Kirsten Green — Founder, Forerunner Ventures

**Kirsten Green** is the founder and managing partner of **Forerunner Ventures**, a consumer-focused venture capital firm that has backed Dollar Shave Club, Glossier, Warby Parker, Jet.com, Bonobos, Away, and Chime. She started her career as a retail analyst and equity research associate, giving her an unusual financial-analyst-turned-VC perspective on consumer brands. Forerunner invests at the intersection of commerce, consumer behavior change, and technology.\n\nKirsten's insight is that consumer behavior shifts create venture-scale opportunities. When she sees consumers doing something differently — buying differently, banking differently, traveling differently — she looks for the company that is both driving and benefiting from that shift.