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Christine Herron

Venture Advisor at 500 Startups

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Christine Herron is an early-stage investor based in San Francisco, California, known for her investments in companies like Movable Ink and Yummly. She is also recognized as a diversity advocate within the tech industry, supporting female and diverse investors in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Work Experience 

  • Venture Advisor

    2010 - Current

    Member of 500 Startups I advisory board; mentor to 500 Startups Accelerator

500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.

Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.

  • Advisor

    2016 - 2019

Bullpen is a venture capital fund that invests in post-seed capital into early-stage companies.

  • Director

    2010 - 2018

    Co-led the $125M Intel Capital Diversity Fund, and led early-stage investments. Responsible for diversity investing across all Intel Capital sectors, to support technology companies founded or run by women and underrepresented minorities. Directly led investments for both the Diversity Fund and the Intel General Fund.

An ecosystem of software & hardware vendors, integrators and solution providers focused on adoption of NFV and SDN-based solutions.

  • Board Of Directors

    2016 - 2018

    Managed Intel investment after Series B financing. Co-investors include Cowboy, ffVC, Index, Lerer, Liberty Media, and Oak.

  • Board Observer

    2015 - 2018

    Invested at Series A funding round. Co-investors include CJ Group, Foundry Group, JAZZ, and TechStars.

  • Board Of Directors

    2013 - 2018

    Led Series Seed financing. Co-investors include 500 Startups, ACE, Crunchfund, Draper Associates, Funders Club, and YCombinator.

Goldbelly is an online delivery platform for specialty food makers and artisans.

Raised $133,120,000.00 from Spectrum Equity and Intel Capital.

  • Board Of Directors

    2013 - 2018

    Led Series B funding round. Co-investors include Contour and Metamorphic.

Movable Ink activates any data into personalized content in any customer engagement.

Raised $97,290,000.00 from Intel Capital, Contour Venture Partners and Silver Lake Waterman.

  • Board Of Directors

    2013 - 2018

    Led Series B financing. Co-investors include 500 Startups, Lightbank, Point Financial, Romulus, and YCombinator.

  • Board Of Directors

    2011 - 2018

    Led Series A financing. Co-investors include First Round Capital, iHeartMedia, Relay, and Universal Music Group.

  • Board Of Directors

    2010 - 2018

    Managed Intel investment after Series A financing. Co-investors include Claremont Creek, Crest, and Javelin.

SmartZip offers innovative and effective predictive marketing solutions to help real estate agents get more listings and lenders more leads.

Raised $30,550,000.00 from Second Century Ventures.

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