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Location London, England, United Kingdom
Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Gender Male

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Chris Morton is the CEO and cofounder of Lyst (www.lyst.com), a social curation platform for online fashion.

Prior to founding Lyst, Chris was an investor at Balderton Capital and Benchmark Capital, focussing on consumer internet; specifically ecommerce, music and games.

Chris was also Business Development Manager of the Energy and

Materials division at QinetiQ, one of Europe's leading technology R&D organisations.

Chris earned his M.A. in Natural Sciences (Physics and Philosophy) from Cambridge University, 2003, and he is a DERA Scholar.

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Seed Round - ADAY

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obfuscated obfuscation	Zesty	No	Seed Round - Zesty	obfuscated obfuscation

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Zesty

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Zesty

Zesty Zesty specializes in providing regular office catering to companies.

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Chris Morton

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Executive Chairman and Co-founder

Lyst

. Additionally,

Chris Morton

has had

past jobs including

Co-Founder & CEO

Lyst

Lyst Executive Chairman and Co-founderSep 2022

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Lyst	Co-Founder & CEO	Jan 2010	Sep 2022
Benchmark	Associate	2007	2010
QinetiQ	Manager	Sep 1, 2005	2010
Balderton Capital	Associate	—	—

Education

Chris Morton

studied at

University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge M.A.Physics & Philosophy20002003

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events. They most recently attended, or will attend,

MoneyConf Dublin 2018

Jun 11, 2018

MoneyConf Dublin 2018 Speaker Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, EuropeJun 11, 2018
Shoptalk 2018 Speaker Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, North AmericaMar 18, 2018
NOAH London Conference 2017 Speaker London, England, United Kingdom, EuropeNov 2, 2017
Shoptalk 2017 Speaker Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, North AmericaMar 19, 2017
Wired Retail Speaker London, England, United Kingdom, EuropeNov 24, 2014
TechCrunch Disrupt Europe 2013: Berlin Speaker Berlin, Berlin, Germany, EuropeOct 26, 2013