Adrian Grant-Alfieri, who works professionally as Adrian Alfieri, is an American 🏷️#entrepreneur and angel 🏷️#investor, and the founder and CEO of Verbatim, a Brooklyn content studio he launched in January 2022 that builds editorial and organic-acquisition programs for commerce and startup brands. He is a graduate of Brown University.
Alfieri joined 📝Assembled Brands, which finances and invests in emerging consumer brands, as an associate in January 2019 and later held a director title there. He created The Proof, an interview series and newsletter on the wellness habits and routines of founders and investors, and he invests in e-commerce and digital health startups, including as a venture partner at Melitas Ventures.
📝Adam Pritzker and I were introduced to Adrian in early 2019, when he was still at Brown, and that July we hired him as an intern to run cold email outreach to emerging consumer brands; he was excited to do it and did a great job. When I asked what he had learned from interviewing so many people for The Proof, his answer was simple: eat right, sleep well, and exercise — then meditate and build meaningful relationships.