Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner,Angel

Investor Stage

Early stage Venture,Seed,Venture

Chris is the Chief Business Officer at media-tech startup WhereBy.Us, the creators of local publications like Miami’s The New Tropic, Seattle’s The Evergrey, Portland's Bridgeliner, and Orlando's Pulptown, focused on growing their model across the country. We has worked with mission aligned brands like The Gates Foundation, Nike, Lyft, Miami Dade Transit, Baptist Health, Vulcan, and the Knight Foundation to create more inclusive and connected cities.
Before joining the team at WhereBy.Us, he spent 8 years at 1800 Flowers.com, expanding their corporate partnerships and digital gifting business, across several roles in the organization going from $500 million to $1 Billion over those years..
On the Community side, Chris is a founding partner of Social Venture Partners Miami, a non-profit fund focused on strategic investments in Miami's social impact organizations which launched in 2017. SVP raises all of their funds from local Impact investors and invests $100,000 each each in 2-3 organizations.
He lends his time as a mentor and advisor at the Watson Institute, Binghamton University, Miami Dade College, multiple local startups, and any entrepreneurs that express an interest in having a positive social impact.
Chris has an MBA and BS from Binghamton University and resides in Miami with his wife, Randi Wolfson and son, Rhder, along with his vibrant collection of hawaiian shirts (which he hasn’t missed a day since December 1, 2016).