Richard Smith is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at Mosaic General Partnership who brings experience across finance, venture capital, technology, and sports to early-stage deals where the fund has an unfair advantage, including previous work as a Director of Business Development at LinkedIn leading product partnerships and developer communities. As a founding member of the Annual Players Technology Summit and investor in sports franchises, restaurants, and food & beverage companies alongside technology investments, he focuses on building infrastructure for sports, health, and risk rather than just consumer brands.
About their Fund
Mastry (now Mosaic General Partnership) is built around a deep network at the intersection of technology, elite sports, media, and culture, with LPs including CEOs, world-class institutions, and NBA stars, and positions itself as a "cultural interpreter" that "speaks capital" but "lives and breathes culture" to advance diverse communities while targeting outsized financial returns. The fund's founder Rudy Cline-Thomas brings an unusually multifaceted background spanning sports law, athlete wealth advisory, Emmy-nominated documentary production, Fortune 500 advisory roles, and co-ownership of Leeds United and Plymouth Argyle, while the partnership includes NBA champion Andre Iguodala as a full co-founder/general partner rather than just a passive investor.





















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