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Chris DeVore

Investor

Managing Partner at Founders' Co-op

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedGarmentoryRemitlyRoutable · YC

About

Chris DeVore is Founding Managing Partner at Founders Co-op, where he invests out of the firm's sixth fund. His background spans founding and operating roles, including building Patagonia's e-commerce business in the mid-1990s and launching an enterprise software services company that was acquired by a public company in 1999. At Founders Co-op, which he established during the 2008 financial crisis as a seed-stage fund for the Pacific Northwest, he has led or participated in early investments in companies including Remitly, Outreach, and Auth0.

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Experience

  1. Founders Co-opFounding Managing Partnercurrent2008 — presentGreater Seattle Area
  2. TechstarsManaging Director, Techstars Seattle2014 — 2019Greater Seattle Area
  3. TechstarsDirector2010 — 2014Greater Seattle Area
  4. Judy's Book, Inc.COO & Co-Founder2004 — 2007
  5. SapientVP eBusiness1999 — 2001
  6. Adjacency (acquired by Sapient - NASDAQ: SAPE)Partner, Strategy & Business Development1998 — 1999San Francisco Bay Area
  7. PatagoniaDir. eCommerce / Dir. Technical Products1995 — 1997Ventura, California
  8. AT&T, McCaw Cellular Communications, Edgar Dunn + CompanyEarly Career1990 — 1995Various

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA (Incomplete), Business Administration and Management1997 — 1998
  2. Yale UniversityBA, American Studies1986 — 1990
  3. Lakeside School1982 — 1986

Skills & more

Start-ups99Mobile Applications55Strategic Partnerships44User Experience Design4SaaS27Internet Strategy4Entrepreneurship52Product Management20Mobile Devices17Venture Capital11Web Applications6Product Marketing6
+11 moreEnterprise SoftwareEntrepreneurship DevelopmentE-commerceOnline AdvertisingAngel InvestingAnalyticsBusiness DevelopmentMobile MarketingCloud ComputingSocial Media MarketingCRM

Languages French · Spanish

From Chris's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187

Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew

+ 1,181 more

Also attended Yale University521

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockMichael SeibelPartner Emeritus at Y CombinatorZheela QaiserInvestor at Index VenturesKarthik ArdhanareeswaranInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures

+ 515 more

Also attended Lakeside School13

Santiago ReganDirector of Business Development at Redpoint VenturesDavid WeidenInvestor at Khosla VenturesBill GatesFounder at Breakthrough Energy VenturesParis KokaInvestor at Serena VenturesJamie DaudonPrincipal at The Westly GroupKarl BrackenFounder & General Partner at Ocampo Capital

+ 7 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Techstars379

Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsRustyAdvisor at Clear VenturesHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesIsabelle StyslingerSenior Associate, Rise of the Rest at RevolutionWesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesJack Bixby LucasGeneral Partner at Lucas Venture Group

+ 373 more

Also worked at Judy's Book, Inc.1

Mathew JohnsonDirector at Sadel Group

Also worked at Sapient23

Garry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJosh SuttonCo-Founder and Advisory Partner at AI CapitalBill MurphyVenture Partner at LegalTechNitin MathurVenture Partner at FusionChristian SchulteManaging Director at coparionWill YoungGeneral Partner at VTF Capital

+ 17 more

Also worked at Patagonia6

Vishal VasishthCo-Founder & Managing Director at Obvious VenturesT.J. WhalenGeneral Partner and Managing Director at FreshTracks CapitalCharles ConnPartner at Monograph Capital PartnersJared ByerManaging Director, Business Development at Hum CapitalKeiran SimunovicAnalyst at Basecamp FundMartha CosgroveInvestor at Boeing HorizonX Ventures

Deals · 6

GanazBoard seat

via Founders' Co-op · filed Jun 2021 · $8.1M raise

RoutableBoard seat

via Founders' Co-op · filed Apr 2021 · $30M raise

GarmentoryBoard seat

via Founders' Co-op · filed Dec 2015 · $1.8M raise

RemitlyBoard seat

via Founders' Co-op · filed Jul 2015

OutreachBoard seat

via Founders' Co-op · filed Apr 2015 · $2.4M raise

LogixboardQuoted

via Founders' Co-op · filed Aug 2019

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Andy Sack
Advisor at One Way Ventures
Aviel Ginzburg
General Partner at Founders' Co-op

Network7

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Katelin HollowayScout
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Len Jordan
Venture Partner at Madrona Venture Group
Ross Fubini
Managing Partner at XYZ Venture Capital
Tim Woodward
Managing Director at Prelude Ventures

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