Before moving into venture, Larry Scheinfeld founded Quellos Group's New York office and stayed on its board until the firm was sold to BlackRock in 2007, and he's known for believing pre-revenue companies can be a better bet than ones already drawing a lot of attention, writing down ideas and revisiting them later before acting on them, and focusing on how AI can change the way venture portfolios are built. He also writes about startup and investing topics like crowdfunding, accelerators, and Silicon Valley culture, stays closely involved with child-health and learning-difference nonprofits such as Starlight Foundation and the Forman School, and maintains several of his own websites alongside his work at Zelkova Ventures.