Founder & Managing Partner at Forerunner Ventures · Joined 2012
View Live Interactive Profile →Kirsten Green spent her early career as a retail equity research analyst at Banc of America Securities, deeply analyzing cohort behavior and unit economics for public retail companies - a rigor she carried directly into venture capital when she founded Forerunner in 2012, entering VC for the first time at age 40. That background gave her an unusually early read on direct-to-consumer commerce, and Forerunner became one of Silicon Valley's most concentrated consumer-focused funds as a result, leading early checks into Warby Parker, Chime, Glossier, Dollar Shave Club, and Faire. She's raised nearly $3 billion in assets under management since founding the firm, been named to Time's 100 Most Influential People and The New York Times' Top 20 Venture Capitalists, and now serves on the boards of Nordstrom, Glossier, Ritual, Faire, and Hims & Hers - a rare bridge between legacy retail and next-generation consumer companies.