# Christen O'Brien

> Christen O'Brien is a seed investor in San Francisco backing SaaS and Logistics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/christenobrien
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/christenobrien
- Website: http://www.nfx.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christen.obrien

Christen O'Brien is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on SaaS and Logistics. Christen O'Brien

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Logistics | 1 | 50% |
| Accounting | 1 | 50% |
| Consulting | 1 | 50% |
| Craft Beer | 1 | 50% |

10 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Partender | Partender, currently featured on Paramount Network's "Bar Rescue" with Jon Taffer, reduces the time it takes owners & managers to do bar inventory from a frustrating 6-24 hours to 15 minutes. We do this by digitizing the crazy, archaic paper-pen-clipboard process into a few taps and swipes on any Android, iOS, or web-enableddevice. As a result, you can inventory as often as you count the cash in the register - reducing the 23% industry shrinkage, ordering smarter, and creating more successful beverage programs.In just 90 days of weekly use, Partender’s 15,000+ clients experience: • 6-8% Increased Profitability to your Beverage Program • 10-20% Reduction in Cost of Goods Fluctuation • 20-40% Reduction in Value On-HandAfter every inventory, Partender instantly emails you a full inventory report and your Purchase Orders, which you can now send straight to your rep via Partender's portal.Cloud-based data analytics online show you what's selling the best/worst, what your dead stock is, and what you're low on, so you never run dry and miss a sale. |  | Seed | May 01, 2014 |  |
| Partender | Partender, currently featured on Paramount Network's "Bar Rescue" with Jon Taffer, reduces the time it takes owners & managers to do bar inventory from a frustrating 6-24 hours to 15 minutes. We do this by digitizing the crazy, archaic paper-pen-clipboard process into a few taps and swipes on any Android, iOS, or web-enableddevice. As a result, you can inventory as often as you count the cash in the register - reducing the 23% industry shrinkage, ordering smarter, and creating more successful beverage programs.In just 90 days of weekly use, Partender’s 15,000+ clients experience: • 6-8% Increased Profitability to your Beverage Program • 10-20% Reduction in Cost of Goods Fluctuation • 20-40% Reduction in Value On-HandAfter every inventory, Partender instantly emails you a full inventory report and your Purchase Orders, which you can now send straight to your rep via Partender's portal.Cloud-based data analytics online show you what's selling the best/worst, what your dead stock is, and what you're low on, so you never run dry and miss a sale. | $50K | Seed | Sep 13, 2013 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cito Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cito-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rubicon Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubicon-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Christen O'Brien invest in?

Christen O'Brien invests primarily in SaaS, Logistics and Accounting 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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