# Chris M. Willliams

> Chris M. Willliams is a seed investor at pocket.watch backing Digital Media and Video Streaming. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [pocket.watch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pocketwatch-inc)
- Location: Beverly Hills, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismwilliams
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/chrismwil
- Website: https://x.com/chrismwil
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrismw

Chris M. Willliams is a seed investor at pocket.watch in Beverly Hills focused on Digital Media and Video Streaming. Chris M. Williams is the Founder & CEO at pocket.watch.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$4M |
| Series A | $3M–$12M |
| Series B | $1.5M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Digital Media | 7 | 27% |
| Video Streaming | 5 | 19% |
| Internet | 4 | 15% |
| Education | 4 | 15% |
| Social Media | 4 | 15% |

53 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 62% |
| Series A | 4 | 15% |
| Series B | 2 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 4% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 23 | 88% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LOST iN | LOST iN navigates you through 17 global cities from a local perspective. Releasing every month a new city to discover. Our network of opinion leaders from a creative background assure the best recommendations: No tourist traps. LOST iN is a mobile app helping you to experience the best out of each destination. It helps to customize therecommendations based on time, weather and location for each user and to save time.LOST iN print guides are also available in leading retail and concept stores worldwide to inspire offline. Experience a new city from within. | $4M | Seed | Jun 26, 2024 |  |
| Mini Studio | We are the first safe ChatGPT for kids! Our goal is to foster children's imagination and curiosity. Our products offer them infinite guided creative adventures, with the magic of AI. They can create games, write stories, make comic books, invent riddles, learn to draw... and, very soon, turn their drawings to cartoons. The adventure startshere. |  | Seed | Jan 15, 2023 |  |
| Invisible Universe | Invisible Universe is an internet-first animation studio that develops original character IP on social media and web3 platforms. Its mission is to create the next household name animated franchises faster and more economical than traditional models. We believe the next generation of animated franchises will be born on the internet. | $12M | Series A | Aug 11, 2022 |  |
| Zigazoo | Zigazoo is a rapidly growing social media brand featuring the recently launched Generation Z-focused Zigazoo app and Zigazoo Kids, which launched in 2020 and has since become the world’s largest social network for Generation Alpha. Zigazoo makes screentime healthier, safer and more creative. The video-first apps have empowered millions to expresstheir authentic selves within a positive social media environment and has become a priority destination for top tier creator talent, celebrities, and best-in-class brands including the NBA, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Amazon, Apple TV+, Netflix, and WWE.Since launch in 2020, Zigazoo has been backed by the NBA, Liberty City Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Causeway Media Partners, Serena Ventures, Talis Capital, Wheelhouse Entertainment, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Charli & Dixie D’Amelio, and Jimmy Kimmel, and many more tech and entertainment heavyweights. |  | Seed | Feb 06, 2022 |  |
| Zigazoo | Zigazoo is a rapidly growing social media brand featuring the recently launched Generation Z-focused Zigazoo app and Zigazoo Kids, which launched in 2020 and has since become the world’s largest social network for Generation Alpha. Zigazoo makes screentime healthier, safer and more creative. The video-first apps have empowered millions to expresstheir authentic selves within a positive social media environment and has become a priority destination for top tier creator talent, celebrities, and best-in-class brands including the NBA, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, Amazon, Apple TV+, Netflix, and WWE.Since launch in 2020, Zigazoo has been backed by the NBA, Liberty City Ventures, MaC Venture Capital, Causeway Media Partners, Serena Ventures, Talis Capital, Wheelhouse Entertainment, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Charli & Dixie D’Amelio, and Jimmy Kimmel, and many more tech and entertainment heavyweights. | $4M | Seed | Feb 11, 2021 |  |
| Loupe | Loupe is a live eCommerce streaming platform developing a mobile application used to collect sports cards. Its application offers exciting new ways to buy, sell, invest, and collect sports cards that enable users to reinvent sports card games at a whole new level. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. | $3M | Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| Hellosaurus | Hellosaurus is an e-learning platform that offers creative programs, fun activities, and video classes for kids. It offers an interactive video platform for children and specializes in the fields of online portals and the internet. | $3.5M | Seed | Nov 23, 2020 |  |
| Prismpop | Prismpop is an online beauty community that helps users in finding products that are personalized to their needs. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California. | $1M | Convertible Note | Feb 11, 2020 |  |
| 100 Thieves | 100 Thieves, is an American e-sports, lifestyle, and apparel brand located in Los Angeles in California. It began operation in 2017. | $35M | Series B | Jul 16, 2019 |  |
| Ripkord | Tellie is the all-in-one commerce & content platform that serves as a bridge between existing Web2 services and the Web3 ecosystem. Allows every creator to build an interactive website/ portfolio/ link-in-bio in minutes for every drop. Turns creator’s personal website into creative library & digitally-native commerce platform, andexpands accessibility of Web3 to all creators. | $3M | Seed | Nov 13, 2018 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Upfront Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upfront-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1745 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Dapper Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dapper-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About pocket.watch

VC Fund · Culver City, United States

Pocket.watch is the new studio creating global franchises from the YouTube stars and characters loved by Generation Alpha. Pocket.watch specializes in entertaining and inspiring kids and families through digital-first content and sparking their imaginations with lifestyle products ranging from toys to toothbrushes.

5 contacts available at pocket.watch.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris M. Willliams | Founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-m-willliams |
| Albie Hecht | Chief Content Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albie-hecht |
| Chase Landau | SVP, Talent & Strategic Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chase-landau |
| David B. Williams | SVP & GM, Channels | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-b-williams |
| Jon Moonves | Chief Strategy Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-moonves |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris M. Willliams invest in?

Chris M. Willliams invests primarily in Digital Media, Video Streaming and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Chris M. Willliams's check size?

Chris M. Willliams typically joins rounds of $1M–$4M at Seed, $3M–$12M at Series A and $1.5M–$35M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chris M. Willliams participates in.

### When did Chris M. Willliams last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris M. Willliams closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 26 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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