#23 Chris DeVore: Managing Partner Founders Co-op (Remitly, Auth0 & Outreach)

<p><strong>In this Episode of Startup Project, Nataraj talked to </strong>Chris DeVore, Founding Managing Partner of <a href="https://www.founderscoop.com/" target="_blank">Founders’ Co-op</a>, Pacific Northwest's leading seed-stage venture fund. Chris led the seed rounds for Seattle's most recent successful IPO <strong>Remitly </strong>(NASDAQ:RELY) and $4B+ <strong>Outreach</strong>, was an early backer of <strong>Auth0 </strong>(acquired by Okta for $6.5B).</p> <p>Full conversation includes:</p> <ul> <li>Starting Patagonia's online store</li> <li>Bringing Risk Capital to Seattle</li> <li>Running TechStars Seattle</li> <li>Starting Founders Co-Op</li> <li>Thesis behind investing in Remitly</li> <li>New new thing &amp; Web3</li> <li>Investing takeaways from covid shocks</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Nataraj is a PM at Azure,&nbsp; partner at NVC &nbsp;&amp; hosts&nbsp;thestartupproject.io &nbsp;podcast. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp; </strong><a href="https://twitter.com/natarajsindam">https://twitter.com/natarajsindam</a><strong>.</strong></p> <p><br></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startupproject/message