The Journey of Chris Neumann, 4x Founder Turned Early-Stage Investor

Chris Neumann is a 4x Founder turned Early-Stage Investor with a focus on enterprise software, developer tools and AI!

Chris was previously a General Partner at Panache Ventures, Canada’s leading early-stage fund. Before that, Chris founded Commonwealth Ventures, a San Francisco-based accelerator for Canadian and UK startups. He was also a Venture Partner at 500 Startups, the CEO and Cofounder of DataHero (acquired by Cloudability) and the first employee of Aster Data (acquired by Teradata). Chris is dedicated to supporting the most ambitious founders in Canada and around the world as an investor and through his blog, chrisneumann.com.

Join us for our final conversation of the season as we delve into Chris' journey, while he gives us advice on fund-raising start-ups.

What is Founder Journeys?

Every founder's journey is unique. At Propel, we strive to inspire current and budding entrepreneurs by unpacking important moments that our guests, founders just like you, have experienced in their entrepreneurial journey.

In Founder Journeys with Propel, host Kathryn Lockhart, CEO of Propel, will talk with aspiring entrepreneurs about what led them to become founders and what kept them going when giving up seemed like the only choice. You’ll learn about their greatest failures so far, and maybe even a life hack or two.