Chris Ovitz

Co-Founder

2021 - Current

Electric Ant is an operator fund founded by Chris Ovitz, Chase Feiger, and Ryan Junee. We invest at the Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A stages. Investments include Layer Zero, Stargate, Rye.com, Atropos Health, Certify OS, Maximus Health, Mountaintop Studios, and Stan.

Head of Special Projects

2022 - 2023

OK Play was acquired by Dapper Labs in 2022

Co-Founder and President

2019 - 2022

Acquired by Dapper Labs. OK Play is an 'award winning' mobile app that empowers kids to create, play and share - using our homegrown digital tools for drawing, photography, video, sound recording, and augmented reality. Our community scaled to over 1M+ active kids prior to being acquired by Dapper Labs in 2022.

Venture Partner

2019 - 2021

Investments include Beyond Meat (pre-IPO secondary), Pinterest (pre-IPO secondary), NotCo, mmhmm, and Block Renovation.

Vice President of Technology Partnerships

2018 - 2018

Workpop was acquired by Cornerstone

Founder and Co-CEO

2014 - 2018

Acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand (NASDAQ: CSOD) Streamlined hiring and HR for SMBs. Workpop supports smaller retail chains and well-known brands such as The Peninsula Hotels, Hillstone Restaurant Group, Tao Group, Sweetgreen and Jersey Mike’s Subs.

Advisor

2013 - 2018

Advisor

2013 - 2014

Member, Box Media & Entertainment Advisory Board

Vice President of Business Development

2013 - 2013

Award winning interactive entertainment company and mobile games publisher.

Co-founder

2011 - 2013

Acquired by Fullscreen, Inc. Viddy was a venture backed social mobile video platform, which in just over a year, grew to 50 million users, earned the #1 ranking in the App Store in 49 countries and later sold to Fullscreen. In this role, I oversaw strategy, marketing and product partnerships. Viddy was backed by NEA, Khosla Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Battery Ventures, Greycroft Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Allen & Company.