Chris Sacca

Partner

Lowercase Capital

THE LATEST: Familiar as one of the "Shark Tank" sharks a few years ago, Sacca has followed a new path since stepping back in 2017 from day-to-day venture capital investing at Lowercase Capital. Sacca has focused on funding startups and initiatives involved in philanthropic and political activities. In addition to climate change and get-out-the-vote efforts, Sacca frequently tweets about his interest in criminal justice reform.

BACKGROUND: In 2009, Sacca founded Lowercase, an investment and advisory firm with a portfolio of more than 80 technology startups. He is known for his investments in Twitter Inc., Uber Technologies Inc., Instagram Inc. and Kickstarter Inc. Prior to Lowercase, Sacca worked as head of special initiatives at Google, where he founded and led the company's Access unit and spearheaded many of its business development and M&A deals. He was previously an attorney at Silicon Valley law firm Fenwick & West. Sacca has served as an associate fellow of the Sa&d Business School at Oxford University and as an MIT Enterprise Forum global trustee.

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