About

Artist.Ventures was started to bring strong entrepreneurial , business strategy to culture, especially when pioneering the new field of web3. We operate as an equity portfolio of projects we provide leadership for to build/fund/launch.

We help shape business plans for new models or pioneering new fields; help with and lead fund-raising; build teams; create brands and strategic market positioning; develop valuation through launch; and on-going management. We work in leadership roles or can work with Founders as an advisor through all of these early critical elements.

Artist.Ventures was founded by Christy MacLear https://www.christymaclear.com/

Christy’s nickname as “the fog sculptor” was given to her at Disney Development Company with her core skill of building businesses which are “firsts”, often forging new industries to create market share and long term value. She was the founding CEO of Superblue, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and the Philip Johnson Glass House. She has served as a Vice Chairman of Sothebys forging a new practice area and advising artists on legacy and increasing market value.

She has served on the Board of Trustees for Stanford University and is the Co-Chair of the Board of the Municipal Art Society. Christy teaches a class on web3/Metaverse for UT Austin and has lectured globally on related topics.