Firestartr
Chipper is an experienced Internet executive, investor and advisor. He led Corporate Strategy for eBay in Silicon Valley, developing their first mobile strategy and spearheading over $3 billion in strategic acquisitions, including Skype and Shopping.com. He co-founded and built McKinsey’s global Mobile Commerce Initiative to over $100m in revenues, co-built Booz-Allen’s Jakarta office, and started his career as a telecoms engineer with Rockwell. Chipper brings expertise in innovative e-commerce/marketplaces and mobile/social consumer services, and he connects Firestartr globally to the US and Asia.
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Firestartr
Firestartr is a place to build revolutionary digital businesses. Firestartr helps the most promising Internet and software entrepreneurs take their companies from seed stage to Series A and beyond. Beyond providing seed-stage capital, they draw on their entrepreneurial successes and senior operational experience with leading technology companies to support sustainable growth in our portfolio. Their deep domain expertise, combined with an unrivaled network of Club investors, enables them to make meaningful connections at the right time and propel companies to Series A and beyond. Firestartr operates as an investment club platform that syndicates investments with a curated network of domain experts. Our structure benefits both entrepreneurs (one line on the cap table) and investors (greater deal choice, tax advantages such as EIS, no lock in).