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Connected to Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Morgan Beller (NFX), and 45 other investors on Signal.
Networks Chris is a member of
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cbCurrent Investing Position
Ride Home Fund General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Current Fund Size
$15M
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Chris Messina's Experience
GP Ride Home Fund2023 - Present
General Partner Ride Home Fund, LlcPresent
Open Web Advocate and User Experience Design Lead Vidoop LLCPresent
Community Developers Council (CDC) Member RallyPresent
Product Design Consultant ZyperPresent
Consultant FacemojiPresent
Co-Founder MollyPresent
Organizer BotnessPresent
Course Creator Fellow On DeckPresent
Product Therapist Citizen AgencyPresent
Fellow On DeckPresent
Advisor TagboardPresent
Board Member OpenID FoundationPresent
Co-founder Citizen AgencyPresent
Advocate Microformats.orgPresent
Board Member Open Web FoundationPresent
Consultant Pioneers of the Inevitable (Songbird)Present
Consultant independentPresent
Organizer Top-PatentsPresent
Consultant Top-PatentsPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Advocate Top-PatentsPresent
Consultant Pioneers of the InevitablePresent
Co-founder Top-PatentsPresent
Owner Top-PatentsPresent
Director of Experience and Open Source Ambassador FlockPresent
Spread Firefox Admin Top-PatentsPresent
Organizer NewCoPresent
Consultant NewCoPresent
Advocate NewCoPresent
Co-founder NewCoPresent
Owner NewCoPresent
Spread Firefox Admin NewCoPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
General Partner Ride Home FundPresent
Course Creator Fellow ODF (On Deck Fellowship)Present
Fellow ODF (On Deck Fellowship)Present
Consultant AlterPresent
Co-Founder Squad (App)Present
Organizer Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Co-founder Comet for iOSPresent
Organizer University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Consultant University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Board Member University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Advocate University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Co-founder University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Owner University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Spread Firefox Admin University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Product Lead Republic2022 - 2022
Head of West Coast Business Development Republic2021 - 2022
Developer Experience Lead Uber2016 - 2017
UX Designer Google2012 - 2013
Developer Advocate Google2010 - 2012
Chris Messina's Education
Carnegie Mellon University BFA Communication Design
Y Combinator Accelerator Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
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