Chris Wand
Chris Wand is a principal at Mobius Venture Capital. He joined the fund in August 1999 in the company's Colorado office. Before joining the fund, Mr. Wand was in charge of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development at one of the firm's portfolio companies, MessageMedia (formerly known as First Virtual Holdings). At MessageMedia, Mr. Wand was an integral part of the company's series A through series E private equity fundraising efforts, initial public offering, acquisition of four private companies, and SEC compliance. He was also instrumental in the transformation of its business from being the first secure Internet payment system to being a leader in the email messaging services industry. Prior to MessageMedia, Mr. Wand was a management consultant at LEK Consulting, where he focused on mergers & acquisitions advisement and general strategy consulting to Fortune 500 clients in a variety of industries including high-tech, media and entertainment, communications, OEM electronics, industrial products, and agri-business.
Mr. Wand holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in industrial engineering from Stanford University. When he's not advising portfolio companies or evaluating new potential investments, he can be found hiking, biking or skiing (depending on the season) in the mountains of Colorado. Mr. Wand serves on the board of directors of the Colorado Venture Capital Association; the board and executive committee of the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado at Boulder; and the non-profit board of directors for the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. He also enjoys playing with new electronic gadgets and building things with power tools and is a Kansas City Barbeque Society certified BBQ judge.
Current Boards: Oxlo Systems, Planitax, ReturnPath, StartSampling, Stratify
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