Chris Stern

Director/Board Member at

Open Ocean Capital (NL)

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Consumer Services

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Chris Stern was the founder of Blue Label Interactive, Inc. (founded in 2002) and Spacient Technologies, Inc. (founded in 2000), where he held the titles of Board Member & CFO and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, respectively.
Currently, he is the Managing Director at Trimble Ventures, and a Board Member at Open Ocean Capital (NL).
He is also an Advisor at Grit Labs Management LLC.
In the past, he worked as Vice President at Trimble, Inc. and served as an Advisory Board Member at Optimatics LLC from 2018 to 2021.
He also worked at the University of California from 1994 to 1997.
Mr. Stern holds an undergraduate degree from Loyola Marymount University, a graduate degree from the University of California, and a graduate degree from Harvard Business School.

Chris Stern active positions

Companies	Position	Start
Trimble Ventures Trimble Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Trimble Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation. It provides financing for early and later stage capital requirements.	Private Equity Investor	01/07/2021
Open Ocean Capital (NL) Open Ocean Capital (NL) Investment ManagersFinance Acts as an alternative investment manager	Director/Board Member	01/02/2018
Grit Labs Management LLC Grit Labs Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Grit Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of robotics, AI, energy and space sectors. It provides financing for pre-seed, seed and early stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 0.25 million. It acts as a lead investor and also takes a seat on the board of directors.	Consultant / Advisor	-

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Former positions of Chris Stern

Companies	Position	End
Optimatics LLC Optimatics LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides an infrastructure planning software	Consultant / Advisor	31/03/2021
Spacient Technologies, Inc. Spacient Technologies, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Provides enterprise technology and location-based field service management solutions for governments, utilities and corporations	Chief Executive Officer	31/12/2008
Blue Label Interactive, Inc. Blue Label Interactive, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops mobile entertainment software	Founder	31/12/2006
University of California University of California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consultant / Advisor	31/12/1997
TRIMBLE, INC.	President	-

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Private companies	10
Trimble, Inc. Trimble, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops, manufactures and markets advanced positioning product solutions	Technology Services
Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Blue Label Interactive, Inc. Blue Label Interactive, Inc. Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Develops mobile entertainment software	Technology Services
Spacient Technologies, Inc. Spacient Technologies, Inc. Aerospace & DefenseElectronic Technology Provides enterprise technology and location-based field service management solutions for governments, utilities and corporations	Electronic Technology
University of California University of California Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Optimatics LLC Optimatics LLC Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services Provides an infrastructure planning software	Technology Services
Grit Labs Management LLC Grit Labs Management LLC Investment ManagersFinance Grit Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of robotics, AI, energy and space sectors. It provides financing for pre-seed, seed and early stage capital requirements with an investment size of USD 0.25 million. It acts as a lead investor and also takes a seat on the board of directors.	Finance
Open Ocean Capital (NL) Open Ocean Capital (NL) Investment ManagersFinance Acts as an alternative investment manager	Finance
Trimble Ventures Trimble Ventures Investment ManagersFinance Trimble Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm targets companies operating in the fields of agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation. It provides financing for early and later stage capital requirements.	Finance