Christopher Sacca JD Overview

  • Primary Position
  • Co-Founder & Man...

  • Primary Industry
  • Information Technology

  • Active Board Seats
  • 1

  • Med. Deal Size

  • Med. Valuation

Christopher Sacca JD General Information

Biography

Mr. Christopher Sacca is a Co-Founder & serves as Managing Partner at Lowercarbon Capital. He is the Founder and serves as Chairman at Lowercase Capital. He serves as an Advisor at RescueTime & Lookout. He serves as a Board Member at RecordSetter. He served as an Advisor at FanBridge. He is an Angel Investor. He serves as an Advisor at Healthy Ventures. He served as a Board Member at Docker. He served as a Software Engineer at Ellucian. He managed a portfolio of over fifty consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology start-ups as well as an array of mature enterprises through his holding company, Lowercase Capital. While primarily known for its investments in seed and early-stage technology companies like Twitter, Uber, Instagram, and Kickstarter, Lowercase has quietly become one of the largest venture funds in the United States. Previously, he served as Head of Special Initiatives at Google Inc. In that role, among other responsibilities, he founded and headed up the alternative access and wireless divisions. His most visible projects include Google's 700MHz and TV white spaces spectrum initiatives, the company's groundbreaking data center in Oregon, and Google's free citywide WiFi network in Mountain View, CA. He also spearheaded many of Google's business development and M&A transactions and was on the founding team of the company's New Business Development organization. Before joining Google, he held several executive roles at one of the world's largest streaming and digital media distribution companies, Speedera Networks (acquired by Akamai Technologies), and was ultimately responsible for their legal and corporate development efforts. Before Speedera, he was an attorney with the Silicon Valley law firm of Fenwick & West where he handled venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, and licensing transactions for technology clients such as Macromedia, VeriSign, and Kleiner Perkins. In 2012, he continued his work as a National Finance Committee member, a host of the technology roundtable series, and a Co-Chair of Tech for Obama. The Wall Street Journal cited him as "possibly the most influential businessman in America." He graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of The Tax Lawyer law review and was honored as the school's Philip A. Ryan and Ralph J. Gilbert Memorial Scholar. He also graduated cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and was an Edmund Evans Memorial Scholar as well as a Weeks Family Foundation Scholar. In the course of his studies, he attended university at the Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, University College Cork, in Cork, Ireland, and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain, and during his time in law school, worked in San Salvador, El Salvador. Throughout his career, he has carved out time for academic experiences and fellowships including as a Henry Crown Fellow at the Aspen Institute, an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University, an MIT Enterprise Forum Global Trustee, and named to the Atlantic Council Vanguard 25.

Contact Information

Primary Position
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Lowercarbon Capital
Education
Georgetown University, BS (Bachelor of Science)
Georgetown University, JD (Doctor of Law)
Gender
Male
Total Investments
Exits
Email
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Address
  • New York, NY
  • United States

Christopher Sacca JD Positions (2)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Lowercarbon Capital Investor Co-Founder & Managing Partner Jackson, WY Venture Capital
Lowercase Capital Investor Founder & Chairman San Francisco, CA Venture Capital

Christopher Sacca JD Board Seats (1)

Company Industry Ownership Status Financing Status Location Since
Lowercase Capital San Francisco, CA

Christopher Sacca JD Lead Partner on Deals (176)

Christopher Sacca JD has been the lead partner on 176 deals. Their latest deal was with Normative, a business/productivity software company. The deal was made for on 04-Apr-2024.

Company Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Deal Status Industry Location
Normative 04-Apr-2024 Later Stage VC Completed Business/Productivity Software Stockholm, Sweden
Quilt 16-May-2023 Completed Other Consumer Durables Redwood City, CA
Woodoo 23-Apr-2023 Completed Other Materials Paris, France
Lun (Services) 23-Mar-2023 Completed Other Services (B2C Non-Financial) Copenhagen, Denmark
Living Carbon 17-Jan-2023 Completed Environmental Services (B2B) Hayward, CA
SolarSquare 03-Nov-2022 Completed Energy Infrastructure Mumbai, India
Fuse Energy 07-Sep-2022 Completed Energy Production London, United Kingdom
River 02-Aug-2022 Completed Automotive Bengaluru, India
Flair (Household Appliances) 28-Jul-2022 Later Stage VC (Series A) Completed Household Appliances San Francisco, CA
Zanskar 12-Jul-2022 Early Stage VC (Series A) Completed Energy Exploration Salt Lake City, UT

Christopher Sacca JD Network (1,449)

Board Members (26)

Name Company Representing Location From
Jerry Murdock Docker Insight Partners Palo Alto, CA
Chih-Yuan Yang Docker AME Cloud Ventures Palo Alto, CA
Docker Tribe Capital Palo Alto, CA
Tala Stellar (Financial Software) Santa Monica, CA
Tala Self Santa Monica, CA

Portfolio Executives (1,419)

Name Company Role Deal date Location
Maggie Buggie Normative Chief Operating Officer 04-Apr-2024 Stockholm, Sweden
Kristian Rönn Normative Co-Founder & CEO and Board Member 04-Apr-2024 Stockholm, Sweden
Normative Digital Marketing Executive 04-Apr-2024 Stockholm, Sweden
Normative CSO 04-Apr-2024 Stockholm, Sweden
Normative Co-Founder & Head Architect 04-Apr-2024 Stockholm, Sweden

Fund Team Members (4)

Name Investor Fund Fund Location
Clay Dumas Lowercarbon Capital Lowercarbon Fund Jackson, WY
Ryan Orbuch Lowercarbon Capital Carbon Removal Fund Jackson, WY
Lowercarbon Capital Jackson, WY

Christopher Sacca JD Affiliated Funds (12)

Fund Investor Fund Type Status Vintage Size Dry Powder IRR IRR Quartile
Compliance Matter Services Lowercase Capital Venture - General Fully Invested 2011
Lowercase Frontier Lowercase Capital Venture Capital - Early Stage Fully Invested 2015
Institutional Associates Fund Lowercase Capital Venture - General Fully Invested 2011
Lowercase Industry Fund Lowercase Capital Venture - General Fully Invested 2010
Lowercase Spur Lowercase Capital Venture - General Fully Invested 2011

Christopher Sacca JD Advisory Roles (4)

Firm name Firm type Title Location Industry Since
Healthy Ventures Investor Advisor Mill Valley, CA Venture Capital
Lookout Company Advisor Boston, MA Network Management Software
RecordSetter Company Advisor New York, NY Social/Platform Software
RescueTime Company Advisor Seattle, WA Business/Productivity Software

Christopher Sacca JD FAQs

  • Who is Christopher Sacca JD?

    Mr. Christopher Sacca is a Co-Founder & serves as Managing Partner at Lowercarbon Capital.

  • How much does Christopher Sacca JD typically invest?

    Christopher Sacca JD's median deal size is .

  • What is Christopher Sacca JD’s main position?

    Christopher Sacca JD’s primary position is Co-Founder & Managing Partner.

  • How many active board seats does Christopher Sacca JD hold?

    Christopher Sacca JD holds a board seat in Lowercase Capital.

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