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Chris Abshire

Principal at Toyota Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Chris Abshire is currently a Principal at Toyota Ventures in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a background in venture capital, start-ups, and investments. Notable career highlights include serving as Executive Director at Startup World Cup and making investments in companies like Orbital Materials at the Series A stage.

Work Experience 

  • Principal

    2017 - Current

    Early stage deep tech investments

Toyota Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups around the world.

  • Deep Tech Vertical Co-Lead

    2022

EVCA is a non-profit association that supports the next generation of venture capital investors.

  • Executive Director

    2016 - 2017

  • Associate

    2015 - 2017

Fenox Vehicle Company is a vehicle renting firm that offers cars and limousines for rent for long and short terms with or without drivers.

  • Reservoir Engineer

    2015 - 2015

ConocoPhillips Technology Ventures provides direct investment and business development expertise to small, external tech startups.

  • Production Engineer

    2014 - 2014

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