| Website | whatisleft.org |
| Blog | twitter.com/sacca |
| Birthplace | Buffalo, NY |
| Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. (cum laude) | 2000 |
| Law and Technology | |
| Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, B.S.F.S. | 1997 |
| International Affairs | |
| Oxford University, Associate Fellow | 2005 |
| Business |
Christopher Sacca is a venture investor, private equity principal, company adviser, and entrepreneur managing a portfolio of over 15 consumer web, mobile, and wireless technology start-ups as well as an array of mature enterprises through his holding company, Lowercase Capital.
Previously, Chris served as Head of Special Initiatives at Google Inc. In that role, among other responsibilities, he headed up the alternative access division. His most visible projects include Google’s 700MHz and TV white spaces spectrum initiatives, the company’s groundbreaking data center in The Dalles, OR and Google’s free citywide WiFi network in Mountain View, CA. Chris also spearheaded many of Google’s business development and M&A transactions.
Most recently, Chris proudly worked on President Barack Obama’s campaign as a Telecommunications, Media, and Technology adviser, a speaking surrogate, a field office volunteer, and as Co-Chair of Finance and a Trustee of the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
The Wall Street Journal cited Sacca as “possibly the most influential businessman in America.” He was also recently recognized as a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, annually selecting 20 of the world’s most promising leaders and public servants under the age of 45. In addition, Chris serves as an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University.
Before joining Google, Chris held a number of 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. Prior to Speedera, Chris 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. Before arriving in Silicon Valley, Mr. Sacca lived and worked in Europe and Latin America.
Chris 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. Chris also attended university at each of Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, University College Cork, in Cork, Ireland, and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.
Chris lives in San Francisco and is an avid Pacifica surfer, San Mateo kite surfer, Lake Tahoe skier, and Ironman triathlete.
| Company | Date | Round | Size | Participants |
| Universal Record Database | 9/09 | Angel | 1 | |
| Small Batch, Inc | 6/09 | Unattributed | 7 | |
| bit.ly | 3/09 | Series A | $2M | 11 |
| Tipjoy | 9/08 | Angel | $1M | 3 |
| RescueTime | 9/08 | Series A | $900k | 6 |
| Someecards | 4/08 | Seed | $350k | 2 |
| Omnisio | 1/08 | Seed | 2 | |
| 7/07 | Series A | $5M | 8 | |
| Photobucket | 5/06 | Series B | $10.5M | 2 |
| Auctomatic | Angel | $400k | 2 |
