# Chris Paul

> Chris Paul is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Sports, FinTech and Food and Beverage. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 15%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrispaul3/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CP3
- Website: https://x.com/CP3
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CP3

Chris Paul is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Sports and FinTech. Christopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 4 | 15% |
| FinTech | 4 | 15% |
| Food and Beverage | 4 | 15% |
| Retail | 3 | 12% |
| Wellness | 3 | 12% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 31% |
| Angel | 4 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 15% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 12% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 18 | 69% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Portugal | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Umaro Foods | Umaro Foods specializes in developing a plant-based protein source from ocean-farmed seaweed. | $1.8M | Seed | Mar 06, 2024 |  |
| Altro (fka Perch) | Perch Credit (also known as Perch), is a fin-tech mobile app that allows users to take common recurring expenses, such as their subscriptions & rent, and turn these into creditworthy data points. Perch is currrently live on iOS and plans to be on Android in the coming months.Perch recently graduated YC (S20) and closed 2.5M in their mostrecent round. | $4M |  | Mar 06, 2024 |  |
| Scout - Make Money Moves | Scout is an investing platform that enables individuals to construct investment portfolios tailored to their interests, whether it's eco-friendly brands, women-led companies, Bitcoin, or popular Gen Z stocks. With Scout, users have the freedom to select their preferred investment options, while we diligently manage the portfolio to ensuresafety and risk management. |  | Seed | May 09, 2023 |  |
| Buoy | Drinking the recommended 8 glasses of water a day seems like a longshot for most people - especially unattainable when you stack them on top of all of the other better tasting, more functional drinks we all enjoy. Even for those that are able to consistently drink the recommended 8 glasses of water a day, inadequate electrolyte levels can stillcause dehydration symptoms to appear. Today, 3 out of 4 Americans are chronically dehydrated* and suffer from symptoms like low energy levels, headaches, and increased blood pressure, among countless other symptoms. Everyday things like exercise, travel, consuming foods high in sodium and sugar, drinking caffeine or alcohol, and even just being outside on a sunny afternoon lead to loss of electrolytes. All of these things are not only dehydrating in the moment, but also make it harder to rehydrate for the rest of the day - partially offsetting the glasses of water you do manage to drink. With Buoy, people can efficiently stay hydrated by adding electrolytes to ANY drinks they are already consuming without compromising taste. | $2.5M | Seed | May 08, 2023 |  |
| Mitchell & Ness | Mitchell & Ness Nostalgia manufactures and retails apparel and accessories for men and women. It focuses on offering consumers a range of licensed apparel from the NFL, NBA, NHL, and AFL; and non-licensed active wear. The company offers adjustables, banners and pennants, bottoms, buckets, fitted products, fleece products, jerseys, outerwear,shirts, slouch products, snapback products, and strapback products; and headwear, duffle bags, gloves, scarves, and socks. |  | Secondary Market | Oct 25, 2022 |  |
| TMRW Sports | TMRW is a sports company that focuses on progressive approaches to sports, media, and technology. Using advances in technology, the company launches golf leagues and holds a series of stadium events to provide people with growing approaches to sports and entertainment. | $14.7M |  | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Empower3d | Empower3d provides the modern athlete with the tools, resources, and network required for business success. It creates workshops and seminars for individual athletes, college athletic programs, professional teams, leagues, unions, and other sports organizations on a variety of business and finance topics. It assists athletes in expanding theirnetwork by connecting them with some of the world's most respected and experienced business leaders. | $2.6M | Seed | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Scout | Scout is a financial planning company that offers financial education, wealth management, and tax preparation services for athletes. | $2.6M | Seed | Sep 28, 2022 |  |
| Current Foods | Kuleana creates plant-based alternatives for people's seafood favorites, using plants and biotechnology without the environmental and ethical consequences. | $18M | Seed | Jun 23, 2022 |  |
| La Fête du Rosé | La Fête du Rosé is a wine manufacturing company. They produce rosé wine labels geared towards multicultural consumers with a shared thirst for travel, food, and rosé. They produce wines that exude freshness, generous fruit-forward flavors, and balanced acidity. |  | Angel | Jan 31, 2022 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Portfolia](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portfolia) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [One Team Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/one-team-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [AgFunder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agfunder) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Marcy Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcy-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Notable Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notable-capital-e2dd) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Paul invest in?

Chris Paul invests primarily in Sports, FinTech and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Angel 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 Paul's check size?

Chris Paul typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$18M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chris Paul participates in.

### When did Chris Paul last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Paul closed in Mar 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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