Bradley Aka

BCG | Investor, Builder | Wharton MBA

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 6 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2024
VC🌍 United States
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Investor
Jun 2024
Were an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.
Investor
Apr 2023
Substack is a new media app that connects you with the creators, ideas, and communities you care about most. Founded in 2017, Substack is building a new economic engine for culture by putting publishers in charge and enabling subscribers to support the work they deeply value. There are more than 5 million paid subscriptions to writers and creators across the Substack network.
Founding Investor
Oct 2021
The Cashmere Fund invests in companies we believe can benefit from influence to grow faster than their competitors. Where possible, we work with management teams that are backed by venture capitalists we respect, helping them scale while creating positive, self-sustaining environments for our companies to thrive.
Investor
Aug 2020
Build diverse teams with an all-in-one platform optimized for early talent recruiting. Untapped is on a mission to make the world more equitable by broadening access to transformative careers. Our all-in-one platform optimized for early talent recruiting, helps companies build diverse teams with confidence and reduce time to hire. Unlock the power of Untapped’s highly diverse and fast-growing talent pool of nearly one million searchable profiles complete with self-reported information. Startups to Fortune 500 companies are using Untapped to source and connect with Gen Z talent, identify biases in the hiring process, enhance employer branding, and measure the ROI of recruiting initiatives.
Experience · 9 entries
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2024
Summer Associate
Jun 2024
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm investing in emerging science and technology at the outermost edges of what is possible. They partner with iconoclastic inventors who challenge the status quo and the laws of nature to bring their futuristic ideas to life. Over the past two decades, Lux has expanded from its New York City roots to Silicon Valley, and built a $7 billion AUM firm of more than 30 full-time professionals, with a wide spectrum of technical backgrounds and the versatility to invest at any stage. Press inquiries: comms@luxcapital.com.
Investor
Jun 2024
Were an AI research company that builds reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Our first product is Claude, an AI assistant for tasks at any scale. Our research interests span multiple areas including natural language, human feedback, scaling laws, reinforcement learning, code generation, and interpretability.
Venture Fellow
Mar 2024
We are the leading community creating inroads to venture capital (VC) and technology investing for Black and other historically excluded communities. Since 2017, our training program has created over 150 paid internships and new career paths in VC for new Black investors. Our impact has a regenerative impact on Black communities by increasing funding for Black entrepreneurs. Today, our work is expanded with two additional programs that train new angel investors and facilitate investments in companies that create economic and overall well-being in Black communities.
2023
Blueprint Investor Track Fellow
May 2023
We back the best university and recent alumni founders — like Cursor, Dandy, RapidSOS, and Shield AI — with a network of investors, mentors, and their first check.
Investor
Apr 2023
Substack is a new media app that connects you with the creators, ideas, and communities you care about most. Founded in 2017, Substack is building a new economic engine for culture by putting publishers in charge and enabling subscribers to support the work they deeply value. There are more than 5 million paid subscriptions to writers and creators across the Substack network.
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