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Drew Kriens

Investor

Senior Associate at Ironspring Venture

Bay Area

About

Drew Kriens is a member of the Ironspring Ventures investment team, focusing on industrial technology and full-stack investing. He previously spent over six years as an investor at Standard Investments, backing early- to growth-stage industrial tech startups and contributing to more than 15 investments across a $500M portfolio, where he led sourcing, diligence, and thesis development. Earlier in his career he worked on the data science team at Juniper Networks, and he holds a BS in Business from the University of Oregon.

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Invests in

Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware

Experience

  1. Ironspring VenturesPrincipalcurrent2026 — present
  2. JoinBoard Observercurrent2024 — present
  3. 1440 MultiversityBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
  4. Optimal DynamicsBoard Observer2024 — 2025
  5. HighByteBoard Observer2024 — 2025
  6. Standard InvestmentsSenior Associate2023 — 2025
  7. Standard InvestmentsAssociate2022 — 2023
  8. Standard InvestmentsAnalyst2019 — 2021
  9. Hippo HarvestBoard Observer2023 — 2025
  10. AlbedoBoard Observer2023 — 2025
  11. Juniper NetworksMarketing Data Analyst2018 — 2019
  12. Juniper NetworksMarketing Intern2017Sunnyvale, CA
  13. Juniper NetworksMarketing Intern2016Sunnyvale,CA
  14. Constellation Wealth AdvisorsResearch Intern2015Menlo Park, CA

Education

  1. University of OregonBachelor of Science - BS, Business Administration2014 — 2018
  2. Saratoga High School2010 — 2014

Skills & more

Microsoft Excel5Microsoft OfficeSQLMicrosoft Word3TableauLeadership10Social Media2Teamwork4B2B MarketingLead GenerationVendor ManagementEvent Planning
+12 moreDigital MediaKPI DashboardsMarketingPublic SpeakingMarketing AnalyticsAnalyticsDashboardCommunicationTime ManagementData VisualizationData AnalyticsFinance

From Drew's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Oregon53

Darcy YeeMarketing and Communications at Menlo VenturesJessica YuSenior Finance Associate at GreycroftIsabelle SmithEvents Coordinator at HeavybitJennifer SavagePartner at Illuminate VenturesTilak MandadiExecutive Vice President, Ventures and Chief Experience and Technology at Flare Capital PartnersKrista CoppermanOperating Partner at TCV

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Shared employers

Also worked at Join4

JESSE DEVITTECo-founder and General Partner at Building VenturesAxel BicharaGeneral Partner at BoltAdam BridgmanCo-Founder and Venture Partner at Ironspring VentureZak SchwarzmanGeneral Partner at MetaProp

Also worked at Optimal Dynamics9

Dan BorokCo-Founder and Managing Partner at NVP CapitalTimothy WangVenture Partner at The Westly GroupMegan CainPrincipal at The Westly GroupMaricar MahoneyHR Manager & Fund Assistant at The Westly GroupJim CohenCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate VenturesMark PoagCo-Founder and General Partner at Fitz Gate Ventures

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Also worked at HighByte1

Ken ForsterFounding Partner at Momenta Ventures

Also worked at Standard Investments6

Marianne WuVenture Partner at Congruent VenturesNicholas WheelerInvestor at Bosch VenturesAnastasia IstratovaPartner at Fifth WallSamir ChokshiVenture Partner at Starbridge Venture Capital LlcMichael SmithVice President at Delta Emerald VenturesLogan AshcraftPrincipal at Standard Investments

Colleagues at Ironspring Venture

Adam Bridgman
Co-Founder and Venture Partner at Ironspring Venture
Charlie Kirn
Investor at Ironspring Venture
Colleen Konetzke
Principal at Ironspring Venture
Dave Perretz
Head of Finance at Ironspring Venture
Max Adelman
Associate at Ironspring Venture
Natan Reddy
Principal at Ironspring Venture
Peter J. Holt
Co-Founder + General Partner at Ironspring Venture
Sam Natbony
Principal at Ironspring Venture