# Christopher Kaskie

> Christopher Kaskie is a funding round investor at Varyer backing Finance and Crowdfunding. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Varyer](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/varyer)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2011
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-kaskie-1841294/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/chriskaskie

Christopher Kaskie is a funding round investor at Varyer in Chicago focused on Finance and Crowdfunding. Christopher Kaskie - Founder @ Varyer

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Crowdfunding | 1 | 100% |
| Funding Platform | 1 | 100% |
| Card and Board Games | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kickstarter | Kickstarter is an online crowdfunding platform and community that enables artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators to raise funds for various community projects focused on movies, music, art, theater, games, comics, technology, fashion, food, design, and photography. Individuals who back these projects are offered tangiblerewards and one-of-a-kind experiences in exchange for their pledges. Kickstarter applies a 5% fee on the total amount of the funds raised and their payments processor applies an additional 3–5% fee. | $10M |  | Mar 17, 2011 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lowercase Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercase-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Varyer

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Varyer.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Christopher Kaskie | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-kaskie |

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## FAQ

### What does Christopher Kaskie invest in?

Christopher Kaskie invests primarily in Finance, Crowdfunding and Funding Platform startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 1 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 Christopher Kaskie last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Kaskie closed in Mar 2011. Shizune tracks 1 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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