Kirsten Green
Founder & Managing Partner · Forerunner Ventures
Check $1M–$20M
SEED
SERIES A
Consumer
Commerce
Marketplaces
Healthtech
Quick profile
Investment thesis
Emphasises consumer insight, brand as a durable asset, and the emotional job a product does.
Communication style
Perceptive, consumer obsessed, warm but sharp on the unit economics behind the brand story.
Red flags
No genuine consumer insight
Brand as decoration rather than moat
Paid acquisition dependency with no organic pull
Unclear why the customer would care
Founder who has not talked to their users
Signature questions
1.What is the emotional job this product does for someone?
2.How do people find you when you are not paying for them to?
3.What shift in how people live makes this inevitable?
4.What is your repeat rate, honestly?
5.Why will people talk about this?
Fund facts
Warby Parker
Glossier
Dollar Shave Club
Bonobos
Chime
Oura
Faire
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