Chris Rinard
Co-Founder at Cowboy Ventures
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Investment focus
Stages: pre-seed, seed
Sectors: Enterprise, Fintech, Software Infrastructure, Security, Healthcare, Consumer, Future of Work, Vertical Software
Cowboy Ventures thesis
Seed-stage fund that helps founders build generational companies by providing connections, experience, hands-on support, and human-centered partnership from pre-seed through scale.
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What does Chris Rinard invest in?
Chris Rinard is Co-Founder at Cowboy Ventures. They focus on enterprise, software-infra. Cowboy Ventures's thesis: Seed-stage fund that helps founders build generational companies by providing connections, experience, hands-on support, and human-centered partnership from pre-seed through scale. Cowboy Ventures typically invests at pre-seed, seed.
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