Lorine Pendleton, Esq.

Founder/Partner|125 Ventures (Sports, Media & Entertainment Tech) | Co-Host, The Conversation Lounge Podcast | Former Partner, Portfolia Rising America Funds | Board Director | Former Entertainment Attorney | Speaker

📍 New York City Metropolitan Area, United States🔄 Updated October 2026💼 6 investments📅 16 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2023
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Feb 2023
A Club For All Rhode Island. Our 2026 USL Championship Season kicks off March 7!
Investor
Dec 2021
Oura is an award-winning, fast-growing startup that helps people get up close and personal with their health. The Oura Ring and Oura App provide daily insights into sleep, activity, stress, recovery and much more. By providing daily feedback and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles, weve helped millions of people improve their sleep, understand their bodies, and transform their health. We’re on a mission to empower every person to own their inner potential, and we’re seeking talented individuals to join us on our journey. JOIN THE OURA TEAM We are a multi-disciplinary team of over 100 experts in hardware engineering, software development, machine learning, bioscience, sleep, industrial and UX design, production, marketing and customer experience. We always strive to learn more and dig deeper into our research and analytics, to stay engaged and creative in everything we do. We are uncompromising in delivering value to our members and our partners across the globe.. Ouraring Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, CA
Investor & Advisory Board Member
Mar 2020
MoCaFi is committed to building a financial services platform that helps America’s marginalized communities create wealth through better access to public, private, and social capital. We are a fintech built for government and non-profit organizations committed to creating finance for all. Our platform is a turnkey digital banking solution for delivering cash payments, deposit accounts, and wealth empowerment tools at the city, state, and federal levels. MoCaFi has distributed over $100M in guaranteed basic income, cash assistance, emergency rental assistance, and emergency utility payments in over a dozen municipalities. We are led by a diverse team of finance, engineering, and startup professionals committed to closing America’s racial wealth gap. We offer FDIC-insured bank accounts, municipal-funded disbursement cards, and financial empowerment services directly to consumers and through our public and private sector partners. To learn more, visit https://hubs.ly/H0fnrbb0
Organizer and Board Member
Oct 2010
On March 27, 2012 the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NYC will play host to its first TEDx event featuring some of the most influential global thought leaders. TEDxHarlem is a creative conference that seeks to understand, celebrate and empower the informal methods of social innovation that grow up organically in the local Harlem community and around the world. TEDxHarlem will connect some of the world’s most eclectic and innovative ideas with the Harlem community. Our celebration is dedicated to those who have the courage to passionately breathe life into their ideas as well as those who are willing to listen and become part of a movement.
Experience · 10 entries
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2023
Founder & Managing Partner
Oct 2023
Investing in the Intersection of Sports, Media & Entertainment with Technology
Investor
Feb 2023
A Club For All Rhode Island. Our 2026 USL Championship Season kicks off March 7!
Board Member, Investment Committee
Jan 2023
Empire State Development (ESD) is New York’s chief economic development agency. The mission of Empire State Development is to promote a vigorous and growing state economy, encourage business investment and job creation, and support diverse, prosperous local economies across New York State through the efficient use of loans, grants, tax credits, real estate development, marketing and other forms of assistance. ESD also oversees the marketing of “I LOVE NY,” the State’s iconic tourism brand (www.iloveny.com) & NYLovesFim New York States Film, TV & Commercial Incentives (www.nylovesfilm.com) Empire State Development is the parent organization of the New York State Department of Economic Development & the Empire State Development Corporation. For more information on Empire State Development, visit www.esd.ny.gov.
2021
Investor
Dec 2021
Oura is an award-winning, fast-growing startup that helps people get up close and personal with their health. The Oura Ring and Oura App provide daily insights into sleep, activity, stress, recovery and much more. By providing daily feedback and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles, weve helped millions of people improve their sleep, understand their bodies, and transform their health. We’re on a mission to empower every person to own their inner potential, and we’re seeking talented individuals to join us on our journey. JOIN THE OURA TEAM We are a multi-disciplinary team of over 100 experts in hardware engineering, software development, machine learning, bioscience, sleep, industrial and UX design, production, marketing and customer experience. We always strive to learn more and dig deeper into our research and analytics, to stay engaged and creative in everything we do. We are uncompromising in delivering value to our members and our partners across the globe.. Ouraring Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, CA
2020
Investor & Advisory Board Member
Mar 2020
MoCaFi is committed to building a financial services platform that helps America’s marginalized communities create wealth through better access to public, private, and social capital. We are a fintech built for government and non-profit organizations committed to creating finance for all. Our platform is a turnkey digital banking solution for delivering cash payments, deposit accounts, and wealth empowerment tools at the city, state, and federal levels. MoCaFi has distributed over $100M in guaranteed basic income, cash assistance, emergency rental assistance, and emergency utility payments in over a dozen municipalities. We are led by a diverse team of finance, engineering, and startup professionals committed to closing America’s racial wealth gap. We offer FDIC-insured bank accounts, municipal-funded disbursement cards, and financial empowerment services directly to consumers and through our public and private sector partners. To learn more, visit https://hubs.ly/H0fnrbb0
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