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.