# Chris Barbin

> Chris Barbin is a Series A investor at Tercera backing Software. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Tercera](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tercera)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: May 2023
- Lead investor: 88%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisbarbin/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/c_barbin

Chris Barbin is a Series A investor at Tercera in Chicago focused on Software and Information Technology. Chris is the founder and CEO of Tercera, an investment and advisory firm that helps founders driving the Third Wave of cloud computing. Chris brings more than 25 years of technology and professional services experience, and is a proven entrepreneur, CEO, senior executive and board member. His most notable entrepreneurial journey was foundingAppirio, one of the first professional services companies hyper-focused on the first wave of enterprise cloud computing. He and the founding team grew Appirio to more than 1500 employees around the world, and eventually sold to Wipro for $500M+. Chris is also the founder of SipTequila, and a board member at Bates College.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 25% |
| CRM | 1 | 13% |
| News | 1 | 13% |
| SaaS | 1 | 13% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 2 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 63% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hakkoda | Hakkoda is a next-generation services company focused on engineering data and analytic systems on the Snowflake Data Cloud. Hakkoda provides consulting and managed services in data architecture, data engineering, analytics, and data science. |  |  | May 24, 2023 | https://hakkoda.io |
| Black Diamond Advisory | Black Diamond Advisory is a global digital finance transformation firm and a Platinum Partner of OneStream Software. | $25M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 12, 2022 | https://blackdiamondadvisory.com/ |
| Valiantys | Valiantys is an international Atlassian Platinum Solution Partner, empowering teams to leverage the most powerful Agile tools and work smarter. They are the creators of a leading JIRA admin add-ons, nFeed and Exocet, which bring powerful new features to Atlassian tools and help improve the efficiency of the users’ daily work. They help teamsunleash their true potential by delivering our own bespoke trainings in addition to official Atlassian courses. Valiantys' goal is to provide quick, practical solutions to client needs by applying industry standards Agile, CMMi, and ITIL to modern software tools. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 21, 2022 | http://valiantys.com/en/ |
| Zennify | Zennify is an award-winning Salesforce and nCino partner with decades of experience delivering top-tier consulting that gets you results. Imagine a consulting partner who delivers solutions with the skills and quality of a large firm and the focused attention and reliability of a trusted friend. A partner who will solve your toughest businesschallenges by actively listening, strategically advising, and challenging assumptions to ensure success. One who deeply understands your industry and proactively shares ideas, while going above and beyond to deliver projects that exceed your expectations. One that can flexibly manage every aspect of your solution, from a new implementation and complex integrations to innovation strategy, training, or ongoing platform work. One who helps you give back by investing 1% of the time, money, and resources from every project to support the community and the planet. That partner is Zennify.We’ve earned the trust of our customers and partners with our 4.8/5 Customer Satisfaction Rating. And thanks to that high level of trust and confidence in our solutions, we’re on Salesforce’s Partner Advisory Board and Salesforce Ventures is invested in our success. Our track record speaks to the commitment, vision, and skill we bring to every engagement. Across our team, we’ve launched digital portals for commercial banks, supported massive org merges, worked through complex data and systems architectures, trained global business units, and more. We stay inspired, keep our clients inspired—and deliver results that matter. | $7.5M | Series A | Dec 02, 2021 | https://www.zennify.com/ |
| Hakkoda | Hakkoda is a next-generation services company focused on engineering data and analytic systems on the Snowflake Data Cloud. Hakkoda provides consulting and managed services in data architecture, data engineering, analytics, and data science. | $5.6M | Seed | Nov 03, 2021 | https://hakkoda.io |
| Hakkoda | Hakkoda is a next-generation services company focused on engineering data and analytic systems on the Snowflake Data Cloud. Hakkoda provides consulting and managed services in data architecture, data engineering, analytics, and data science. | $5.6M | Series A | Jul 28, 2021 | https://hakkoda.io |
| BeyondID | BeyondID offers consulting, implementation and managed services for modern identity management, application integration, cloud security, and cloud platforms. Their Mission is to help their customers build secure, agile, and future proof business. They bring passion, diligence, and extensive experience in the planning, deployment, and management ofsolutions for their enterprise and mid-market customers. | $9M | Series A | Feb 08, 2021 | https://www.beyondid.com/ |
| PickUp | Our mission is to quantify the sports fans' opinions wherever the conversation is happening — whether that's on a local sports blog, around a tv screen, or in a slack channel. Our conversational props are sourced from the discussions happening across the digital universe (Twitter, news media, subreddit channels, fan message boards,etc.) brought to life using our technology, and distributed via our API. Fans earn points whenever their pick is correct - points get redeemed for prizes in our marketplace from top brands they love. | $1.5M | Seed | May 28, 2020 | http://www.PlayPickUp.com |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Casimir Holdings — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Connetic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connetic-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Drive by DraftKings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/drive-by-draftkings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KB Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kb-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lead Edge Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lead-edge-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Tercera

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Tercera is an investment and advisory firm that helps founders driving the Third Wave of cloud computing to scale faster and be more. We provide the capital, counsel and connections they need to capture an outsized share of their market.

3 contacts available at Tercera.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Barbin | CEO & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-barbin |
| Michelle Swan | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michelle-swan-c56d |
| Heidi Spirgi | Executive Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heidi-spirgi |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Barbin invest in?

Chris Barbin invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and CRM startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Chris Barbin last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Barbin closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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