Chris DeVore
Managing Director @ Techstars
Seattle, United States
Chris DeVore is a seed investor at Techstars in Seattle focused on Software and SaaS. Chris DeVore has been an investor, operator and executive at both public and private companies.Prior to Founders Co-op, Chris co-founded of Judy's Book and served as the company's COO and member of the board of directors. Previously Chris was a Vice President at Sapient Corporation (NASDAQ: SAPE), where he built and led the company's strategy consulting practice and was also a core member of the M&A and corporate venturing teams. Chris arrived at Sapient via the 1999 acquisition of Adjacency, an e-Commerce consultancy he and his partners bootstrapped into a profitable, 50-person, $15MM revenues firm serving clients like Apple, Nordstrom, Virgin, Land Rover and Steelcase. Prior to Adjacency, Chris served as Patagonia's Director of eCommerce, building that outdoor retailer's first online retail presence, and also led and managed six of the company's product lines. Pre-Internet, Chris held senior product management and strategic planning roles at McCaw Cellular (acquired by AT&T) and at AT&T (NYSE: T).Chris is currently an investor and board / advisory board member for: Appature, AppStoreHQ, Bonanzle, Colligent, Cooler Planet, Frugal Mechanic, Nearlyweds!, LookStat and Urban Airship.
- Total investments:
- 107
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 40%
Last updated:
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Industries Chris DeVore invests in
Stages Chris DeVore invests in
Countries Chris DeVore invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $118k–$3.9M
- Pre-Seed
- $118k–$320k
- Series A
- $1.4M–$8M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 31 (29%)
- SaaS 15 (14%)
- E-Commerce 15 (14%)
- Information Technology 14 (13%)
- Analytics 10 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 45 (42%)
- Pre-Seed 28 (26%)
- Series A 11 (10%)
- Angel 4 (4%)
- Series B 3 (3%)
Country
- United States 73 (68%)
- Canada 8 (7%)
- Israel 1 (1%)
- United Kingdom 1 (1%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| logcat.ai is an AI-native diagnostics and systems engineering platform built for OEMs, ODMs, chipmakers, and device engineering teams working across smartphones, connected vehicles, robotics, telecom equipment, and embedded hardware. The company’s proprietary Delta investigation engine deploys autonomous AI agents capable of parsing deep OSsignals—including kernel dumps, modem logs, bug reports, and dmesg files—to accurately identify root causes of system crashes or device regressions in minutes. | $2.6M / Pre-Seed / Jul 17, 2026 | ||
| StitcherAI's AI-powered FinOps data platform to expedite your FinOps journey. | $3M / Pre-Seed / May 19, 2026 | ||
| Aarden AI is an AI platform that helps landowners research and navigate deals with developers to build data centers and others. | $4M / Seed / Oct 09, 2025 | ||
| Mast Reforestation built the only vertically integrated solution to reforest the growing pool of millions of acres that have been damaged by wildfire. The company removes the financial, procedural, and seed supply barriers that typically stand in the way of getting reforestation done, which led to a large and growing project pipeline. It recentlyacquired two legacy businesses to become the largest seed and seedling vendor in the West, which is the primary bottleneck to reforestation. Mast is now executing on the project backlog by leveraging project finance to generate high-quality carbon removal credits for corporate buyers. | $25M / Series B / Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Pebble Health provides healthcare access for small and medium businesses through health insurance products. | $12M / Seed / Dec 07, 2022 | ||
| LevelTen Energy is a company that provides renewable transaction infrastructure. It connects renewable energy buyers, advisors, and sellers and gives them the tools and services they need to get better deals done faster. Its technology-enabled marketplace connects a broader class of C & I to utility-scale projects. | $35M / Series C / Aug 25, 2021 | ||
| ZeroWall.io operates as an enterprise information security company. The company was founded in 2020 by Joan D Pepin and is based in Portland, Oregon, United States. | $2M / Seed / Dec 02, 2020 | ||
| Reflective is an app that guides and automates work. | $1.3M / Seed / Aug 18, 2020 | ||
| Clarent connects data from different systems to create a single source of truth for senior living teams. We calculate 150+ industry-specific KPIs from payroll, occupancy, sales, and financial data to power data-driven decisions at owners & operators. | $1.5M / Seed / Apr 20, 2020 | ||
| Logixboard is a white-labeled customer experience software that helps logistics service providers increase sales and retain customers. It connects directly to your internal software and can be launched in less than three weeks with very little effort from your team. | $5.4M / Seed / Oct 22, 2019 | ||
| See all 107 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Techstars
Techstars offers a pre-accelerator initiative designed to equip participants with training and tools for business development. Additional offerings include three-day sessions that allow aspiring entrepreneurs to experience the process of launching a startup. The company also organizes events featuring speakers, educational sessions, and pitch competitions to support entrepreneurship. Its operations involve connecting founders with a network of mentors and peers across various technology verticals.
Techstars Contacts
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Alina Hoon
Mentor
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Andrew Cleland
Chief Investment Officer
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Artur Hasselbach
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Atlanta Daniel
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Beata Puncevic
Chief Technology Officer
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FAQ
What does Chris DeVore invest in?
Chris DeVore invests primarily in Software, SaaS and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 107 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Chris DeVore invest in?
Chris DeVore typically joins rounds of $118k–$3.9M at Seed, $118k–$320k at Pre-Seed and $1.4M–$8M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Chris DeVore's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Chris DeVore took part in.
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When did Chris DeVore last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chris DeVore closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 107 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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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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