Investing Profile

Chris Kurdziel

VCAngelInvestorProduct Operator
Principal at Samsung Next
chriskurdziel.comNew York, New York
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Networks Chris is a member of
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
837 CONNECTIONS
Vanderbilt University Network
115 CONNECTIONS
Vanderbilt University Network
115 CONNECTIONS
Dell Technologies Network
90 CONNECTIONS
Samsung Electronics Network
53 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Samsung NEXT Ventures
Investment Range
$5K - $25K
Sweet Spot
$10K
Investments On Record
3

Chris Kurdziel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Chris Kurdziel's Investments On Record (3)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Improbable
Series UnknownApr 2022$150M
$700M
Co-investors: Imran Khan (Volt Capital), Chris Dixon (Curated), Hermann Hauser (Amadeus Capital Partners), Christian Lawless (Conversion Capital), Phil Chen (Race Capital), Sachin Jaitly (Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC), David Rutter (R3i Ventures), Matthew Beck (Digital Currency Group)
MSquared
Series UnknownApr 2022$150M
$150M
Co-investors: Chris Dixon (Curated), Jonathan Allen (Dekrypt Capital), David Rutter (R3i Ventures), Matthew Beck (Digital Currency Group), Min Teo (Ethereal Ventures)
XMTP
Series AAug 2021$20M
$45M
Co-investors: Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Joseph Lau (Alchemy Ventures), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Fred Wilson (Flatiron Partners), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Fiona Kelly (Baseline Community + Fund), Paul Stamatiou (TCV), Linda Xie (Scalar Capital), Fernando Martinelli (Balancer Labs), Itamar Lesuisse (Ready (formerly Argent)), Eamon Leonard (Broadstone), William Boebel (Capital Factory), Ricky Engelberg (Maximum Effort), Joe Stump (Challenge Accepted, LLC), Nikil Viswanathan (The Alchemy Fund), Stani Kulechov (Aave Labs), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Courtney Guertin (Ease), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Josh Williams (Form Capital), Jess Sloss (Seed Club Ventures), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Joe Gerber (IDEO CoLab Ventures), Kneeland Youngblood (Pharos Capital Group), Martin Green (Cambrian Asset Management LLC), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Michael Dunworth (Boost VC), Joshua Baer (iCiDIGITAL), Ethan Beard (Piazza Venture Labs), Narendra Rocherolle (The Start Project), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Aaron Batalion (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Maaria Bajwa (Timespan Ventures), Joe Lallouz (Ambush Capital), Scott Belsky (A24), Anthony Pompliano, Reggie James, Shishir Mehrotra, Tegan Kline, Balaji Srinivasan

Chris Kurdziel's Experience

Unix Systems Dell TechnologiesPresent
Application Support Analyst McKesson Health ITPresent
Customer Advocate McKesson Health ITPresent
Project Manager, Custom Services McKesson Health ITPresent
Product Lead Shelby.TVPresent
Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Unix Systems DellPresent
Application Support Analyst McKesson Provider TechnologiesPresent
Customer Advocate McKesson Provider TechnologiesPresent
Project Manager, Custom Services McKesson Provider TechnologiesPresent
Product Lead Shelby.tv (acquired by Samsung Electronics)Present
Director of Product, OTT VimeoPresent
Principal, Ventures Samsung NextPresent
Venture Partner Joyance PartnersPresent
Contributor Game7Present
Partner Mirana VenturesPresent
Mentor Cornell TechPresent
Founder PrimordialPresent
Visiting Lecturer Cornell TechPresent
Principal Samsung Next2019 - 2020
Director of Product Vimeo2016 - 2019
Director of Product VHX2016 - 2017
Group Product Manager Samsung Electronics2014 - 2015
Product Manager Shelby.tv2011 - 2014

Chris Kurdziel's Education

Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management MBA Entrepreneurship & Private Equity
Vanderbilt University B.S. Computer Science, Math, Management of Technology
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management MBA Entrepreneurship & Private Equity
Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management MBA Private Equity & Entrepreneurship
Vanderbilt University BS Computer Science & Math

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