Christopher Ballard
Investor at K
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2018 - Current
K-38 Holdings invests in projects, companies, and real estate across the United States and México.
Venture Partner
2021
The next crop of world-changing startups faces significant public policy barriers. Trust Ventures wants to find them, fund them, and unleash their transformative value for society.
Trust Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on startups and provides knowledge and expertise in incumbent-heavy industries.
Advisor
2013
Housecall Pro is a simple, cloud-based field service management software platform aimed at helping companies keep track of jobs, monitor technician activity, and produce invoices easily.
Advisor
2018
Foodshed.io is a platform that solves the inefficiencies of local food distribution by connecting small-scale farmers/producers to wholesale markets.
Foodshed is a marketing and distribution platform that connects independent farmers to retail markets.
Raised $440,000.00 from The Yield Lab.
Owner
2019
Polo Club & Vacation Rentals
Bent Oak Farm is a farming company that specializes in the production and distribution of container-grown and burlapped trees.
General Manager - Southwest
2017 - 2018
Responsible for Uber's Southwest Region (Southern California, Hawaii, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico).
General Manager - Southern California
2016 - 2017
Responsible for Uber's operations in Southern California and Hawaii.
General Manager - San Diego
2013 - 2016
Responsible for the development and growth of Uber across San Diego, Hawaii, Utah, and Baja California, México.
Launcher
2012 - 2013
I operationalized new Uber cities including: > Los Angeles, CA - Launch Team > Austin, TX - Lead Launcher (On-Demand Pedicabs/BBQ) > Las Vegas, NV - Lead Launcher > San Diego, CA - Lead Launcher > Denver, CO - Lead Launcher > Sydney, Australia - Lead Launcher > Milan, Italy - Lead Launcher
Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing mobile application that allows consumers to submit a trip request.
Raised $30,212,450,000.00 from PayPal.
Product Manager - Photovoltaics
2010 - 2012
Responsible for the management of the sales, marketing, and R&D efforts for the solar and daylighting product lines across Western Europe.
Commercial Manager - BeLux
2009 - 2010
Responsible for the development of "turn-key" rooftop solar systems in the BeLux region.
Financial Analyst
2009 - 2009
Underwrote commercial/industrial-scale rooftop solar projects.
Investment Analyst
2007 - 2009
Managed health care real estate transactions during origination, underwriting, through closing and funding.
Welltower™ is a recognized leader in providing consistent, low-cost capital to fund health care infrastructure and real estate.
Raised $4,822,750,000.00 from Alzheimer's Association.
Co-Owner
2005 - 2007
Managed the day-to-day operations of a multi-vehicle taxi service.