Christine Herron

So honored to have been awarded the “2024 Investor of the Year” by Springboard Enterprises!!! As the leading accelerator for women entrepreneurs, Springboard brings together entrepreneurs, investors, corporate leaders, and community members to foster an ecosystem of diversity and innovation. I’m just returning from being honored in Times Square and from the Annual Awards Gala, held at Nasdaq, where I was given the chance to publicly thank so many important people in my life. Congratulations and thank you to the entire core and extended DBL Partners team!!! A special thanks to all DBLers, our extraordinary entrepreneurs who are the real champions trailblazing new ideas and novel innovations to create a better & more sustainable world, and our Limited Partners who have been supporting us since the time when it was far less obvious. I want to thank the amazing women whom I’m so lucky to be partners with in life and in business, not because they’re women, but because they’re some of the most accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, leaders, investors… who also just happen to be women. A special thanks to Jennifer Nuckles & Kay Koplovitz, both of whom gave powerful and moving introductions in presenting the award. I was also given the unique opportunity to share a bit about my personal heroes. I recounted that my grandparents were immigrants, who like many come to the U.S. without money, but hopeful for opportunity. Importantly, my grandparents decided to become partners together not only in marriage, but also in business. My grandfather was the ultimate product guy and salesman. But it was my grandmother who ran the company. As a young boy, I saw my grandmother lead the company, manage the organization, hire/fire, and teach herself the emerging technologies of the time. I frequently watched the dichotomy between the prejudice she experienced from businessmen across the globe as she traversed the world, juxtaposed against how my grandfather supported her, respected her, admired her, and most notably stood up for her. I learned from her what it really means to be a pioneer, especially how hard it is to be a woman pioneer in business. I learned from him what it means to truly be an ally. Beyond one of the closest relationships a grandson could have with a grandmother, I’m the son of an incredibly supportive woman whom I’ve learned about life, love, and unconditional support. I married a extraordinary woman, who is a truly accomplished, fierce, and brilliant lawyer. I founded and lead DBL with impact pioneer Nancy Pfund.  And I’m raising children (one of whom was able to be at the Award Ceremony), whom I couldn’t be more proud of for forging their own independent paths and valuing people not for their gender, skin, sexual preference, etc., but rather for merit, competence, intelligence, and often diverse backgrounds and perspectives. It was a night a pure gratitude. I feel very honored and fortunate… in life and in business.

Nice TV piece by CBS on my sister Sarah Sze about her sculpture "Shorter Than the Day" which was commissioned for the newly renovated Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport. https://lnkd.in/ghSUZY6

So many Altos Ventures companies are formed from failure, hardship, and perseverance. It's one of the reasons we call our founders "hedgehogs". https://lnkd.in/gKJi9Hb

Excited to transition to SVB Capital as the first Global Brand Ambassador, having built out SVB's early stage startup group for the past six years. In this role, I hope to bring a global perspective to trends that impact the Limited Partner #investor community, in support of the SVB Capital Investor Relations team and Investment Teams. I like to build bridges, and make connections that may not have seemed obvious at first. Nothing is more rewarding than convening a special group around a theme or topic that is fundamental to how we invest and grow in the next decade. SVB Capital has an incredible platform on which I will build out initiatives and partnerships 100% aligned to our mission & vision - democratizing access to capital - both equity and debt. Fueled by the need for increased #diversity and faced with unrelenting #disruption - we also succeed when this current concentration of the economics moves from the few to the many. Therein lies the opportunity, as an ambassador, an agent of change and an advocate for all.

New year - 2020 New website - http://www.obvious.com New fund - OV3 = $271,828,182 (100M x e) Same vision -

We are launching an Impact Fund! Citi Ventures, in collaboration with our community development leaders and capital markets teams will invest in “double bottom line” companies, and support women and minority owned businesses. https://lnkd.in/gc-a9UK

Excited to be named Wall Street’s Best Dealmaker by Forbes and proud of the attention they are giving to the important work of the Bravo Family Foundation in Puerto Rico! #Forbes400

Excited to be joining forces with @iHeartMedia to create the future of audio. Jelli will accelerate at the scale of the largest audio company in America. This is a milestone built by vision & sweat of Jateen Parekh, the entire Jelli, Inc. team & investors Kevin Talbot, @Christine Herron, Chris Fralic, Kent Goldman. Can't wait to write the next chapter. \m/