Number of Portfolio Companies 40
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Secondary Market, Seed, Venture
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An accomplished venture investor, company advisor, and entrepreneur, Chris manages a portfolio of over seventy consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology start-ups as well as an array of mature enterprises through his holding company, Lowercase Capital. He is partnered in this venture with his wife, Crystal English Sacca. While primarily known

for its investments in seed and early stage technology companies like Twitter, Uber, Instagram, and Kickstarter, Lowercase has quietly grown to be one of the larger venture funds in the United States.

Number of Investments 41
Chris Sacca has made 41 investments. Their latest investment was Series C - Detect on Nov 15, 2022, when
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Nov 15, 2022
Detect
No
Series C - Detect
Sep 7, 2022
Fuse Energy
Venture Round - Fuse Energy
€78.7M
Oct 28, 2021
Cover
Series B - Cover
$60M
Jun 8, 2021
SIMULATE
No
Series B - SIMULATE
$50M
May 1, 2021
Kinema
Seed Round - Kinema
$2M
Apr 29, 2021
TerraTrue
Series A - TerraTrue
$15M
Dec 11, 2019
TerraTrue
Seed Round - TerraTrue
$4.5M
Sep 19, 2019
Automattic
Series D - Automattic
$300M
May 1, 2019
Swayable
Seed Round - Swayable
Mar 26, 2019
Linear Labs
Seed Round - Linear Labs
$4.5M
Number of Exits 
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Chris Sacca has exits. Their most notable exits are VHXSimpleGeo, and Photobucket.
  • VHX VHX is a video distribution platform built to share, discover, and watch videos for everyone.
  • SimpleGeo SimpleGeo offers an API that allows developers to build location-aware applications for mobile devices.
  • Photobucket Photobucket is an image and video hosting website allowing users to upload, edit and share photos.
  • Optimizely Optimizely is a digital experience platform for unlocking digital potential, content, commerce, and optimization.
  • Omnisio Omnisio is an online platform that enables users to annotate and share videos from any website.
  • Milk Milk is a mobile development lab that builds innovative mobile apps.
  • Message Bus Message Bus provides cloud-based email infrastructure.
  • Instagram Instagram is a free photo-sharing application that enables its users to take photos, apply filters, and share them on social networks.
  • FOBO FOBO is a mobile app enabling users to sell goods using their mobile phones.
  • FanBridge FanBridge is a Fan Audience CRM platform used to manage fan acquisition, retention, and engagement.
Number of Current Jobs 3
Number of Past Jobs 3
Chris Sacca has 3 current jobs including Founder and Chairman at Lowercase Capital, Henry Crown Fellow at The Aspen Institute, and Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at University of Oxford. Additionally, Chris Sacca has had 3 past jobs including Head of Strategic Initiatives at Google.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Google
Head of Strategic InitiativesOct 1, 2003Dec 15, 2007
Fenwick & West
AttorneyAug 1, 2000Sep 7, 2001
Speedera Networks
Executive (acquired by Akamai)
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 15
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 7
Chris Sacca holds 15 board and advisor roles including Member of the Advisory Board at RecordSetter, Member of the Advisory Board at 280 North, and Member of the Advisory Board at Heroku.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Omnisio
Member of the Advisory Board
Hello Chair
Member of the Advisory Board
Janrain
Member of the Advisory Board
Tipjoy
Member of the Advisory Board
Posterous
Member of the Advisory Board
X (formerly Twitter)
Member of the Advisory Board
Auctomatic
Member of the Advisory Board
Chris Sacca studied at Georgetown Law School and Georgetown University.
Number of News Articles 1,070
Funding RoundNov 15, 2022
Detect raised an undisclosed amount / Series C from Anne Wojcicki and 10 other investors
Funding RoundSep 7, 2022
Fuse Energy raised €78,700,000 / Series Unknown from Accel and 11 other investors
Funding RoundOct 28, 2021
Cover raised $60,000,000 / Series B from Arash Ferdowsi and 15 other investors
FundOct 26, 2021
Bread and Butter Ventures raised a new fund: Fund III ($27,000,000)
FundJun 9, 2021
Chris Sacca raised a new fund: SV Latam Capital Fund II ($22,000,000)
Funding RoundJun 8, 2021
SIMULATE raised $50,000,000 / Series B from AgFunder and 11 other investors