Investing Profile

Chris Kurdziel

VCAngelInvestorProduct Operator
Principal at Samsung Next
chriskurdziel.comNew York, New York
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Networks Chris is a member of
University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory Network
842 CONNECTIONS
Vanderbilt University Network
59 CONNECTIONS
Vanderbilt University Network
59 CONNECTIONS
Dell Technologies Network
26 CONNECTIONS
Samsung Electronics Network
26 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Samsung NEXT Ventures
Investment Range
$5K - $25K
Sweet Spot
$10K
Investments On Record
3

Chris Kurdziel is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Chris Kurdziel's Investments On Record (3)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Improbable
Series UnknownApr 2022$150M
$700M
Co-investors: Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Phil Chen (Race Capital), Hermann Hauser (Amadeus Capital Partners), Christian Lawless (Conversion Capital), Matthew Beck (Digital Currency Group), Imran Khan (Volt Capital), David Rutter
MSquared
Series UnknownApr 2022$150M
$150M
Co-investors: Chris Dixon (Andreessen Horowitz), Matthew Beck (Digital Currency Group), Min Teo (Ethereal Ventures), David Rutter
XMTP
Series AAug 2021$20M
$45M
Co-investors: Aaron Batalion (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Paul Veradittakit (Pantera Capital), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Ali Yahya (Andreessen Horowitz), Jason Warner (Redpoint Ventures), Nikil Viswanathan (Alchemy Ventures), Diogo Monica (Haun Ventures), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Fred Wilson (Flatiron Partners), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Eamon Leonard (Broadstone), Julia Lipton (Awesome People Ventures), Ethan Beard (Piazza Venture Labs), Narendra Rocherolle (The Start Project), Bobby Goodlatte (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Ben Huh (Y Combinator), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Maaria Bajwa (Timespan Ventures), Joe Lallouz (Ambush Capital), Robert Leshner (Robot Ventures), Guy Oseary (Sound Ventures), Scott Belsky (A24), Joe Gerber (IDEO CoLab Ventures), Packy McCormick (Breather), Josh Williams (Form Capital), Kneeland Youngblood (Pharos Capital Group), Martin Green (HawksHead Capital), Rahul Vohra (Todd and Rahul's Angel Fund), Joshua Baer (Capital Thought), Stani Kulechov, Courtney Guertin, Joe Stump, Balaji Srinivasan, Ricky Engelberg, Reggie James, Jess Sloss, William Boebel, Anthony Pompliano, Shishir Mehrotra, Michael Dunworth, Tegan Kline, Itamar Lesuisse

Chris Kurdziel's Experience

Visiting Lecturer Cornell TechPresent
Founder PrimordialPresent
Mentor Cornell TechPresent
Partner Mirana VenturesPresent
Contributor Game7Present
Venture Partner Joyance PartnersPresent
Principal, Ventures Samsung NextPresent
Director of Product, OTT VimeoPresent
Product Lead Shelby.tv (acquired by Samsung Electronics)Present
Project Manager, Custom Services McKesson Provider TechnologiesPresent
Customer Advocate McKesson Provider TechnologiesPresent
Application Support Analyst McKesson Provider TechnologiesPresent
Unix Systems DellPresent
Founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Product Lead Shelby.TVPresent
Project Manager, Custom Services McKesson Health ITPresent
Customer Advocate McKesson Health ITPresent
Application Support Analyst McKesson Health ITPresent
Unix Systems Dell TechnologiesPresent
Principal Samsung Next2019 - 2020
Director of Product Vimeo2016 - 2019
Director of Product VHX2016 - 2017
Group Product Manager Samsung Electronics2014 - 2015
Product Manager Shelby.tv2011 - 2014

Chris Kurdziel's Education

Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management MBA Entrepreneurship & Private Equity
Vanderbilt University B.S. Computer Science, Math, Management of Technology
Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management MBA Entrepreneurship & Private Equity
Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management MBA Private Equity & Entrepreneurship
Vanderbilt University BS Computer Science & Math