Investing Profile

Chris Howard(226)

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Founding Partner at Fuel Capital
fuelcapital.com/teamSan Francisco Bay Area
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20 Investors

Connected to Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Arjun Arora (Expa), and 17 other investors on Signal.

Networks Chris is a member of
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Current Investing Position
Fuel Capital Partner
Investment Range
$500K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
30
Current Fund Size
$75M

Chris Howard is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Chris Howard's Investments On Record (22)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Cartage
SeedOct 2024$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Ian Logan (Maple VC), Kulveer Taggar, Tom Blomfield, Paul Graham
Synch
SeedMar 2024$3M
$3.5M
Co-investors: Diana Hu (Y Combinator), Bala Chandrasekaran (Alt Capital), Aashay Sanghvi (Haystack), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Semil Shah (Haystack)
Outset
SeedOct 2023$4M
$4.5M
Co-investors: Liz Wessel (First Round Capital), Jake Jolis (Matrix), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Ben Taft (Ben Taft's Genius Ventures), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), April Underwood (Adverb Ventures), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Lachy Groom (LGF), Nate Matherson, Guillaume Luccisano, Daniel Kan
Checkmate
Series AMay 2023$15M
SeedSep 2022$5M
$23M
Co-investors: Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Scott Shleifer (Tiger Global Management), John Smothers (Scribble Ventures), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Trevor Neff (Sound Ventures), Carter Reum (M13), Jeff Bonforte (Catapult Capital), Shane Mac (Logos Labs), Ron Pragides, Tim Kendall, Deborah Liu, Chris Herd
Firstparty
SeedApr 2022$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures), Tyler Willis
Fly.io
Series AAug 2021$12M
SeedApr 2020$4M
$110M
Co-investors: Brett Gibson (Initialized Capital), Nick Washburn (Intel Capital), Martin Casado (Andreessen Horowitz), Daniel Docter (Dell Technologies Capital), Laura Yao (EQT Ventures), Jason Katzer, Sam Lambert
Specto
SeedJun 2021$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Sarah Smith (Sarah Smith Fund), Mike Vernal
Lovd.com
SeedMar 2021$5M
$5M
Co-investors: David Tisch (BoxGroup), Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Blaine Vess (Immeasurable), Josh Richards (REMUS Capital), Leah Solivan (Fuel Capital), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Jonathon Triest (Ludlow Ventures), Griffin Johnson, Moshe Lifschitz, Leah Busque, Haroon Mokhtarzada, Scott Belsky

most interested in

API, Automation, Hard Sciences, Developer Tools, E-Commerce, Enterprise, Entertainment, Fintech, Food and Beverage, Future of Work, Gaming, Government Technology, Hardware, Health and Wellness, Healthcare/Medtech, Industrial, Internet and Mobile, IoT, Marketplace, Productivity, Proptech/Real Estate, Robotics, SaaS, Social, Supply Chain/Logistics, Transportation, Travel/Hospitality

Chris Howard's Experience

Account Executive, Lexus Team OnePresent
Marketing Manager Gear.comPresent
Account Lead, New Balance Heckler AssociatesPresent
Business Development Pivot + LevyPresent
Founder and Partner Fuel Capital2013 - Present
Principal IGNITION PARTNERS2007 - 2013

Chris Howard's Education

Charles Wright
University of Washington, Michael G. Foster School of Business MBA
Occidental College AB