VC Bradley Tusk Pivots to Offering Startups Advice — Not Cash

Political fixer Bradley Tusk’s venture firm is taking a different tack with its latest investment push: Instead of doling out cash to startups, it’s offering advice in return for equity — and scrapping plans to raise a fourth fund.

The pivot will spare Tusk the pain of fundraising in a grisly climate for startups and VCs, and return the investor to his political roots. Tusk is the founder of political consulting firm Tusk Strategies and author of the 2018 book The Fixer: My Adventures Saving Startups From Death by Politics. He started the VC firm nearly a decade ago, after serving as campaign manager for ...