Investing Profile

Chris Messina(662)

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GP at Ride Home Fund
chrismessina.meOakland, California
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48 Investors

Connected to Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Morgan Beller, and 45 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Ride Home Fund General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
5
Current Fund Size
$15M

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Chris Messina's Investments On Record (5)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Principle
Pre SeedFeb 2026$2M
$2M
VMind AI
Pre SeedOct 2023$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Matt Ocko (DCVC (Data Collective)), Anna Raptis (Amplifica Capital), Carey Ransom (Launch House Ventures), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Hari Raghavan (Autopilot Fund), Alejandro Galvez (99 Startups), Brian Requarth (Latitude), Daniel Salvucci (Draper Cygnus), zecca lehn, Duran Cesur
Racket
Pre SeedNov 2021$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Jason Calacanis (Uber), Alan Patricof (Primetime Partners), Christian Gammill (Industrious Ventures), Alex MacCaw (Earl Grey Capital), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Narendra Rocherolle (The Start Project), Stu Smith (Coughdrop Capital), Rob May, Dharmesh Shah
Uptime
SeedMay 2021$3M
$19M
Co-investors: Terence Leahy (Unknown Ventures), William Christopher Currie, Mark Gillespie
Babylist
SeedJun 2013$650K
$41M
Co-investors: Igor Ryabenkiy (Altair Capital Management), Mike Greenfield (TeamRankings.com), Sonya Brown (Norwest Venture Partners)

Chris Messina's Experience

GP Ride Home Fund2023 - Present
Spread Firefox Admin University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Owner University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Co-founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Advocate University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Board Member University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Consultant University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Organizer University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Co-founder Comet for iOSPresent
Organizer Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Co-Founder Squad (App)Present
Consultant AlterPresent
Fellow ODF (On Deck Fellowship)Present
Course Creator Fellow ODF (On Deck Fellowship)Present
General Partner Ride Home FundPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Spread Firefox Admin NewCoPresent
Owner NewCoPresent
Co-founder NewCoPresent
Advocate NewCoPresent
Consultant NewCoPresent
Organizer NewCoPresent
Spread Firefox Admin Top-PatentsPresent
Director of Experience and Open Source Ambassador FlockPresent
Owner Top-PatentsPresent
Co-founder Top-PatentsPresent
Consultant Pioneers of the InevitablePresent
Advocate Top-PatentsPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Consultant Top-PatentsPresent
Organizer Top-PatentsPresent
Consultant independentPresent
Consultant Pioneers of the Inevitable (Songbird)Present
Board Member Open Web FoundationPresent
Advocate Microformats.orgPresent
Co-founder Citizen AgencyPresent
Board Member OpenID FoundationPresent
Advisor TagboardPresent
Fellow On DeckPresent
Product Therapist Citizen AgencyPresent
Course Creator Fellow On DeckPresent
Organizer BotnessPresent
Co-Founder MollyPresent
Consultant FacemojiPresent
Product Design Consultant ZyperPresent
Community Developers Council (CDC) Member RallyPresent
Open Web Advocate and User Experience Design Lead Vidoop LLCPresent
General Partner Ride Home Fund, LlcPresent
Product Lead Republic2022 - 2022
Head of West Coast Business Development Republic2021 - 2022
Developer Experience Lead Uber2016 - 2017
UX Designer Google2012 - 2013
Developer Advocate Google2010 - 2012

Chris Messina's Education

Carnegie Mellon University BFA Communication Design
Y Combinator Accelerator Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies