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Cristina Apple Georgoulakis

Early-Stage Investor, Advisor, Board Member, LP • Former SaaS Founder + Operator • Rare Disease Mamá + Fighter

San Francisco, California

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $750,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $4,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $2,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • Board Partner

    2025

  • Partner

    2021 - 2025

    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.

2025

  • Strategic Advisor, Growth & Capital Strategy

    2025

2023

  • Board of Directors

    2023

  • Board of Directors

    2023

2021

  • Limited Partner

    2021

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.

  • Executive Coach

    2020

    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.

2022

  • Board of Directors

    2022

2015 - 2019

  • 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.

2019 - 2019

  • 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.