Serial tech founder, angel investor and keynote speaker who is now building Divi, an AI-native platform for private-market investing.
Harold Hughes is a Charlotte-based entrepreneur, angel investor and keynote speaker who is Founder & CEO of Divi, an AI-native operating system for private company investing, and Founder & CEO of NFNTE Capital, an entrepreneur-services company teaching founders to convert social capital into growth. He previously founded and led Bandwagon, the venture-backed blockchain live-experience/ticketing company that raised more than $4.5M, acquired IdealSeat and joined the inaugural IBM Blockchain Accelerator before he made the decision to wind it down; he also co-founded Catalyst Labs, whose 12-week accelerator curriculum has been adopted by institutions including Benedict College, the University of Texas and Furman University. A Clemson University graduate (BA in Economics & Political Science, MBA) and author of 'A Kids Book About Blockchain,' he has angel-invested in 30-50+ companies such as Partake Foods, Liquid Death, AG1 and Broadway productions, and speaks worldwide on entrepreneurship, social capital, Web3 and responsible AI.