Chris Burniske
InvestorPartner at Placeholder VC
New York, New York
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Experience
- PlaceholderPartnercurrent2017 — presentplaceholder.vc
- ARK Investment Management, LLCBlockchain Products Lead2014 — 2017New York, New York
- Whole Foods MarketFishmonger2014Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Stanford University: Woods InstituteLead Investigator2013Stanford, CA
- AGN SchoolProject Dosti Teacher and Program Facilitator2011 — 2013Konganapuram, India
Skills & more
TutoringTeachingGlassblowingSurfingStatisticsScienceTrainingQualitative ResearchResearchSocial MediaCurriculum DesignData Analysis
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Community OutreachEntrepreneurshipLeadershipFacebookMatlabLanguages Spanish
From Chris's professional profile.
Deals · 3
Nori Inc / WABoard seat
via Placeholder VC · filed Sep 2020 · $4M raise
Matter LabsBoard seat
via Placeholder VC · filed Sep 2019 · $2M raise
Risk LabsBoard seat
via Placeholder VC · filed Sep 2018 · $4M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Placeholder VC
Network8
Naval RavikantScout
Co-founder of AngelList; angel investor
Balaji SrinivasanScout
Angel investor and founder of The Network School
Yida GaoScout
General Partner at Shima Capital
Alexander Evans
Partner at Bain Capital Crypto
Haseeb Qureshi
Managing Partner at Dragonfly
Joel Monegro
Partner at Placeholder, investing in decentralized networks
Michael Jordan
Vice President at DBA
Stephen Bryon McKeon
Managing Partner at Collab+Currency
Investors connected to Chris in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Chris Burniske?
- Partner at Placeholder VC
- Where does Chris Burniske work?
- Chris Burniske is Partner at Placeholder VC.
- What check size does Chris Burniske write?
- Chris Burniske typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What boards does Chris Burniske sit on?
- Chris Burniske holds tracked board seats at Matter Labs, Nori Inc / WA, Risk Labs.
- Where did Chris Burniske go to school?
- Chris Burniske studied at Stanford University (BS, Earth Systems); CFA Institute (Passed Level I of the CFA Program); Punahou School.
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Also attended CFA Institute297
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Also attended Punahou School29
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Shared employers
Also worked at Placeholder1
Also worked at ARK Investment Management, LLC7
Simon BarnettInvestor at Dimension CapitalAngela DaltonCEO & Founder at Signum Growth CapitalMatt DevostInvestor at ARK Investment ManagementChris PizzoGeneral Partner at Druid VenturesKunal KainManaging Partner at Kain CapitalOvid AmadiAnalyst at RTW Investments L.P.
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Also worked at Whole Foods Market8
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Also worked at Stanford University: Woods Institute784
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