Austin Criden

Co-Founder & Former CEO @ Palm Tree Crew Holdings

About

Built Palm Tree Crew from inception as co-founder and former CEO into a nine-figure diversified holding company across live events, hospitality, consumer brands, and investing. Most recently valued at $215M in a 2025 Series B led by WME. At PTC, led investments in Poppi Soda (exited), Whatnot, Polymarket, Long Drink (exited), Underdog Fantasy, and Ramp. Spent the early part of my career at LionTree as a merchant banker, doing M&A advisory alongside Private Equity and Venture Capital investing across Tech, Media, Telecom, and Consumer. Then became Head of Business Development, Corporate Development, and Strategy at FabFitFun. Most interested today in building, advising, acquiring, and investing in businesses across Consumer, Consumer Technology, Consumer & Business Services, Live Events, and Entertainment.

Country

United States

City

Miami Beach

Industry

Internet

Skill

Deal Sourcing, Strategic Advisory, Operating Partner, Board of Directors, Initial Public Offerings (IPO), Brand Licensing, Hospitality Industry, Live Events, Celebrity Partnerships, Private Equity, Consumer Services, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Roll-Ups, Brand Partnerships, Capital Raising, Founder, Music Festivals, Venture Capital, Marketing, Financial Analysis

Experience

Co-Founder & Former CEO

Palm Tree Crew Holdings

2020-3 - Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

Miami, Florida, United States

Co-Founder

Southern Shine Car Wash

2023-10 - Present · 3 yrs

Greenville County, SC

Angel Investor

Personal Investments

2018-1 - Present · 8 yrs 9 mos

Investments include: Coinbase (Series D), State Affairs (Angel), Rightway Healthcare (Angel), Our Place (Angel), Seed Health (Seed), Lemon Perfect (Seed), Varda Space (Series A)