Chris Davis
Partner @ Gefinor Capital
New York, United States
Chris Davis is a Series C investor at Gefinor Capital in New York focused on Publishing and EBooks. Mr. Davis has over 13 years of professional experience in the investment banking, private equity and venture capital industries. He began his career as a systems analyst in the Zurich and Singapore offices of Credit Suisse First Boston working on the development, implementation and maintenance of global accounting, credit risk management and tradesettlement information systems. Mr. Davis then transitioned into a financial advisory roll serving in the High Yield Origination Group of TD Securities’ New York office where he worked on various leveraged finance transactions in the energy, auto parts, media and paper sectors. Since March 2003, Mr. Davis has worked in the private equity and venture capital operations of the Gefinor Group.Mr. Davis received his MBA in the Financial Engineering track of the Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. and Bachelor of Commerce with a major in Information Systems from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 75%
Last updated:
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Industries Chris Davis invests in
Stages Chris Davis invests in
Countries Chris Davis invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Publishing 2 (50%)
- EBooks 1 (25%)
- EdTech 1 (25%)
- Hardware 1 (25%)
- Analytics 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series C 2 (50%)
- Seed 1 (25%)
- Funding Round 1 (25%)
Country
- United States 3 (75%)
- United Kingdom 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Perlego
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Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in London,England. | $524K / Seed / Nov 04, 2017 | |
Anokiwave
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Anokiwave features silicon core chip solutions that reduce system cost and enable rapid technology adoption. Its proprietary chip architectures, feature-rich solutions, and complementary III/V products deliver unprecedented system performance. The company provides disruptive value by solving the toughest engineering problems with creativesystem architectures and the optimal selection of semiconductor technologies.It was founded in 1999 and is based in San Diego, California. | Series C / Sep 06, 2017 | |
SocialFlow
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SocialFlow is a social distribution and monetization platform that is purpose-built for media companies. Their technology enables the world’s most successful publishers to easily distribute engaging social content while providing them monetization opportunities across multiple social networks. Their publishing software is used by tens ofthousands of journalists across the world and extends the reach and engagement of editorial content and stories to the social sphere. SocialFlow’s advertising products help publishers create new revenue streams from their social efforts. With native solutions and AttentionStream sponsored post ads, SocialFlow helps media companies leverage the unmatched scale and distribution of social channels. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, SocialFlow’s client roster includes half of the top 150 media companies including Condé Nast, Meredith, The Associated Press, CNN, and the BBC. | $7.5M / Series C / Dec 07, 2015 | |
SciAps
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SciAps is a Boston-based portable analytical instrumentation company that offers field-hardened and portable analytical instruments that measure compounds, minerals, and elements. They are dedicated to inventing, engineering, providing, and servicing field-hardened, portable instruments to measure any compound, any mineral, any element anyplace onthe planet.It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts. | $2.5M / Nov 21, 2013 |
Co-Investors
About Gefinor Capital
Gefinor Capital provides flexible debt and minority equity to growth-oriented companies. The firm takes a non-traditional approach to providing financing solutions, focusing on investments in innovative companies with products and services that are based on new technologies, business models, distribution systems or other disruptive elements thatare distinguishing factors from peers.With a long-term investment perspective, Gefinor’s investment team allocates substantial resources to portfolio companies. We employ a collaborative approach to investing, emphasizing on partnerships with management teams and shareholders. Gefinor Capital has capital under management through several funds, including two Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs).
Gefinor Capital Contacts
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Chris Davis
Partner
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Rob Porell
CFO
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Ali Zamani
Partner – Public Securities
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Mohamed Ousseimi
Founder
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Reza Akhavan
Founder
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FAQ
What does Chris Davis invest in?
Chris Davis invests primarily in Publishing, EBooks and EdTech startups, most often at Series C and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Chris Davis last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chris Davis closed in Nov 2017. Shizune tracks 4 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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