Chris Risley
Angel investor in Santa Cruz
Invests in AIChris Risley's investor profile lists AI alongside Healthcare & Biotech, Biotech & Pharma and SaaS & Enterprise, at pre-seed and seed. 2 portfolio companies on record, including Twilio and Wix, have startup perks listed on AI Perks.
Email InvestorStartup perks from Chris Risley's portfolio
These 2 companies from the portfolio on record offer startup credits listed on AI Perks.
Credits to line up before a pre-seed round
Chris Risley backs companies at pre-seed and seed. A few of the larger credit programs on AI Perks for teams at that point:
Portfolio on record
Other portfolio companies
- Betterment
- BillGuard
- British Aerospace
- Nominum, Inc
- Kroll Bond Rating Agency
- Pathogenomix
- PayStand
- SnapPost
- Knewton
- Playdom
- BTR plc
- PredPol
- Verastem
- MINDBODY
- Criteo
- Tripwire
Investment focus
- Backs startups in
- Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare & Biotech, Biotech & Pharma, SaaS & Enterprise, Consumer & Retail, Cybersecurity and 5 more
- Rounds
- Pre-seed, Seed
- Profile
- Angel investor
- Deals on record
- 18
- Based in
- Santa Cruz, United States

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Questions founders ask
- Does Chris Risley invest in AI startups?
- Yes. Artificial Intelligence is one of the sectors on Chris Risley's investor profile, together with Healthcare & Biotech, Biotech & Pharma and SaaS & Enterprise. The stages on record are pre-seed and seed.
- Which of Chris Risley's portfolio companies offer startup perks?
- Twilio (up to $5,000) and Wix (up to $500) are in Chris Risley's portfolio on record and offer startup perks on AI Perks.
- What credits can a startup claim before pitching Chris Risley?
- For a company raising a pre-seed round, AI Perks lists credits such as Redis (up to $10,000), Mistral AI (up to $10,000), Massdriver (up to $20,000) and DigitalOcean (up to $100,000), with each program's terms and how to apply.
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