Oct 6, 2026 · 29 min · 9 segments
What does it take to build companies, communities, and leaders that continue to make an impact long after you are gone? In this episode of the South Florida Leaders Podcast with Brian Fay, Brian sits…
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as a fund and then over 10 years deploys it and then supports it and then exits.
And it's a main purpose is really to say, you know, which companies to decide which companies they think are going to be successful.
What makes us a little bit different as Trio VC is myself and my co-founders, Chidam, Toraman, and Arzatekir, we all come from this ecosystem builder accelerator background.
So we're not just looking at which companies will succeed, we're looking at which environments can enable more companies to succeed.
Again, remember the thesis was about investing in immigrant founders building in the United States.
And we're trying to create a bridge and a community that nurtures them, again, across borders.
If any owners of capital want to have a front row seat to how we're shaping the next generation of innovation, kind of need to be integrated into the U.S.
as a fund and then over 10 years deploys it and then supports it and then exits.
And it's a main purpose is really to say, you know, which companies to decide which companies they think are going to be successful.
What makes us a little bit different as Trio VC is myself and my co-founders, Chidam, Toraman, and Arzatekir, we all come from this ecosystem builder accelerator background.
So we're not just looking at which companies will succeed, we're looking at which environments can enable more companies to succeed.
Again, remember the thesis was about investing in immigrant founders building in the United States.
And we're trying to create a bridge and a community that nurtures them, again, across borders.
If any owners of capital want to have a front row seat to how we're shaping the next generation of innovation, kind of need to be integrated into the U.S.
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