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Chris Messina

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General Partner at Ride Home

Oakland, California

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M

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About

Chris Messina is a General Partner at Ride Home Fund, LLC with over a decade of experience in product design and social technologies. His work includes organizing the Mozilla Firefox grassroots movement, co-organizing the first BarCamp, establishing the first dedicated coworking space in San Francisco, and introducing the hashtag to Twitter. He previously held positions at Google as a Developer Advocate and UX designer, led developer experience at Uber, and co-founded Molly, a Y Combinator-backed company.

Experience

  1. Ride Home Fund, LlcGeneral Partnercurrent2023 — presentOakland, California, United States
  2. RepublicProduct Lead2022Oakland, California, United States
  3. RepublicHead of West Coast Business Development2021 — 2022Oakland, California, United States
  4. RallyCommunity Developers Council (CDC) Member2021 — 2022Oakland, California, United States
  5. On DeckCourse Creator Fellow2021Oakland, California, United States
  6. Citizen AgencyProduct Therapist2020 — 2021Oakland, California, United States
  7. On DeckFellow2020
  8. ZyperProduct Design Consultant2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
  9. FacemojiConsultant2018San Francisco Bay Area
  10. MollyCo-Founder2017 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  11. BotnessOrganizer2016 — 2017
  12. TagboardAdvisor2014 — 2017Redmond, WA
  13. UberDeveloper Experience Lead2016 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  14. IndependentConsultant2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  15. GoogleUX Designer2012 — 2013Mountain View, CA
  16. GoogleDeveloper Advocate2010 — 2012Mountain View, CA
  17. OpenID FoundationBoard Member2009 — 2011
  18. Citizen AgencyCo-founder2006 — 2010
  19. Vidoop LLCOpen Web Advocate and User Experience Design Lead2008 — 2009
  20. Microformats.orgAdvocate2005 — 2009
  21. Open Web FoundationBoard Member2008 — 2009
  22. Pioneers of the Inevitable (Songbird)Consultant2008
  23. BarCampCo-founder2005 — 2008
  24. Self-employedHashtag Inventor2007San Francisco
  25. FactoryCity.netOwner1998 — 2006
  26. FlockDirector of Experience and Open Source Ambassador2005 — 2006
  27. Mozilla FoundationSpread Firefox Admin2004 — 2005

Skills & more

Strategy20Cohort LeadershipProduct DesignEnd User ResearchSalesforce.com Development1Customer Relationship Management (CRM)Enterprise SoftwareOrganizational DevelopmentAirtableMarketingDeveloper AdvocacyMarketing Strategy8
+12 moreUser ExperienceCSS3Information ArchitectureInteraction DesignUser Interface DesignCSSSocial NetworkingWeb 2.0Product ManagementWeb DevelopmentWeb ApplicationsWeb Design
  • SOE-XETECH0001 - Ethics, Technology and Public Policy for Practitioners — Stanford Online
  • Preventing Workplace Harassment — Emtrain

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Alan PatricofScout
Chairperson & Co-Founder at Primetime Partners
Alejandro GalvezScout
Managing Partner at 99 Startups
Anna RaptisScout
Partner at Amplifica Capital
Brian RequarthScout
General Partner at Latitud Ventures
Carey RansomScout
Managing Director at BankTech Ventures
Christian GammillScout
General Partner at Industrious Ventures
Matt OckoScout
Founder and Managing Partner at DCVC (Data Collective)
Daniel Salvucci
Partner at Draper Cygnus

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Chris Messina?
Chris Messina is a General Partner at Ride Home Fund, LLC with over a decade of experience in product design and social technologies. His work includes organizing the Mozilla Firefox grassroots movement, co-organizing the first BarCamp, establishing the first dedicated coworking space in San Francisco, and introducing the hashtag to Twitter. He previously held positions at Google as a Developer Advocate and UX designer, led developer experience at Uber, and co-founded Molly, a Y Combinator-backed company.
Where does Chris Messina work?
Chris Messina is General Partner at Ride Home.
What check size does Chris Messina write?
Chris Messina typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
What companies has Chris Messina invested in?
Investments tracked here include Rosebud AI, Spline.
Where did Chris Messina go to school?
Chris Messina studied at Carnegie Mellon University (BFA, Communication Design); Y Combinator (Accelerator, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies).

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