Christine Herron
Venture Advisor at 500 Startups
San Francisco, California
Overview
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.