Hi! I’m Chris. I'm an investor and founder currently working on Stack Shift, the network for top tech talent in Africa. We're based in Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬, the fastest growing tech talent ecosystem in the world.

Looking for tech talent and open to UTC +1 as a time zone? Email me: Chris (at) stackshift.com or book an intro call here. I'll try to be as helpful as possible and refer anyone I know for free, directly on the call.

Writings

Background

• 💰 7 years in hardware VC at Bolt. First hire. Invested three funds ($3M → $32M → $82M) in ~70 early stage startups.
• 📚 Left VC in 2019 to take a ~1.5 year long learning sabbatical and return to emerging market entrepreneurship.

Currently working on

• Stack Shift - the network for top tech talent in Africa. ****We're based in Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬, the fastest growing tech talent ecosystem in the world.

Offers

• Fundraising strategy + investor intros. I don't know that many angels but might be able to help you meet pre-seed / seed funds.
• Cap table modeling. Putting a funding round together and confused about convertible notes or safe terms? Lmk!

Asks

• Remote tech talent recruiting. Looking for tech talent and open to UTC +1 as a time zone? Email me: Chris (at) stackshift.com or book an intro call here. I'll try to be as helpful as possible and refer anyone I know for free, directly on the call.

Love to talk and think about

• Cognitive science and the evolution of culture. Fascinated by human nature. Here's a video essay I made on the cognitive science of culture war. Here are some notes from books I've read.
• Development theory / effective altruism. Here's a video I made on global inequality. Here's my basic theory of development along with some notes from books I've read. I’m excited about evidence-based interventions that reduce inequality and suffering like GiveDirectly and GiveWell.
• Self-directed education. Here’s a site I made on “Learning Sabbaticals”. Here’s the curriculum I created for my own learning sabbatical.

Contact me

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