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Investor profile

Kristina Shen

General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz

About

Kristina Shen is known for her structured, metrics-driven approach to SaaS investing that emphasizes actionable metrics like cohorts and net dollar retention over vanity metrics, and she has become a go-to expert on helping SaaS companies transition from SMB to enterprise markets. She has built a reputation as a SaaS pattern recognizer across multiple top-tier firms (Bessemer, a16z, and Chemistry) and frequently serves as an educator who translates complex SaaS benchmarks into practical guidance for founders through content, talks, and workshops. Kristina Shen is known for her structured, metrics-driven approach to SaaS investing that emphasizes actionable metrics like cohorts and net dollar retention over vanity metrics, and she has become a go-to expert on helping SaaS companies transition from SMB to enterprise markets. She has built a reputation as a SaaS pattern recognizer across multiple top-tier firms (Bessemer, a16z, and Chemistry) and frequently serves as an educator who translates complex SaaS benchmarks into practical guidance for founders through content, talks, and workshops.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Sectors
AI
Defense
BioTech
Consumer
Web3
Crypto

Investment details

Avg check size$500K - $100M
Can lead rounds
Yes
Geographies
Asia-Pacific
USA