Number of Portfolio Companies 5
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Chris DeVore has been an investor, operator and executive at both public and private companies.Prior to Founders Co-op, Chris co-founded of Judy's Book and served as the company's COO and member of the board of directors.

Previously Chris was a Vice President at Sapient Corporation (NASDAQ: SAPE), where he built and led the

company's strategy consulting practice and was also a core member of the M&A and corporate venturing teams. Chris arrived at Sapient via the 1999 acquisition of Adjacency, an e-Commerce consultancy he and his partners bootstrapped into a profitable, 50-person, $15MM revenues firm serving clients like Apple, Nordstrom, Virgin, Land Rover and Steelcase.

Prior to Adjacency, Chris served as Patagonia's Director of eCommerce, building

that outdoor retailer's first online retail presence, and also led and managed six of the company's product lines. Pre-Internet, Chris held senior product management and strategic planning roles at McCaw Cellular (acquired by AT&T) and at AT&T (NYSE: T).Chris is currently an investor and board / advisory board member for: Appature, AppStoreHQ, Bonanzle, Colligent, Cooler Planet, Frugal Mechanic, Nearlyweds!, LookStat and Urban Airship.

Number of Investments 5
Chris DeVore has made 5 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Shippable on Dec 10, 2013, when Shippable raised
$2.1M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 10, 2013
Shippable
Yes
Seed Round - Shippable
$2.1M
Dec 17, 2012
Tindie
Seed Round - Tindie
$500K
Dec 1, 2011
Smore
Angel Round - Smore
$425K
Aug 14, 2011
Habit Labs
Angel Round - Habit Labs
$250K
Aug 6, 2010
SPARQ
Seed Round - SPARQ
$550K
Number of Exits 
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Chris DeVore has exits. Their most notable exits are TindieSPARQ, and Smore.
  • Tindie Tindie is an online marketplace enabling hardware developers to fund and sell their products.
  • SPARQ SPARQ facilitates mobile app usage to help customers buy, share and consume products, services and content anywhere.
  • Smore Smore makes it simple to create gorgeous newsletters, collaborate with colleagues, and analyze results.
  • Shippable Shippable helps companies ship code faster by giving them a powerful continuous integration platform built natively on Docker.
Number of Current Jobs 5
Number of Past Jobs 9
Chris DeVore has 5 current jobs including Investor at Reflective, Founding Managing Partner at Founders' Co-op, and Investor at Auth0. Additionally, Chris DeVore has had 9 past jobs including Founder at Cooler Planet.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Cooler Planet
FounderJul 2007Jan 2013
Publicis Sapient
Vice President1999
Askablogr
Team Member
AT&T
Senior Product Management and Strategic Planning
Patagonia
Director of eCommerce
Judys Book
Co-Founder & COO
Adjacency
Vice President
McCaw Cellular
Senior Product Management and Strategic Planning
Techstars
Managing Director
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 26
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 8
Chris DeVore holds 26 board and advisor roles including Advisor & Investor at Tribl, Member of the Advisory Board at TUNE, and Member of the Advisory Board & Investor at Unbounce.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Judys Book
Member of the Board of Directors
AppFog
Member of the Advisory Board & InvestorSep 2010
Appature
Member of the Advisory Board & InvestorDec 2009
Cody
Board Member
LookStat
Member of the Advisory Board & Investor
KITT.AI
Board Member
Techstars
Mentor
Airship
Board AdvisorFeb 2010
Number of Events 2
Chris DeVore has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Bend Venture Conference on Oct 17, 2019.