Investor, Entrepreneur, Artist, Storyteller

Aaron Samuels is the Founder and Managing Partner of Collide Capital. Prior to Collide Capital Aaron Co-Founded Blavity & AfroTech. When he is not working as a venture capitalist, Aaron is a nationally touring writer and speaker. His debut collection of poetry, Yarmulkes & Fitted Caps was released on Write Bloody Publishing in fall 2013.

Aaron Samuels is Black and Jewish

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Collide Capital

Ushering in a new era of venture capital where opportunities go to the most deserving, not the most privileged.

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Blavity

Blavity is the leading digital voice for black millennials with over one million monthly viewers.

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POEMS

Aaron's debut collection, Yarmulkes & Fitted Caps was released in 2013. He has other poems too.

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VIDEOS

Aaron likes to collaborate with other artists to combine poetry with music and visuals to tell stories

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MEAN GIRLS

Aaron Samuels also happens to share a name with a character from the 2004 Lindsay Lohan classic, Mean Girls

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