Kirsten Horning
Investor at Republic
Kirsten Horning
Investor at Republic
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overview
Work Experience
Investor Relations, Republic Digital
2024 - Current
Republic Digital is a world class asset manager which seeks to identify the most attractive risk-adjusted return opportunities across a broad universe of tradeable digital investments through a fundamental and active trading approach. The Fund is focused primarily on more liquid, tradeable opportunities in the digital asset universe.
Managing Director, Republic Deal Room
2021 - 2024
The Republic Deal Room provides access to carefully selected SPV investment opportunities for accredited investors. Investors have the chance to invest alongside renowned VC firms in deals typically inaccessible to individual investors. The investment opportunities span across a variety of deal stages, from Pre-Seed to Series E, with a typical minimum investment range of $1.5k-$10k. The deals offered are specially curated for our investors, covering a range of industries from climate tech, web3, SaaS, frontier tech and more.
Principal
2019 - 2021
At XRC Labs we look at everything across the retail and consumer landscape, but we get most excited about innovations with the most disruption and profound effects within the massive retail and consumer goods space. We fund companies at the Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A stages improving the consumer experience, innovating within all stacks of the retail and consumer goods supply chain, and enhancing aspects related to retail experience and operations. We’re interested in startups who focus on new materials/textiles & manufacturing, warehouse & supply chain tech, in store & e-commerce tech, and consumer goods including innovations in "consumerization of healthcare” and future of food.
Operations Coordinator
2018 - 2019
Nexxus Holdings is a family office that invests with a long-term, fundamentals-based approach. We have a flexible mandate to make investments in both publicly traded and private companies. These investments may take the form of minority or control investments. We are especially interested in businesses that are utilizing technology to create efficiencies in their respective areas.
Key Accounts Manager
2015 - 2017
Nomad is much more than a brand name. It’s a philosophy as a company and a team: owning fewer things, being resourceful, and working hard together. Grew wholesale accounts from 0 to over 3,000 store locations worldwide and 200+ individual international and domestic accounts. Opened 100+ accounts at 12 trade shows summer cycle. Panelist speaker at Stitch labs event & interviewed by SMB Technology news. Hired, trained, and oversaw Customer Service Department.
Event Coordinator
2014 - 2015
Created and executed events to increase user base for Night Out ticketing software. Doubled ticket sales two consecutive years for local non-profit benefitting event. Hired, trained, and managed volunteer teams. Experience with event rental contracts and invoicing, non-profit event permitting, venue and space rental, software training and implementation, and day of event management.