Investing Profile

Chris Howard(226)

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Founder and Partner at Fuel Capital

fuelcapital.com/teamSan Francisco Bay Area

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Chris Howard's investing connections

21 Investors

Connected to Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Niko Bonatsos (General Catalyst), Arjun Arora (500 Global), and 18 other investors on Signal.

Networks Chris is a member of

NewCo Network

1585 CONNECTIONS

Top-Patents Network

1029 CONNECTIONS

Center for Rural Health Leadership Network

432 CONNECTIONS

Robyn Frankel Network

291 CONNECTIONS

The Grameen Creative Lab Network

240 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Fuel Capital Partner

Investment Range

$500K - $1M

Sweet Spot

$500K

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$75M

Chris Howard's Investments On Record (25)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Sim	Series ANov 2025$7M	$7.5M
Co-investors: Dalton Caldwell (Standard Capital), Ali Rowghani (Y Combinator), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Paul Graham
Nozomio	SeedOct 2025$6M	$8M
Co-investors: Emma Phillips (Latitude), Michael Fertik (Heroic Ventures), Jack Brody (Mana Ventures), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Joshua Schachter, Paul Graham
Oway	SeedAug 2025$4M	$4.5M
Co-investors: Yuri Sagalov (10100), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Jared Friedman (Israel Defense Forces), Taro Fukuyama (SmartHR, Inc.), Kevin Alvarez-Fung (Predictive VC)
Cartage	SeedOct 2024$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Ian Logan (Maple VC), Kulveer Taggar (Angel investor), Paul Graham, Tom Blomfield
Synch	SeedMar 2024$3M	$3.5M
Co-investors: Jack Altman (Benchmark), Semil Shah (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Aashay Sanghvi (Haystack), Bala Chandrasekaran (Alt Capital), Diana Hu (Y Combinator)
Outset	SeedOct 2023$4M	$51M
Co-investors: Ben Taft (Sequoia Capital), Jack Moshkovich (8VC), April Underwood (Obvious Ventures), Jack Altman (Benchmark), Liz Wessel (First Round Capital), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Jessica Verrilli (Adverb Ventures), James Wu (M12 - Microsoft's Venture Fund), J Zac Stein (Craft Ventures), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Jake Jolis (Zeno Partners), Daniel Kan, Nate Matherson, Guillaume Luccisano
Checkmate	Series AMay 2023$15M SeedSep 2022$5M	$23M
Co-investors: Frederique Dame (GV (Google Ventures)), Scott Shleifer (Tiger Global Management), Chris Herd (Logos Labs), Shane Mac (Squared Away), John Smothers (Scribble Ventures), Saurabh Gupta (DST Global), Trevor Neff (Sound Ventures), Carter Reum (M13), Jeff Bonforte (Catapult Capital), Ron Pragides, Tim Kendall, Deborah Liu
Firstparty	SeedApr 2022$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Boris Wertz (Version One Ventures), Tyler Willis

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

Founder and Partner Fuel Capital2013 - Present

Business Development Pivot + LevyPresent

Account Lead, New Balance Heckler AssociatesPresent

Marketing Manager Gear.comPresent

Account Executive, Lexus Team OnePresent

Founder and Managing Director Ritual CapitalPresent

Founder and Managing Director Top-PatentsPresent

Founder and Managing Director NewCoPresent

Founder and Managing Director XtreamITPresent

Founder and Managing Director Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent

Founder and Managing Director COVENTRY UNIVERSITYPresent