A.I.VENTURE CAPITALIST,
SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR,
U.S. MARINE
I'M
PAUL ANTHONY CLAXTON.
"Great Business Happens When You
Have Great Relationships"PC
MISSION STATEMENT
"I endeavor to make the world a better place to live through my business pursuits by advancing society forward and improving the lives of others."
This is a strong mission statement that I realize cannot be easily done. However, my passion lies in technology and people, and my purpose lives in service to my country and fellow humans. I believe by seeking mentorship, freely giving mentorship, and continuous education, I can facilitate the unity of people, products, and innovation.
It is here that I accomplish my lifelong dream of making a measurable statement showing how I helped advance and improve the world long after I am gone.
I -LinkedIn - am a Managing General Partner at Digerati Investments -www.digeratiinvestments.com - , a Seed/Series A stage AI investor, focused on investing in elite technology professionals and companies for impact strategy as a priority vs. exit strategy as a priority. With almost 10 years of experience as a serial entrepreneur and an emerging fund manager, I have co-founded and led several ventures in the fields of innovation, market development, talent recruitment, and technology acceleration, working with global and diverse partners across various industries and sectors. I have built my career in entrepreneurship and venture capital as a specialist in bootstrapping companies from zero to more than six figures in revenue within just weeks.
In addition to VC investing, I also provide my expertise to companies as an Investor Relations executive on all areas of the capital markets, and as a Head of Silicon Valley Syndicate Club - Los Angeles Chapter at Network VC, I also facilitate co-investment opportunities for private investors to join deals with well-known VCs, such as Softbank, Samsung Ventures, BlackRock, Andreessen Horowitz, and Founders Fund. I am passionate about solving unmet needs with emerging technologies, creating technology success stories, and advancing global society forward for the greater good. I am a public speaker, an author, a San Diego Business Journal 40 under 40 honoree, and a U.S. Marine veteran with 10 years of honorable, decorated service on active duty and four combat tours. I am currently pursuing my MBA of Finance at Harvard University and hold a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Law and Psychology from Park University and a Military Leadership and Strategy certificate from Marine Corps University.
As we get to know each other, you will often hear me refer to myself through the alias as "Businessman. Athlete. Marine." (B.A.M.). The alias identifies who I am; a true, passionate businessman at heart, an athlete in mind, body and spirit, and not once, but always a Marine. I spent 10 years on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps from 2000-2010.
Then from 2010-2016, I worked as a Senior Executive for Fortune 500 companies, and venture capital-backed startups. Ever since 2016 I have been a thriving bootstrapped entrepreneur and venture capitalist.
I have successfully landed investment deals and I have built several companies from napkin to revenue. The military photo is a pictorial of my job in the Marine Corps where I served as a Stinger Missile Gunner, trained to shoot down enemy fighter jets and attack helicopters in defenses of friendly assets, installations, personnel and operations.
>Experience
TIME IS MONEY GAINED THROUGH EXPERIENCE
03/2003
Iraq Invasion
09/2000
Became a U.S. Marine
03/2003 - 04/2010
Decorated U.S. Marine, completed 4-tours in Iraq
12/2016
Entrepreneurship beginning
04/2010
Left the Marine Corps
04/2019
Began work in private equity/venture capital
03/2018
Entrepreneur of the Year Nominee
08/2021
Listed as 40 under 40
12/2019
Started MBA in Finance at Harvard
04/2023
Head of Los Angeles Chapter for Silicon Valley Syndicate Club at Network VC
01/2020
Company was awarded best management consulting firm
10/2021
Board advisor to Ithaca College
09/2024
An entrepreneurial concept of mine was featured in Visionary Leadership: A Guidebook for 21st Century Organizations and Entrepreneurial Teams (Future of Business and Finance).
02/2025
Contributed to final piece
05/2025
Presentation at UCLA University on entrepreneurship
>PORTFOLIO
MY BRANDS AND WORK
AI VENTURE CAPITAL FIRM
EXPLAINABLE
AI PODCAST IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AI ACCELERATOR INSTITUTE
UNITING PEOPLE, PRODUCTS, AND INNOVATION TOGETHER.
Specializing in technology scaling and investing
STREAMING SHOW discussing the untold stories of capital markets leaders
Weekly newsletter sharing my ideas, insights & experiences as an AI Venture Capitalist to empower & inspire my followers
>in the media
MEDIA SAMPLES. LINKS AVAILABLE ON SOME LOGOS. WANT MORE? ASK ME.
MY EXPERTISE
>Venture Capital
>Entrepreneurship
>Technology Accelerators
>Bootstrapping
>Growth Hacking
>Lean Methods
>Military Transition
>Leadership
>Artificial Intelligence
>Emerging Technologies
I am currently available to media outlets for publication features and public speaking engagements or panels.
DISCUSSING VENTURE CAPITAL​
DON'T WIND UP CLOSE WITH NO CIGAR. LET'S MAKE LEMONADE AND SMOKE.
>RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS. WANT MORE? ASK ME.
Bryan Emerson, Occasional Investor, Board Member and Mentor to Early-Stage Companies.
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Paul has been a great person to know and partner with in business. He has a creative and dynamic mind for ways in which the world can be better, not in a fictional or utopian sense, but in a way that works for reality and the needs of humanity today. To make this so, he tirelessly employs and leverages his massive global network in conjunction with his business and technology pursuits. I have gotten to see Paul rise as a businessperson, venture capitalist and entrepreneur. He really has a tremendous story to tell. As someone who had an extremely unusual childhood, to becoming a combat-decorated US Marine, a corporate Fortune 500 executive, now a serial entrepreneur and today a venture capitalist, his is a story that needs to be shared. At the end of the day, I see Paul as a natural-born leader, with tremendous potential to add value to people’s lives and the world in general. I am excited to watch him grow and evolve, and mostly I am excited to see him continue to inspire others and help them continue their own emerge as leaders.
Alan Hill, Agile Coach, Enterprise Enablement, Organizational Development
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Paul is a committed driven individual with a genuine caring for people. Paul doesn’t give up and won’t let your team down. His example inspires others to raise their standards because he cares about delivering quality. If you get the opportunity to work with Paul you’ll see a real leader in action.
Paul is very successful in his professional relationships also. Thanks to Paul’s efforts our volunteer committee, SerVETude, is rapidly moving forward – Paul has been relentless in inviting others to participate and through his relationships, helped us secure a permanent meeting space which gave our group much needed stability, a foundation to build upon.
Charles Wagner, Founder at AviateNow, Inc. | AI Architect, ChatGPT Developer
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Paul is undoubtedly the most persistent, dedicated, and enthusiastic man that I know. He dares to dream big and puts forth the effort required to help his customers achieve their goals. Watching him grow his talents and apply them in multiple industry verticals, to great success, proves that his methodology and acumen are second to none. He brings people to up to his level with his realism and is able to find the critical path to success in even the most difficult situations. Paul has the refined capability to teach you how to be the catalyst that transforms your business from mediocre to elite. He practices what he preaches and is a dedicated student of commerce. I'm grateful to have worked with him and consider him a valuable asset in my network.
Murthy Yenamandra, Consultant, Lighthouse Management Group​
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I've had the pleasure of working with Paul in my recent search for a cross-functional position that effectively combined multiple technical and business roles. He was terrific at not only identifying the positions that were a good match for my background, but also working with his clients to bring out those aspects of their needs that made them a good match for me. I'm very happy to recommend his services.
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