Chris Wilkes
Vice President @ HearstLab
New York, United States
Chris Wilkes is a seed investor at HearstLab in New York focused on Rental and Security. Chris Wilkes is the Vice President at HearstLab. He attended St. John's University.
- Total investments:
- 2
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Chris Wilkes invests in
Stages Chris Wilkes invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Rental 1 (50%)
- Security 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- Marketplace 1 (50%)
- Peer to Peer 1 (50%)
Investments
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| KitSplit is a venture-backed startup re-imagining the Hollywood production studio as a local marketplace. We enable all visual storytellers, regardless of background and budget, to become their own studio with access to world-class gear and services. Today we are the largest rental marketplace and community for gear rentals. Forbes and Fast Companyhave called us "the AirBNB of cameras." But that's just the tip of the iceberg. Ultimately we're building a one-stop shop for visual content creators to get everything they need including gear, locations, and services. We are looking for high-caliber, visionary, creative, and genuine people to build their careers with us. | $2.1M / Seed / Feb 21, 2018 | ||
| StrongDM helps organizations manage and secure access to critical infrastructure by using a zero-trust approach. The platform provides users with controlled access to databases, servers, and applications, while also giving administrators clear visibility and audit trails. | $250K / Seed / Jun 22, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About HearstLab
HearstLab is an early-stage venture fund focused on women-led startups innovating across the enterprise technology, data analytics, health, fintech, transportation and media spaces. To date, HearstLab has invested in over 56 companies at the Seed and Series A stages, with four successful exits. The firm often participates as a co-investor and infollow-on rounds. HearstLab is a venture arm of the Hearst Corporation ("Hearst") and provides one year of services in addition to cash investments. With access to Hearst's resources across 360+ businesses, HearstLab’s breadth of services includes providing assistance with commercial deals, privacy and security, legal services, marketing support and raising capital. Portfolio companies also benefit from the strategic guidance and resource support of HearstLab Scouts, women leaders across Hearst who share their networks and expertise. HearstLab has a full-time dedicated team assisting with UI/UX, DevOps engineering, data security, data science, brand storytelling, financial modeling and business development.
HearstLab Contacts
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Chris Wilkes
Vice President
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Eve Burton
Co-Founder
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Lisa Burton
Vice President
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Azahara Espejo
Director
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Beth Devin
Scout, Investor & Advisor
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What does Chris Wilkes invest in?
Chris Wilkes invests primarily in Rental, Security and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Chris Wilkes closed in Feb 2018. Shizune tracks 2 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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