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Chris Abshire

Principal at Toyota Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Investor
VC

Invests in

Stages:

Series A
Seed

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $1,000,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Start-ups
Investments
Due Diligence
Entrepreneurship
Private Equity
Valuation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Financial Modeling
Microsoft Excel
Strategic Partnerships
Capital Markets
Product Management
Reservoir Engineering
Oil & Gas
Petroleum Engineering
Leadership
Hydraulic Fracturing
Blockchain
Artificial Intelligence

Education

Investments

Orbital Materials

Series A

Total Funding: $16M

Work Experience

Toyota Ventures

2017

  • Principal

    2017

    Making early stage investments in talented, tenacious entrepreneurs from around the world.

EVCA

2018

  • Deep Tech Vertical Co-Lead

    2022

  • Mobility Vertical Co-Lead

    2018 - 2022

Startup World Cup

2016 - 2017

  • Executive Director

    2016 - 2017

Fenox Venture Capital

2015 - 2017

  • Associate

    2015 - 2017

ConocoPhillips

2015 - 2015

  • Reservoir Engineer

    2015 - 2015

Kaplan Test Prep

2014 - 2015

  • ACT & SAT Instructor

    2014 - 2015

Devon Energy

2014 - 2014

  • Production Engineer

    2014 - 2014

Berexco LLC

2013 - 2013

  • Field Engineer

    2013 - 2013