Kristina Shen

Before entering venture capital, she worked in investment banking at Goldman SachsGoldman SachsGoldman Sachs is an American financial services group headquartered in New York whose businesses include investment banking, securities trading, asset management, and wealth management. It traces its origins to the commercial paper business Marcus Goldman founded in 1869; it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1999 under the ticker GS and became a bank holding company in 2008. David Solomon serves as chairman and chief executive officer.Open the full entry and Credit Suisse, focusing on the technology sector.⁠[1]

From 2013 to 2019, she was a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, where she worked on numerous cloud and SaaS investments and co-wrote the firm’s “State of the Cloud” report and Cloud Index.⁠[1][2]

On December 16, 2019, Andreessen Horowitz announced that she was joining as a general partner to invest in enterprise SaaS.⁠[2]

According to Chemistry’s team profile, she was a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz for about four years, leading its B2B software investing practice; Crunchbase News reported that she had previously invested in companies including Sprig, Decagon and Tennr.⁠[3][4]

According to TechCrunch, AxiosAxiosAxios is a US digital news media company founded in 2016 by former Politico executives Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz and launched in January 2017. It is known for short news items and industry newsletters in the “Smart Brevity” style, especially for its Washington political coverage, and publishes local news newsletters in cities across the United States through Axios Local. Since 2022 it has been owned by Cox Enterprises.Open the full entry first reported in April 2024 that she, Mark Goldberg and Ethan Kurzweil were looking to launch a fund together.⁠[5]

On October 23, 2024, TechCrunch and Crunchbase News reported that she had co-founded the venture firm Chemistry with Mark Goldberg, formerly of Index Ventures, and Ethan Kurzweil, formerly of Bessemer, with a debut fund of $350 million aimed mainly at leading seed and Series A rounds.⁠[5][4]

Chemistry’s website lists her as a managing partner, and her profile page lists investments including Assort Health, Decagon, Pave, ServiceTitan, Sprig, Tennr and Wrapbook.⁠[3]

Bessemer Venture Partners: Official website: https://www.bvp.com/ (opens in a new window)⁠[6]

Andreessen Horowitz: Official website: https://a16z.com/ (opens in a new window)⁠[2]

Chemistry: Official website: https://www.chemistry.vc/ (opens in a new window)⁠[3]

X: Public account: https://x.com/kshenster (opens in a new window)⁠[3]

LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: Public profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristina-shen/ (opens in a new window)⁠[3][1]