Cristina Apple Georgoulakis
Partner at Seven Seven Six
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2021 - Current
Actively investing in early-stage startups across sectors, including SaaS, deep tech, consumer, health, and climate. • First non-founding Investment Partner. • $0 to $1B AUM across 3 core funds, 2 opportunity funds, 1 crypto fund, & several SPVs. • Built and led Founder Outcomes & Portfolio Outcomes teams (Analyst & Platform teams). • Manage 100+ portfolio companies with a lean team of 3 people (including analysts). • Contribute to fundraising efforts and building relationships with LPs. • Member of the firm’s executive team defining the firm strategy and cross-functional alignment. • Attend 100+ pitches per year. • Led 90+ founder workshops (reverse-engineer your next raise, operationalizing your customer journey, pricing & packaging, making feedback more meaningful & less painful, ideal customer profile, and more). • Notable deals include sports media (ScorePlay), AI creative tools (Plot, Lumi), vertical farming (Area2Farms), and robotics (Monumental Labs).
Operating Partner
2020 - 2021
Founding Team Member at 776 (selected from a pool of 1,100+ candidates). • Helped build the firm’s operations from the 0 to 1 phase, developing systems and processes that scaled with its growth. • Partnered with founders on their 0 to 1 journey, helping them build scalable foundations and position themselves for their next fundraise. • Served as Interim Product Manager, driving Alexis Ohanian's vision for Cerebro, our proprietary product designed to supercharge investment insights and portfolio support.
Seven Seven Six is a venture capital firm that primarily seeks to invest in seed rounds.
Board of Directors
2023
Board of Directors
2023
Board of Directors
2022
Givingli develops customizable digital greeting cards that allow users to send greetings and gifts from their mobile phones.
Raised $14,000,000.00 from Tobias Lütke, Jason Robins and Seven Seven Six.
Limited Partner
2021
Founding Member
2021
ANGELS.vc is a modern, women-led community of accredited angel investors. As founders and operators who span multiple industries and functional expertise, we believe startups succeed when they have access to a diverse pool of investors and advisors. Check us out at angels.vc.
Leadership Coach, Facilitator, and Curriculum Designer
2020 - 2024
I joined The Grand as part of its inaugural Career Transitions cohort, where I experienced their transformative group coaching model. I was then invited to become a facilitator and partnered with CEO Anita to design their curriculum on effective management—a program still used across all cohorts today to help participants grow as impactful leaders. • I have facilitated sessions with leaders from over 100 innovative companies and early-stage VC firms, including Notion, Figma, Seven Seven Six, Zapier, Angel City, and First Round Capital.
The Grand is a community that supports navigating professional and personal life decisions.
Raised $7,100,000.00 from Seven Seven Six.
Head of Customer Growth
2019 - 2019
Led the operationalization of the customer journey, aligning team metrics with company OKRs to drive measurable outcomes. • Partnered with Sales Enablement to streamline onboarding and engagement processes for Enterprise customers. • Focused on delivering scalable solutions to enhance customer success and retention across the Enterprise segment.
Global Head of Customer Engagement
2018 - 2019
Opened Typeform’s first satellite office in San Francisco as employee #2 • Designed and implemented segmented customer journeys (low-touch, just-in-time, high-touch) for a 45k+ customer base. • Recruited and managed a high-performing CSM team (Jr. to Sr. levels), achieving an engagement score of 4/5.
Head of Customer Success Management
2016 - 2018
• Successfully executed CSM team's quarterly OKRs and exceeded the adoption target of v2 by 100% for high-touch customers • Improved team efficiency by 70% through the implementation of tooling and processes • Developed and implemented the framework for the CSM team's mission, vision, & strategy
Customer Success Manager
2015 - 2016
Hired as the first CSM and employee #30, contributing to the company’s growth to 200+ employees. • Designed pricing, packaging, and user stories for a new feature, achieving 5x the expected post-launch adoption. • Established scalable processes for cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Marketing, and Product teams. • Identified and executed a repeatable playbook for a key expansion opportunity, generating $15k+ in ARR. • Delivered a persona survey project to 2M users, directly informing Typeform’s product roadmap.
Twilio Fund Europe 2013 is a fund dedicated to startups in the UK and Europe (and surrounding countries) making use of the company’s cloud
Founding Team - GM US
2014 - 2016
HappyWeek was a beautifully crafted multi-channel experience—combining a physical game, app, and website—that inspired couples to rediscover the beauty of falling in love. • Achieved 400% of post-launch revenue targets through a crowdfunding platform. • Led product development and executed go-to-market strategies for the US market. • Negotiated with overseas vendors, reducing production costs by 50%.