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Kristina Simmons

Managing Partner at Overwater Ventures

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Kristina Simmons is the Founder and Managing Partner at Overwater Ventures in San Francisco, California, with a background in digital strategy, e-commerce, and brand development. Highlights of her career include serving as Chief of Staff & Investor at Khosla Ventures and working as a Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, showcasing her expertise in business strategy and innovation in the tech industry.

Work Experience 

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2021 - Current

    Helping founders turn breakthrough science and tech into brands people love in human and planetary health. Some investments: Zero Acre Farms, Overture Life, Gameto, Overstory AI, Matter of Fact, Conceive, Fellow.

Overwater Ventures is an investment firm.

  • Board Member

    2017

Overture Life is a biotechnology company committed to making vitro fertilization more accessible to everyone.

Raised $45,000,000.00 from What If Ventures, Bradley Horowitz, Evolution Ventures, Wisdom Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Google Ventures, Felicis, Khosla Ventures and Marc Benioff.

  • Chief of Staff & Investor

    2017 - 2021

    Investing in companies that make an impact and assisting them in their growth. Some investments: Overture Life, Daye, Higia, Spyce, Vitro Labs, Mighty Buildings, Casca, Tempo, WorkWhile, Gaiascope, Joywell, Kernel, Ori, Catch Some boards: Overture Life, Daye, Casca, AliveCor, Spyce, Ginger What we get excited about at KV: https://medium.com/@vkhosla/reinventing-societal-infrastructure-with-technology-f71e0d4f2355

Khosla Ventures provides venture assistance to entrepreneurs in AI, sustainability, enterprise, consumer, health and frontier technologies.

Raised $1,500,000.00 from Raj Sareen.

  • Angel Investor and Advisor

    2012 - 2018

Self Employed is a contracting company that provides independent contracting services.

  • Marketing and Business Development

    2014 - 2017

    Led areas including: Consumer marketing Brand strategy (created the initial brand strategy) Go-to-Market strategy Business development and strategic partnerships ( partnerships with Equinox, lululemon, Whole Foods, goop) Website and digital product (ran the launch of the website) Beta testing and consumer insights Experiential and influencer Marketing Commercial Marketing (building out our b2b business)

Juicero is an inventor of a home cold-pressed juicing system.

Raised $118,500,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins, Bryant Stibel Investments, Campbell Soup Company, Acre Venture Partners, Abstract, Two Sigma Ventures, Melo7 Tech Partners, Thrive Capital, First Beverage Group and AGO Partners.

  • Partner

    2013 - 2014

Andreessen Horowitz is a stage-agnostic venture capital firm with assets under management across multiple funds.

  • Emerging Products & Concepts

    2011 - 2012

    Responsible for leading and creating emerging experiences, concepts, and products to grow the lululemon business and brand including new product development (tech), go-to-market and product marketing strategies, and new brand strategies. Led mobile strategy, new products (OmFinder app), international GTM, men's brand + marketing strategy, partnerships/ BD, and innovation strategy for the company.

  • Digital + Brand

    2010 - 2011

    Led the global strategic direction and execution of all earned media and marketing initiatives for lululemon athletica. Managed high-performing teams including the social media team and digital guest education call center team (global team of 8, local team of 200+).

  • Online Marketing

    2010 - 2010

    Responsible for: the management, creation, direction and execution of lululemon's ongoing social media and online marketing strategy; led new digital innovations and vendor relations; social media and analytics.

  • Social Media

    2008 - 2010

    Developed interactive, multi-channel marketing programs and drove the execution of these channels, including social media and marketing programs for lululemon athletica from the ground up.

  • Local Marketing

    2007 - 2008

    Market research, marketing, and events. Managed team of 9 for LunaFest, film festival Luna sponsored.

  • Account Management

    2007 - 2007

    Worked on accounts for Dannon, ESPN, Queen Rania, Colgate, and new business opportunities.

VMLY&R is a global marketing agency focused on communication-based advertising messages.

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