Chris Redlitz
Co Founder @ The Last Mile
San Francisco, United States
Chris Redlitz is a seed investor at The Last Mile in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Marketing. Chris is a founding partner of Transmedia Capital, an early stage venture fund focused on capital efficient companies that provide technology and services for digital media, entertainment, content publishing, gaming, mobile apps and online advertising. Recent investments include: Wish, Domo, Percolate, Snap, Genius, Scan, TalkIQ, Kickback, Alpha,Superphone, Lively, Mystery Science and Facebook. Chris was also the founder of KickLabs, one the top rated technology accelerators in the world. Chris has been on the forefront of emerging technologies since the commercialization of the web. In 1997 he co-founded AdAuction, the first online media exchange; the precursor to auction based and dynamic pricing platforms for online media. Chris was instrumental in restructuring business strategies for marketing and lead generation companies GetRelevant (acquired by Lycos), and Aptimus (acquired by Apollo LLC). He launched the first online independent yellow page directory, automated coupon platform, RSS advertising and content syndication system, and helped develop the first peer to peer ad delivery system. He received Ad Age's prestigious i20 award for his contributions to the development of interactive marketing and advertising. Chris has been an active adviser and investor in emerging companies for the past twenty years. He was a seed investor in Omniture, the webs leading analytics company (IPO 2006), acquired by Adobe in 2009. Chris spent more than ten years at Reebok International where he held management positions in sales and marketing and also owned one of the first sports retail chains in Southern California. For twenty years, Chris was distance runner completing multiple marathons and ultra marathons. Today he is a fitness junkie, golfer, and skier. Chris co-founded The Last Mile with his wife Beverly, a program that helps bridge the gap between the nation's penal system and the technology business sector. The Last Mile was first launched at San Quentin State Prison, and is in multiple correctional facilities throughout California.Chris lives in San Francisco, with his wife and business partner, Beverly. They are focused on fitness and a sustainable lifestyle. They are GS Warrior fans and spend their chill time in Jackson Hole, WY.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Chris Redlitz invests in
Stages Chris Redlitz invests in
Countries Chris Redlitz invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 4 (19%)
- Marketing 3 (14%)
- Advertising 3 (14%)
- Software 2 (10%)
- Media and Entertainment 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (38%)
- Series A 5 (24%)
- Funding Round 3 (14%)
- Angel 1 (5%)
- Convertible Note 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 12 (57%)
- Singapore 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Ease
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Ease's mission is to modernize and personalize the employee experience. Working with industry experts to provide one simple solution for benefits, hr, and payroll. Ease makes it simple to set up and manage benefits, onboard hires, stay compliant, and offer employees one destination for all their human resources information. 70,000+ businessestrust Ease for online enrollment and HR. The company was founded in 2012 by Courtney Guertin and David A. Reid and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. Ease was recently named as G2's 15th Fastest-Growing Software Company for 2020; Capterra's Top 20 Most Popular HR Software in 2020; Forbes Top 100 Best Start Employer in America. | $6.5M / Series A / Jun 20, 2017 | |
Tappp
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TAPPP makes it easy for consumers to access sports content and bet by unlocking multiple payment options. TAPPP has made MLB and NFL streaming products available across the largest physical and digital retailers in the US. TAPPP is now extending those payment options for sports betting, making it safer and easier for millions of customers to top uptheir accounts using cash. Headquartered in New York City, TAPPP's mission is to make sports content more engaging and accessible to fans. | $4.2M / May 06, 2016 | |
Lover.ly
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Lover.y is the wedding inspiration and content site helping savvy couples plan their weddings online. From thousands of helpful wedding planning articles to their weekly free wedding planning newsletter, couples turn to Loverly as their trusted source for planning their dream wedding. | $2M / Series A / Mar 21, 2016 | |
NewCo
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NewCo is an organizer of forums and conferences used to connect people with businesses on a mission. Its events are city-specific festivals and create unique partnerships to offer a cross-platform publication that enables clients to connect to its audiences with their stories and shape business, politics, and culture. | Seed / Mar 09, 2016 | |
SuperPhone
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SuperPhone is an intelligent mobile messaging platform that helps enterprise retail brands acquire, and engage with mobile customers in an impactful way. It leverages the power of data and smart messaging to drive increased revenue, brand loyalty, and personalized customer relationships at any scale. | $1.5M / Seed / Mar 07, 2016 | |
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Ease
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Ease's mission is to modernize and personalize the employee experience. Working with industry experts to provide one simple solution for benefits, hr, and payroll. Ease makes it simple to set up and manage benefits, onboard hires, stay compliant, and offer employees one destination for all their human resources information. 70,000+ businessestrust Ease for online enrollment and HR. The company was founded in 2012 by Courtney Guertin and David A. Reid and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. Ease was recently named as G2's 15th Fastest-Growing Software Company for 2020; Capterra's Top 20 Most Popular HR Software in 2020; Forbes Top 100 Best Start Employer in America. | $2.1M / Seed / Sep 08, 2015 | |
Slyce
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Slyce is a marketing automation and analytics platform for brand ambassadors. Today, most brands manage the digital and social content requirements for the ambassadors with emails, text messages, Dropbox links, and Excel spreadsheets and have little data or insight into the activity and value of their brand ambassadors.Slyce provides streamlinedcontent management, workflow, and analytics tools to a variety of brands and organizations, allowing them to share social posts through brand ambassadors or source ambassador generated content for the brand's use. Slyce was launched by Bryant Barr, Jim Cai, and Stephen Curry in July 2015. | $950K / Angel / Sep 01, 2015 | |
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Tappp
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TAPPP makes it easy for consumers to access sports content and bet by unlocking multiple payment options. TAPPP has made MLB and NFL streaming products available across the largest physical and digital retailers in the US. TAPPP is now extending those payment options for sports betting, making it safer and easier for millions of customers to top uptheir accounts using cash. Headquartered in New York City, TAPPP's mission is to make sports content more engaging and accessible to fans. | $2.2M / Seed / Jul 02, 2015 | |
Kickback
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Since being founded in December 2014 Kickback built some of the largest esports gaming products for desktop games on the internet. | Seed / Apr 01, 2015 | |
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NewCo
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NewCo is an organizer of forums and conferences used to connect people with businesses on a mission. Its events are city-specific festivals and create unique partnerships to offer a cross-platform publication that enables clients to connect to its audiences with their stories and shape business, politics, and culture. | $1.7M / Seed / Feb 18, 2015 | |
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FAQ
What does Chris Redlitz invest in?
Chris Redlitz invests primarily in Mobile, Marketing and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 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 Redlitz last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chris Redlitz closed in Jun 2017. Shizune tracks 21 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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