CG

Chris Gardner

General Partner at Underscore VC

Massachusetts

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2020

    Underscore is a Boston VC firm that backs bold entrepreneurs from Seed to Series A with an aligned Core Community designed to fit each startup's unique needs. As a long-time startup operator and former executive at PayPal, I spend my time finding and working with visionary Fintech startup founders.

  • Board Member

    2019

2015 - 2019

  • VP, In-Store and P2P Products

    2019 - 2019

  • Head of In-Store Products, Head of P2P Products

    2019 - 2019

  • Head of In-Store Products

    2015 - 2018

2010 - 2015

  • Co-Founder, Chief Product & Marketing Officer

    2010 - 2015

    Acquired by PayPal - April 2015

  • Board Member

    2010 - 2015

2007 - 2010

  • Chief Marketing Officer

    2007 - 2010

    Acquired by Cisco Systems - August 2010

2006 - 2007

  • SVP Products & Marketing, m-Qube

    2006 - 2007

2005 - 2007

  • SVP Products & Marketing

    2005 - 2007

    Acquired by Verisign - March 2006

2004 - 2005

  • Vice President, Self Service

    2004 - 2005

1999 - 2004

  • Vice President, Products & Marketing

    2002 - 2004

    Acquired by Siebel Systems - October 2004

  • Director of Products and Engineering

    1999 - 2002

1998 - 1999

  • VP of Marketing

    1998 - 1999

    Acquired by Microsoft - June 1999