Christine Herron is a Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur. In 2010, Christine joined Intel Capital, where she funds Internet and digital services companies. At Intel, Christine's portfolio company investments include 500 Friends (ACQ: Merkle), Ark, betaworks, E la Carte, Funders Club, Goldbely, Jelli, Movable Ink, NewAer, SmartZip, Storenvy, Two Bit Circus, and Yummly.
Previously, Christine was an investor with seed stage venture fund First Round Capital, working with companies such as BillFloat, Double Verify, Get Satisfaction (ACQ: Sprinklr), Mint (ACQ: INTU), and Xobni (ACQ: YHOO). At Omidyar Network, she developed the Media practice strategy and led deals such as Common Sense Media and Socialtext.
At Geocapital Partners, Christine focused on early Internet and network technology, leading Series A funding for AXON Networks (ACQ: 3COM), D-Vision (ACQ: ADSK), FocusVision (MBO), Netcom (IPO: NETC), and ViaGrafix (IPO: VIAX).
Christine was also a founder or early employee at venture-backed companies GiftWorks (ACQ: FrontStream), Mercury2, and NetObjects (IPO: NETC), where she developed chief executive, marketing, and product management experience. She has served on the Nonprofit Technology Conference (N-TEN), Typepad, and Web 2.0 Expo advisory boards and Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet Board of Directors.
Christine earned an MBA from Stanford University and a BA from Columbia University, and is a founding advisor to both 500 Startups and StartX. She is an active social media contributor and frequent speaker.
Specialties: early stage venture, seed, VC, venture capital, venture capital fund, venture capital investments, private equity, growth equity, exits, consumer internet, marketplaces, saas, technology, software, angel investing, funding, media, social networks, community, marketplaces, consumer, saas, marketing, storage, nonprofits, arts, culture
Director @ Lead Internet and digital services investments. From November 2010 to Present (5 years 2 months) Venture Advisor @ Member of 500 Startups I advisory board; mentor to 500 Startups Accelerator From October 2010 to Present (5 years 3 months) Board Observer @ Invested at Series A funding round. Co-investors include Foundry Group and TechStars. From October 2015 to Present (3 months) Lead Investor @ Manage Intel board seat. Led Series Seed funding round. Co-investors include 500 Startups, ACE, Crunchfund, Draper Associates, Funders Club, and YCombinator. From June 2013 to Present (2 years 7 months) Lead Investor @ Manage Intel board seat. Led Series B funding round. Co-investors include Contour and Metamorphic. From April 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) Lead Investor @ Manage Intel board seat. Led Series B funding round. Co-investors include 500 Startups, Lightbank, Point Financial, Romulus, and YCombinator. From March 2013 to Present (2 years 10 months) Lead Investor @ Manage Intel board seat. Led Series A funding round. Co-investors include First Round Capital and Spark. From January 2013 to Present (3 years) Lead Investor @ Manage Intel board seat. Led Series A funding round. Co-investors include First Round Capital, iHeartMedia, Relay, and Universal Music Group. From September 2011 to Present (4 years 4 months) Investor @ Manage Intel board seat. Invested at Series A funding round. Co-investors include Claremont Creek, Crest, and Javelin. From December 2010 to Present (5 years 1 month) Board Observer @ Invested at Series Seed funding round. Co-investors include Bauer, First Round Capital, Harrison Metal, Physic, and Unilever. From November 2010 to Present (5 years 2 months) Board Observer @ Invested at Series Seed funding round. From July 2010 to October 2010 (4 months) Board Observer @ Invested at Series Seed funding round. From May 2009 to October 2010 (1 year 6 months) Board Observer @ Invested at Series Seed funding round. From January 2009 to October 2010 (1 year 10 months) Principal @ Managed investment activity and portfolio investments for $125M seed-stage fund. From July 2008 to October 2010 (2 years 4 months) Board Observer @ Invested at Series Seed funding round. From July 2008 to October 2010 (2 years 4 months) Board Observer @ Invested at Series Seed funding round. From July 2008 to August 2010 (2 years 2 months) Board Observer @ From July 2008 to November 2009 (1 year 5 months) Director, Investments @ Managed investment activity and portfolio investments for a $450 million network of funds. Developed Media practice area strategy covering over $30 million of team investments. Investments managed include Backfence, Common Sense Media, digg, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Platial, Socialtext, and Wikia. From May 2005 to May 2007 (2 years 1 month) Board Observer @ From July 2006 to March 2007 (9 months) Vice President of Marketing and Acting President @ Led marketing from business plan to product launch, first 100 paying customers, and first distribution partners for customer relationship management (CRM) software vendor focused on small/medium nonprofits. From February 2003 to May 2005 (2 years 4 months) Principal @ Conduct strategy, marketing, and research projects for technology vendors and social community groups, including AllBusiness, Bella Pictures, EMC, LSI Logic, NASA/Ames Research, QLogic, Smuin Ballet, Stanford University, Veritas, and Zeum at Yerba Buena Gardens. From February 2001 to May 2005 (4 years 4 months) Founder and CEO @ Founded and led software-as-a-service developer of international trade logistics systems. Negotiated and secured $2.25 million in funding and led an experienced team that released a suite of five products on time and on budget in challenging market conditions. Drove product management and marketing. From June 1999 to January 2001 (1 year 8 months) Senior Product Manager @ Managed Web developer tools and Web design products representing $14 million in annual revenue. Held product line manager responsibility for NetObjects Fusion and ScriptBuilder products, including whole product release and localization through multiple versions and product lifecycles. From September 1997 to May 1999 (1 year 9 months) Product Manager @ Managed Proxy Server products representing over 200,000 units shipped on Internet Server Marketing team as a summer/fall MBA intern. From June 1996 to November 1996 (6 months) Associate @ Generated early-stage networking software and information services investments with realized IRR of 186% and a 7.3x multiple. Placements sourced include Netcom, Axon Networks, AppWorx, D-Vision, ViaGrafix, and FocusVision Networks. From February 1992 to August 1995 (3 years 7 months)
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) @ Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessBachelor's Degree, English, Premed @ Columbia University in the City of New York Christine Herron is skilled in: Non-profits, Private Equity, Market Analysis, Venture Capital, Open Source, Corporate Governance, Advertising, New Media, Software, Gambling, Start-ups, Nonprofits, Strategy, SaaS, Entrepreneurship
Websites:
http://christine.net,
http://feeds.feedburner.com/christine,
http://intelcapital.com