Wildwood Ventures
Kristen Gendron is a Principal and COO at Wildwood Ventures, a venture studio focused on technology businesses within the outdoor and wellness sectors, since May 2023. Concurrently, Gendron serves as a mentor for Techstars and as an Entrepreneur in Residence for Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs, supporting startups within the Harvard network. Gendron also holds a board position at Trey Athletes, a startup aimed at transforming the college sports industry. Prior experience includes roles such as Director at VF Corporation's Venture Foundry and Co-CEO of Nike's Valiant Labs incubator, where Gendron led the launch of Nike Refurbished. Gendron has also contributed to business development at Farmerline Ltd. and managed a portfolio at USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures. Early career experience includes research at the Council on Foreign Relations. Kristen Gendron holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in International Relations from The Johns Hopkins University.
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Wildwood Ventures
Building and investing in technology companies that make lives better. Wildwood is a venture studio and investor at the intersection of the outdoor and wellness economies. We partner with some of the biggest outdoor brands on the planet. We build with the pioneers, the courageous ones, the rebels just-crazy-enough to believe we can create things together that matter. On The Journey Together Proudly based in CO + SF