Untouchables

Firewall

Catharine Dockery launched Vice Ventures after discovering that certain lucrative industries — sex, booze, drugs — are out of bounds for traditional VCs. Five hundred cold emails later, she's got a $25 million fund and an enviable portfolio. She talks about growing up in the West Village, where her dad tended bar at the Corner Bistro, and how she learned the value of charm, resilience and doing the dirty work.