit founders, researchers, and folks from the psychedelics community we realized that there was no greater priority than examining ourselves. What…

The majority of the psychedelics community has rarely made contact with the world of venture capital and high-growth startups. This is dangerous because it doesn’t allow for those that work with psychedelic substances to understand what the next 10 years will bring their way… and as of right now the…

[Spoilers Alert!] I love a good scary movie. In recent years there have been two films that have particularly impressed me: Hereditary and The Witch. If you’re looking for gore, moments that make you scream and jump, and a fear to sleep alone, these probably won’t deliver. …

Now that Mark Zuckerberg’s hearing has come to a conclusion, tech leaders and influencers are all making the right observation: Facebook is just one tiny piece of the problem. The harm or good that Facebook has brought society is difficult to measure. Both positive and negative externalities of a system…

If you went to a public school that was majority white, you most likely remember the “popular kids”. Usually white, American, typically very wealthy, and all somehow friends since the beginning of time. You weren’t included? …