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Kristen Faulkner

Professional Cyclist at EF

Spain

Overview 

Kristen Faulkner is a 2x Olympic Gold Medalist and currently serves as a professional cyclist for EF-Oatly-Cannondale in Spain. With a background in entrepreneurship and venture capital, Kristen has also worked with notable companies like Threshold Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners, showcasing a diverse skill set in startup development and strategy. Highlights of Kristen's career include winning two Olympic Gold Medals and leveraging her expertise in entrepreneurship and venture capital to excel in roles such as professional cyclist for top cycling teams and investor for prominent venture capital firms.

Work Experience 

EF-Oatly-Cannondale

  • Professional Cyclist

    2024 - Current

    2x Olympic Gold Medalist (2024) USA National Road Champion (2024) Vuelta España Stage winner 1st Place, Hageland

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Team BikeExchange-Jayco (GreenEDGE Cycling)

  • Professional Cyclist

    2022 - 2023

    2x Giro Donne Stage winner 2nd Tour de Suisse 3rd Itzulia Stage Race 6th World Championship ITT Competed in the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes.

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Sanity.io

  • Sales Strategy

    2022 - 2023

    Sales Strategy, GTM, and product pricing. In my first project, I analyzed historical data to identify our ideal customer profiles and create a more efficient sales funnel. For my second project, I worked alongside the CEO to update our pricing strategy and implement new pricing for our software products.

Sanity is a platform for structured content that lets teams build digital experiences.

Raised $50,700,000.00 from Shopify.

sanity.io
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Team Tibco Silicon Valley Bank

  • Professional Cyclist

    2020 - 2021

    3rd at the Tour of Norway (+ stage win) 3rd at Plouay Top 10 at Flanders and Gent

EF Education-TIBCO-SVB is a womens cycling team and cycling clothing store that offers Olympic and championship sports.

teamtibco-svb.com
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Threshold Ventures

  • Investor

    2018 - 2021

    Series A VC firm that invests in software businesses across B2B, Consumer, Health, and Frontier tech. I focused primarily on B2B SaaS.

Threshold is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on conviction investment strategy.

threshold.vc
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Bessemer Venture Partners

  • Investor

    2016 - 2018

    Sourced investments in Restaurant365 & Applitools

BVP Forge operates as a private equity firm that focuses on software-enabled businesses.

bvp.com
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Bridgewater Associates

  • Technology Associate Intern

    2015 - 2015

Bridgewater manages approximately $120 billion in global investments for a wide array of institutional clients, including foreign

Raised $22,000,000.00.

bridgewater.com

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