Chris M. Willliams

Founder of pocket.watch

Beverly Hills, California

Overview

Chris M. Williams is the Founder and CEO of pocket.watch, a prominent entertainment and digital media company based in Beverly Hills, California. With a background that includes serving as Chief Audience Officer at Maker Studios Inc and roles at The Walt Disney Company, he has successfully built pocket.watch into a leading player in the industry, investing in various innovative companies like Invisible Universe and 100 Thieves.

Work Experience

pocket.watch

Founder and CEO
2017 - Current

Self

Startup Investor and Advisor
2012
Williams invests in and advises myriad startups in the digital media space including Zigazoo, Creative Juice, Invisible Universe, 100 Thieves, Loupe, Sentinels, Orca, Doing Things Media, Commaful, Kindred Motorworks, Mindshow, pop.in, Donut Media (acuired by Recurrent Ventures), Brud (acquired by Dapper Labs), Podcorn (acquired by Audacy), Maker Studios (acquired by Disney), GoldieBlox, MarcoPolo Learning, Lyte, and GetAround. He also has investments in startup funds including Collaborative Fund, Third Wave and Greycroft's Tracker Fund. Prior to Williams joining Maker Studios he was an early investor and advised the Co-Founder and CEO on a variety of issues.

Snap Inc.

Advisor to Yellow Accelerator
2020 - 2020
Advisor to the 2020 class of companies at Yellow, Snap's startup accelerator.

Snap is a technology company that offers the products Snapchat, Spectacles, and Bitmoji.

Raised $5,553,527,880.00 from Alwaleed Bin Talal and Tencent.

snap.com

Maker Studios Inc

Chief Audience Officer
2012 - 2016
Sold to The Walt Disney Company
Investor
2011 - 2015
Sold to The Walt Disney Company

Maker Studios is a next-generation, talent first media company providing video stars, channels and content.

Raised $73,355,000.00 from Singtel Innov8, Northgate Capital, Astrolabe Ventures, Lakestar, Downey Ventures, Chris M. Willliams, Warner Media, Daher Capital, Upfront Ventures and Ynon Kreiz.

makerstudios.com