Garnet Heraman
Garnet Heraman

Heavy Duty Old School Truth Since 1996

About me

Garnet S. Heraman is an investor + influencer with 30 years experience at the intersection of venture capital, innovation +technology. With over 5 million views on LI, he has been invited to speak or teach at events around the world like Horasis Global Meeting (Sao Paulo, 2025), AI 2030 Investor Summit (Silicon Valley, 2025), Web Summit Vancouver (2025), Data Science Salon (Austin, 2025), Fintech Islands (Barbados, 2024), JETRO StartX (Tokyo, 2024), Optimized AI (Atlanta, 2023), Italian Trade Association/BIAT (Naples, 2023), NY Venture Summit (2019) and Rockstart Investor Summit (Bogota, 2018). His market perspectives and portfolio have been featured in Sports Business Journal, American Banker, Time Magazine, Forbes, Bloomberg, WSJ, Institutional Investor, Inc. and Entrepreneur among many others. Mr. Heraman is co-founder and managing partner of Aperture VC (2021) the largest US fintech fund run by diverse managers. Previously, he was co-founder of Aegis Investment Partners (2005), the first private credit fund to specialize in growth capital for corporate VC groups. He is a seasoned investor in both VC funds + startups including: InsurTech NY Fund II, Berkeley Skydeck Fund, Alaffia Health, Payment Labs, Frame Payments, GreenLyne, Dynepic, Gizer.io (acquired), Empyreal Logistics, VentureVortex (acquired), UVentures (acquired). He also is co-owner of a sustainable apparel brand now in its second decade, Karina Dresses. Mr. Heraman’s nonprofit work includes AI 2030 (BOA 2025-6); Princeton University APT Institute (BOA 2025-26); Columbia University Venture Community (BOD 2019-20); TiE New York (founding BOD 2000-1); The CORO Foundation, which named him to the prestigious Leadership New York Program (2000-1) and; Rhizome.org, the world's first digital art space on the web (1996). Known for his logodaedaly and levity, Mr. Heraman hails from a family of academics, musicians & bush doctors on the island nation of Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹. His personal interests include meditation, animal welfare, fitness, food+wine, travel, art+design and zombies.


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