Stu is General Partner at Coughdrop Capital and COO/Co-Founder at Racket. He was most recently Senior Vice President, Creator at WarnerMedia running their creator business Fullscreen. Stu has spent the majority of his career driving innovation in the entertainment and media space. With nearly 20 years of experience, Stu led the North American launch of CrowdSurge (later merged with Songkick) and helped scale Red Light Management, the largest music management company in the world. Since then, he has held executive positions leading the revenue organizations at Teespring and Omaze.

Coughdrop Capital is an early-stage venture firm based in Los Angeles that writes checks into pre-seed or seed stage startups. Regardless of sector, industry, or stage, we like to fund smart founders with ambitious plans. We love warm intros, but don't require them.

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