Christopher Calicott is the co-founder and Managing Director of Trammell Venture Partners (TVP). See contact routes.
Christopher Calicott is the co-founder and Managing Director of Trammell Venture Partners (TVP), Austin’s first Bitcoin-native venture capital firm, where he leverages a career as a technologist spanning the early internet, Web2, and Bitcoin. His investment thesis targets early-stage companies exclusively within the Bitcoin-native ecosystem, covering sectors such as tier-1 exchanges, custody, credit markets, consumer infrastructure, gaming, and applied AI. Calicott led the creation of the TVP Bitcoin Venture Fund, the industry’s first series dedicated solely to founders building on the Bitcoin protocol stack. He typically acts as a lead investor, having participated in rounds for major portfolio companies including Kraken, Unchained Capital, Voltage, and VIDA Global. Notably, Calicott serves as Chairman of the board at VIDA Global, where he and TVP funds collectively hold a 40.8% stake as of May 2026. Beyond investing, he champions Bitcoin policy, having sat on the Texas Blockchain Council’s board to advocate for HB4474, which was signed into Texas law. He also contributes public writing as a co-founder and author at CoinDesk, focusing on cutting-ed
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