Investing Profile

Chris Cantino

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Partner at Color Capital

color.capital/aboutSan Diego, California

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Networks Chris is a member of

Moving Capital Network

962 CONNECTIONS

Moving Capital Network

962 CONNECTIONS

Unilever Network

68 CONNECTIONS

adidas Network

12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Color Capital Partner

Investment Range

$100K - $250K

Sweet Spot

$150K

Investments On Record

Chris Cantino is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Chris Cantino's Investments On Record (19)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Arkive	SeedJul 2022$10M	$10M
Co-investors: Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Jenny Lefcourt (Freestyle Capital), Joe McCann (Investments - TRW, Inc), Vibhu Norby (Interlace Ventures), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Julian Weisser (Other Ventures), Leore Avidar (Lobby Capital), Pascal Unger (Focal), CJ Reim (Amity Ventures), Ethan Beard (Piazza Venture Labs), Daniel Darling (Darling Ventures)
Bubble Goods	Pre SeedMay 2022$1M	$1M
Co-investors: Karlie Kloss (Oath), Turner Novak (Banana Capital)
Acquire.com	SeedJul 2021$6M	$11M
Co-investors: Jeremy Levine (Bessemer Venture Partners), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Diego Gomes (SaaSholic Fund), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Minal Hasan (K2 Global), Ryan Hoover (Weekend Fund), Lee Jacobs (Long Journey Ventures), Immad Akhund (Y Combinator), Arlan Hamilton (Backstage Capital), Ryan Holmes (LOI Venture), Pascal Levy-Garboua (Long Journey Ventures), Cindy Bi (CapitalX - Early Stage VC), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Geoff Lewis (Bedrock Capital), Justin Welsh (GTMFund), Ben Tossell (Ben Tossell's Rolling Fund), Neal Bloom (Interlock Capital), Musaab Hakami (BECO Capital), Ankur Nagpal (Vibe Capital), Chris Herd (Logos Labs), Alex Lieberman (Acquire.com), Julian Shapiro (Julian Capital), Mac Reddin (Commsor), Kyle Tibbitts (Paradox Capital), Zack Kanter (Stedi), Moshe Lifschitz (US Investment Partners), Shaan Puri (The Milk Road), Sam Parr (The Hustle), Andreas Klinger (Prototype Capital), Pat Matthews (Active Capital), Greg Isenberg, Kyle York, Anthony Pompliano, Sahil Lavingia, Jaime Schmidt, Paul Yacoubian, Dharmesh Shah
Kinter.ai	SeedFeb 2021$5M	$25M
Co-investors: David Ulevitch (Andreessen Horowitz), Beth Ferreira (Serena Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Bryant Chou (Eppo by Datadog), Jaime Schmidt
Hero Cosmetics	Private EquityJan 2021	$15M
Co-investors: Chung Ng (Ng Group Development), Jaime Schmidt
Ceremonia	Pre SeedOct 2020$1M	$4M
Co-investors: Martin Dolfi (Beliade), Adrianna Samaniego (Kauffman Fellows), Aubrie Pagano (Alpaca VC), Pocket Sun (SoGal Ventures), Nina Faulhaber (Palette Ventures), Jaime Schmidt
A Kids Book About	SeedJun 2020	$7M
Co-investors: Arlan Hamilton (Backstage Capital), Jaime Schmidt
Haus	SeedJan 2020$5M	$86M
Co-investors: Elizabeth Weil (Andreessen Horowitz), Mike Kruzeniski (Climate Capital), Matthew Caspari (Alumni Ventures ), Ligaya Tichy (37 Angels), Kevin Weil (Council on Foreign Relations), Jen Rubio Butterfield (Science Strategic Acquisition Corp. Alpha), Niv Dror (Shrug Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Jonathan Rosenbaum (Waldo), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Tim Ferriss (Angel investor), Matt Murphy (Kleiner Perkins), Jonathan Ebinger (BlueRun Ventures), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Johnnie Yu (Listen ), Judd Morgenstern (Partners Resolute), Shawn Dimantha (Self-employed), Jordan Fliegel (Techstars), Nicole Quinn (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Alex Pattis (Riverside Ventures), Katie Shea (Divergent Capital), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Henry McNamara (Great Oaks Venture Capital), Magdalena Kala (Double Down), Web Smith (GGV Capital U.S.), Mark Chou (Bradhurst Ventures), Moshe Lifschitz (US Investment Partners), Andrew Gluck, Balaji Srinivasan, Peter Hunn, Zach Segal, Jaime Schmidt, Casey Neistat

Chris Cantino's Experience

Director and Editor Moving CapitalPresent

Talent Manager and Publicist Moving CapitalPresent

Innovation Consultant adidasPresent

Product Innovation UnileverPresent

CMO SupermakerPresent

Chief Player Officer & General Manager Los Angeles Mad Drops Pickleball ClubPresent

Executive Advisor, Digital Transformation and Experience United Pickleball AssociationPresent

Partner Schmidt's NaturalsPresent

Partner Color CapitalPresent

Founder SupermakerPresent

Founder Club CPGPresent

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