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Cline-Thomas has made a name for himself as a go-between for professional athletes and venture capitalists in Silicon Valley. In the end he brought in 15 investors, including himself. Ten from his group are athletes—including Andre Drummond, Andre Iguodala, Kyle Lowry, and C.J. McCollum from the NBA and the NFL’s Trent Williams and Byron Jones. All told, working with Mastry and other intermediaries as well as Harvard’s alumni network, Tishman Speyer got $30.8 million of the $500 million equity offering from a group of 157 Black and Latino investors—exceeding its commitment by more than 20%. “There’s a range of investors, from professional athletes to doctors and lawyers,” Speyer says. “So it’s an eclectic group.”

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