Biography
Kirsten Green
Combining a unique and unconventional blend of professional history and acquired investment experience, Kirsten formed San Francisco-based Forerunner Ventures in 2010 where she serves as Founder and Managing Partner.
Kirsten’s 20+ years of success stems from an analytical eye into market sectors, forecasting high-growth industries, and a thesis-driven approach that has been the basis of all her investments — from pre-revenue startups to multi-billion-dollar enterprises.
Under Kirsten’s stewardship, Forerunner continues to be a pacesetter in behavior, staying ahead of trends by identifying compelling brands and visionary entrepreneurs across industries ranging from wellness, retail, content, software, logistics, and more. As a founder, Kirsten has led efforts to raise over $750M from leading institutional investors to date, and Forerunner has invested in more than 85 companies with proven portfolio resistance throughout periods of uncertainty surrounding macroeconomic trends and several now-unicorn companies.
She currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors at Nordstrom, as well as Forerunner portfolio companies including Glossier, Faire, Ritual, Modern Fertility, Curated among others. She also served on the board of Dollar Shave Club and Bonobos, two Forerunner portfolio companies with notable sale transactions.
Kirsten has been honored in Time’s 100 Most Influential People, named a Top 20 Venture Capitalists by The New York Times in 2018 & 2017, and is part of Forbes 2019, 2018 & 2017 Midas List, in addition to being named in the magazine’s World’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019, 2018 & 2017. She has been named in Vanity Fair’s New Establishment list in both 2018 & 2017, is a founding member of the female mentorship collective All Raise, and champions women in the technology industry.
Prior to Forerunner, Kirsten was an equity research analyst and investor at Banc of America Securities, formerly Montgomery Securities, covering publicly-traded retail and consumer stocks. Kirsten graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Business Economics and has earned a CPA license and a CFA certification.
Geoff Lewis
Geoff Lewis is a Founder and Managing Partner of Bedrock. In 2019, Geoff was named as one of the Top 100 Venture Capitalists in the world by CB Insights and The New York Times.
Previously, as a Partner at Founders Fund for over five years, Geoff was an early lead investor in the now-mainstream on-demand services, mobile commerce, legal cannabis, FinTech, and labor marketplace sectors; being amongst the first to lead sizable early stage venture rounds in companies including Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT), Wish, Privateer Holdings (NASDAQ: TLRY), Nubank, and RigUp. Prior to joining Founders Fund in 2012, Geoff was a founder himself. As Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Topguest (acquired), he created a loyalty software platform that counted United Airlines, Hilton Worldwide, and Virgin America as clients.
Born and raised in Calgary, Canada, Geoff received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada.
