Brandon Hoffman

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Brandon is General Partner of Sunset Ventures, an early-stage venture fund based in Los Angeles & San Francisco that backs founders using emerging technology to change the way everyday consumers live, work, and play. Sunset focuses on the intersection of creativity, mediatech, commerce, and fintech. Prior to Sunset, he was an operator & investor at Samsung Next, the software group of Samsung Electronics. He led R&D efforts for the Chief Innovation Officer around gaming, fintech, wellness, AI, and blockchain. On the venture team, he led more than 20 early-stage venture deals. Notable investments include Ready Player Me (invested before a16z), Wonder Dynamics (acquired by Autodesk), and The Sandbox ($1B val). Before Samsung, he was at Morgan Stanley as an equity research analyst covering US Internet (gaming, ecommerce, social, adtech, payments), where he co-founded the Amazon Disruption Symposium. His insightful reports contributed to reaching the #1 rank Internet team by Institutional Investor. During his time on Wall Street, he worked on high-profile IPOs and initiations, such as Take-Two Interactive (maker of Grand Theft Auto), Blue Apron, elf Beauty, Snap, and Spotify. Brandon st

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