Christine Herron Bio
Short Version:
Christine Herron is a Director with Intel Capital. She is also a Venture Advisor at 500 Startups and an advisor to SSE Labs. Previously, Christine was a Principal with First Round Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, where she worked with companies such as BillFloat, Double Verify, Get Satisfaction, Mint, and Xobni. As a Director at Omidyar Network, she developed the Media practice strategy, investing in Common Sense Media, Digg, Socialtext, and Wikia, among others.
Prior to Omidyar Network, Christine held operational roles with Mission Research, NetObjects, and Microsoft, and was the founder and CEO of Mercury2, a SaaS developer of international e-commerce applications. She started as an investor with Geocapital Partners, where she funded early Internet and network infrastructure businesses including Netcom and AXON Networks. Christine earned degrees from both Stanford University and Columbia University.
With Full Detail:
Christine Herron is a Silicon Valley investor and entrepreneur. She is currently a Director with Intel Capital, a Venture Advisor at 500 Startups, and an advisor to SSE Labs.
Previously, Christine was a Principal with First Round Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, where she worked with companies such as BillFloat, Double Verify, Get Satisfaction, Mint, and Xobni. As a Director at Omidyar Network, she developed the Media practice strategy, investing in Common Sense Media, Digg, Socialtext, and Wikia, among others.
Prior to joining Omidyar Network, Christine was the VP of Marketing for Mission Research, which develops small business CRM solutions. While there, she led marketing from initial business plan authoring through paying customer and distribution partner acquisition. Earlier, Christine was the founder and CEO of Mercury2, a software-as-a-service developer of international e-commerce applications. She also managed developer tools at NetObjects, and played for the Internet Server Team at Microsoft.
Christine started as an investor with Geocapital Partners, where she focused on early Internet infrastructure and network management software. Her investments there included Netcom Online Communications, AXON Networks, D-Vision Systems, ViaGrafix, and FocusVision. In each case, Geocapital was the initial professional investor and helped to bring the company to a dominant market position.
Christine currently has board participation with SmartZip and Yummly. She also serves on the advisory boards for Rebel Unit (a division of Pixel Corps) and Web 2.0 Expo. Christine has previously served on the Mission Research, Nonprofit Technology Conference (N-TEN), and Typepad advisory boards and Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet Board of Directors, and co-managed STIRR Pitch Lab. She has spoken at numerous industry events including DEMO, FOO Camp, The Future of Money and Technology, mesh, MIT EmTech, MIT/Stanford Venture Lab, NetSquared, SVASE, TechCoire, Web 2.0 Expo, and Web 2.0 Summit.
Christine earned her MBA at Stanford University, and her BA in English at Columbia University, Columbia College.
Honesty is the Best Policy: Disclosures
Personal Equity Stakes and/or Carried Interest
- Get Satisfaction
- Intel/Intel Capital
- Mission Research
- Nickel Tour Productions
- O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV)
- Omidyar Network Fund
- Transpond (acquired by WebTrends)
Historical Investments and Support (First Round Capital, Omidyar Network Fund, and Geocapital Partners)
- AppWorx (MBO)
- AXON Networks (acquired by 3Com)
- BillFloat
- Collaborative Drug Discovery (CDD)
- Digg
- D-Vision Systems (acquired by Discreet Logic/Autodesk)
- Double Verify
- FocusVision Worldwide (MBO)
- Mint.com (acquired by Intuit)
- Netcom On-line Communication Services (Nasdaq: NETC, later acquired by Earthlink)
- O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV)
- Outright.com
- Socialtext
- ViaGrafix (Nasdaq: VIAX, acquired by Learn2.com)
- Wikia
- Xobni
Nonprofit Placements and Support (Omidyar Network Fund and Personal)
