Christian Van Der Henst
FounderFounder at Platzi
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedPlatzi · YC
About
Christian Van Der Henst is Managing Partner at Region Cuatro and an angel investor in Latin American and Silicon Valley startups, including Rappi, Toku, OnTop, Nuvocargo, Pachama, Treble, Trii, April, and KiloCode. He co-founded Platzi, an online technology school in Spanish with over 6 million students, and began his career in 1997 with Maestros del Web, an early webmaster community in Latin America. He is a Y Combinator W15 alum.
Founder at PlatziYC W15
Intro paths
YC
Christian went through Y Combinator (Winter 2015) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Christian can intro founders to Platzi's investors below.
Platzi's investors · 9
500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2015Amador HoldingsPanama CityFJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M checksFoundation CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksFundersClubSan Francisco · $250K – $5M checksGraph VenturesNew York · $5K – $5M checksMind the Seed - MTS Fund$30K – $150K checksOmidyar NetworkSan FranciscoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015
Co-founders at Platzi
Experience
- Region CuatroManaging Partnercurrent2021 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Platzi INCCo-Founder & Board Directorcurrent2012 — presenthttp://platzi.com
- Angel InvestingAngel Investorcurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Maestros del WebDirector1997 — 2012http://maestrosdelweb.com
- Universidad del IstmoTeacher2005 — 2006
- Universidad Francisco MarroquínTeacher2001 — 2004
- Periódico Prensa LibreWebmaster2000 — 2001Guatemala
Skills & more
Community Building1Cross-functional Team Leadership1Content Marketing1Employee TrainingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cooking10Travel8Blogging94Web Project Management31HTML524E-Learning36HTML 551
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Community ManagementProject ManagementCSSWeb DevelopmentSEOWeb 2.0Web MarketingE-commerceFlashGoogle AdwordsWordPressDreamweaverLanguages English · German · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Christian Van Der Henst?
- Christian Van Der Henst is Managing Partner at Region Cuatro and an angel investor in Latin American and Silicon Valley startups, including Rappi, Toku, OnTop, Nuvocargo, Pachama, Treble, Trii, April, and KiloCode. He co-founded Platzi, an online technology school in Spanish with over 6 million students, and began his career in 1997 with Maestros del Web, an early webmaster community in Latin America. He is a Y Combinator W15 alum.
- Where does Christian Van Der Henst work?
- Christian Van Der Henst is Founder of Platzi.
- What companies did Christian Van Der Henst found?
- Christian Van Der Henst founded Platzi.
- Where did Christian Van Der Henst go to school?
- Christian Van Der Henst studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (SEP 2024 - 2025, Strategy); INSEAD (Leadership at Scale); Harvard Business School Executive Education (Scaling Entrepreneurial Ventures).
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