# Reid Christian

> Reid Christian is a General Partner at CRV (Charles River Ventures), one of the longest-running venture firms in Silicon Valley. A former college basketball captain who grew up on a dirt road in rural Maine, he joined CRV in 2017 after stints at Battery Ventures, Symmetric Capital, and startup Salsify. Reid focuses on early-stage B2B companies - particularly developer tools, security, infrastructure, and vertical SaaS - and has backed breakout companies including Vercel, Postman, Tailscale, Factorial, Squire, and Clerk. His investment thesis centers on founder-market fit and the expanding role of developers as enterprise buyers.

- **Role:** General Partner at CRV
- **Organizations:** CRV (Charles River Ventures), Battery Ventures, Symmetric Capital, Salsify, RBC Capital Markets, TM Capital
- **From:** Maine, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Bates College, Primary/Secondary education, Waldorf School
- **Known for:** General Partner at CRV, one of Silicon Valley's oldest and most storied VC firms (founded 1970), Led OpsGenie's $10M Series A at Battery Ventures; Atlassian acquired OpsGenie for ~$300M within two years, Early backer and board member of Vercel (frontend cloud infrastructure)

## Career timeline

- **2007-2011** — Attended Bates College; captained men's basketball team; graduated with BA in Economics
- **2011-2012** — Corporate investment banking internship at RBC Capital Markets
- **2012-2013** — Investment banking at TM Capital
- **2013-2015** — Growth Equity Associate at Symmetric Capital (Boston), focused on minority investments in bootstrap businesses across North America
- **2015** — Briefly joined Salsify, a venture-backed Boston startup in product information management
- **2015-2017** — Venture Investor at Battery Ventures; led OpsGenie's $10M Series A
- **2016** — Led OpsGenie Series A ($10M); Atlassian later acquired OpsGenie for ~$300M
- **2017** — Joined CRV as General Partner; relocated to San Francisco Bay Area
- **2019** — Series B investment in Postman
- **2017-present** — Board positions: Vercel, Tailscale, Factorial HR, Squire, Carrot, Automox, Chromatic, Checkly, Clerk, Browserbase

## Achievements

- General Partner at CRV, one of Silicon Valley's oldest and most storied VC firms (founded 1970)
- Led OpsGenie's $10M Series A at Battery Ventures; Atlassian acquired OpsGenie for ~$300M within two years
- Early backer and board member of Vercel (frontend cloud infrastructure)
- Early investor in Postman (Series B), which became a dominant API platform
- Board member at Tailscale, Factorial HR, Squire, Carrot, Automox, Checkly, Clerk, and Browserbase
- Helped build CRV's developer tools and infrastructure investment franchise
- One of CRV's first partnerships to focus heavily on European founders and ecosystems
- Former captain of Bates College men's basketball team

## Latest updates

- **2025-07** — CRV announced fund close (latest funding round of $750M)
- **2025-01** — Active investments in AI-adjacent infrastructure companies including Browserbase (web infrastructure for AI agents)
- **2024-12** — Continued board service at Tailscale, Factorial HR, Vercel, and other portfolio companies
- **2024-06** — Active on Twitter/X (@reidRMC) discussing AI's impact on software development and developer tools

## Links

- Website: https://crv.com/team/reid-christian
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidchristian
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/reidRMC
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CharlesRiverVentures

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Last updated: 2026-05-17