# Prime Trust

> Prime Trust is a VC fund in Las Vegas backing Non Profit. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Las Vegas, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/primetrust/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/primetrustco
- Website: https://www.primetrust.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrimeTrustLLC/

Prime Trust is a technology-driven trust company unlike anything else in existence. We are doing to the traditional trust industry what Paypal did to merchant processing; completely disrupting it by writing software that brings services to the masses and that business partners can build on top of. As a chartered, regulated financial institution weare overseen by the banking commissioner’s office at the Financial Institutions Division. As a trust company we hold cash and non-cash assets such as stocks, bonds, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, tokens, real estate, and private business ownership interests. We act as custodian and trustee for a wide variety of personal and corporate trusts, as well as a major part of the crowdfunding industry, and work with individuals, corporations, lawyers, brokers, investment advisers and others on holding and managing specialized custodial, escrow and trust services.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Prime Trust. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Prime Trust. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/prime-trust?utm_source=investor_profile

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Matt Parrella | General Counsel | 0 | — |
| Michael Smith | COO | 0 | — |
| Rodrigo Vicuna | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | — |
| Sean Ristau | EVP, Account Management & Solution Engineering; VP, Technical Business Relationships & Major Accounts | 0 | — |
| Tiago Requeijo | Chief Data Officer | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Future of Life Institute | The Future of Life Institute (FLI) is a nonprofit working to extreme risks from transformative technologies, as well as steer the development and use of these technologies to benefit life. FLI has tended to focus on the risks and opportunities from artificial intelligence in recent years, but also works in the biotechnology, nuclear and climatechange spaces. The Institute's work primarily consists of grantmaking for risk reduction, educational outreach, and policy advocacy within the United States, European Union and United States.FLI has become one of the world's leading voices on the governance of AI having created one of the earliest and most influential sets of governance principles: the Asilomar AI Principles. | $482.5K | Grant | Nov 15, 2021 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Vanguard Charitable](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vanguard-charitable) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Prime Trust invest in?

Prime Trust invests primarily in Non Profit startups, most often at Grant stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Prime Trust?

The team at Prime Trust includes Matt Parrella (General Counsel), Michael Smith (COO) and Rodrigo Vicuna (Chief Financial Officer), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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