Chrissy Meyer
VCGeneral Partner, Root Ventures
Hardware GP with Apple manufacturing expertise
Background
Chrissy Meyer is a General Partner at Root Ventures, where she focuses on hardware and IoT investments at pre-seed through Series A. Before venture capital she spent years at Apple as an Engineering Program Manager, shipping multiple generations of iPod touch and the original Apple Watch (as a third founding team member of the Watch program), logging over a year on the ground in Chinese factories. She then joined Pearl Automation, a vehicle technology startup, as a founding team member. She brings direct Foxconn-scale manufacturing experience to coaching founders on hardware design, supplier selection, and factory ramp.
Investment Thesis
Investing in founders tackling hard hardware and IoT problems, leveraging deep manufacturing expertise from Apple to help companies design for scale before they hit the factory floor.
Investment Focus
Stages
Typical check: $500K–$2M
Sectors
Based in: San Francisco, CA, USA (North America)