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Chris Varelas

Investor

Co-founding Partner at Riverwood Capital

Menlo Park, California, United States

Experience

  1. Ospraie ManagementCommodity Futures Tradercurrent2023 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
  2. DRWPortfolio Manager2021 — 2022Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
  3. UnileverCommodity Hedging/Risk Manager2019 — 2021Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, United States
  4. Invenio Asset ManagementPortfolio Manager2015 — 2019
  5. Blenheim Capital Management, LLCPortfolio Manager2005 — 2015Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, United States

Skills & more

Risk Management2Portfolio Management2Trading2

From Chris's professional profile.

Deals · 1

Blue Planet TrainingBoard seat

via Riverwood Capital · filed Aug 2025 · $6.5M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Riverwood Capital

Alex Chetkowski
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Alex Porto
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Alexandre Porto
Partner at Riverwood Capital
Anant Goel
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Brian Rudick
Managing Director of Research at GSR
Caitlin Mitchell
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Emily Rohrbach
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Eric Ma
Investor at Riverwood Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Chris Varelas?
Investor at Riverwood Capital
Where does Chris Varelas work?
Chris Varelas is Co-founding Partner at Riverwood Capital.
What boards does Chris Varelas sit on?
Chris Varelas holds tracked board seats at Blue Planet Training.
Where did Chris Varelas go to school?
Chris Varelas studied at Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Economics).

Same school

Also attended Princeton University710

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Shared employers

Also worked at Ospraie Management10

Jason MrazCo-Founder and President at Ospraie Ag ScienceBlake OswaltDirector of Finance at Toba CapitalArman BhuiyanVice President at Ospraie Ag ScienceBo ShenGeneral Partner at Fenbushi CapitalBrendan PoffDirector of Operations at Ospraie Ag ScienceCraig SwansonDirector of Finance at Ospraie Ag Science

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Also worked at DRW18

Arjun MohanInvestments at Standard CryptoGilberto PerezAdvisor at AvilaJason UrbanCo-Head of Digital Assets at Galaxy VenturesKimberly TrautmannPartner at DRW Venture CapitalJosh FelkerManaging Partner at BoxOne VenturesBobby ChoPartner at CMS Holdings

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Also worked at Unilever185

Julian LuttermanInvestor at DN CapitalGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture PartnersStacey HeroInvestor at Third Rock VenturesAshu GargInvestor at Foundation CapitalJoanna Skoler GilmanChief Marketing and Communications Officer at .406 VenturesPetra MeyerInvestor at Golden Seeds

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