Chris Sims

Entrepreneur, tech investor, computer science instructor

📍 St Louis, Missouri, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2017
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Co-Founder & Investor
Jan 2017
As support costs continue to rise, teams are often overburdened, struggling to maintain service levels while navigating increasing ticket volumes, and facing pressure to find cost-effective solutions to improve performance while managing growing demand. Capacity is an omnichannel support automation platform that helps clients drive down support costs, improve knowledge access, and increase efficiency with practical and generative AI—so your team can do their best work. We offer solutions for intelligent virtual agents, employee enablement and agent assist, and process automation to nearly 20,000 companies worldwide. Today, Capacity automates support over chat, SMS, voice, web, email, helpdesks, and more in one single platform, powered by technology and talent from the acquisitions of Call Criteria, Cereproc, Creovai, Denim Social, Envision, KLaunch, Linc, Lucy, LumenVox, SmartAction, Textel, Verbio and YouCanBookMe. Capacity was founded in 2017 by David Karandish and Chris Sims, and is part of the Equity.com incubator. We’re proudly headquartered in St. Louis. To learn more about Capacity or to request a demo, visit capacity.com.
Series A Investor and Board Observer
2014
Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) company, is a leading platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The Company’s purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including AI, to connect learners of all ages to experts, delivering superior value on both sides of the network. Varsity Tutors’ comprehensive learning destination provides learning experiences across 3,000+ subjects and multiple formats—including one-on-one instruction, small group classes, large format group classes, on-demand study support, and adaptive self-study. Its solutions are available directly to students and consumers, as well as through schools and other institutions. Learn more about Nerdy at https://www.nerdy.com/.
Experience · 5 entries
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2017
Equity.com
Board Member & Co-Founder
Jan 2017
Create a LOOP
Board Member, Donor, Instructor
Jan 2017
Co-Founder & Investor
Jan 2017
As support costs continue to rise, teams are often overburdened, struggling to maintain service levels while navigating increasing ticket volumes, and facing pressure to find cost-effective solutions to improve performance while managing growing demand. Capacity is an omnichannel support automation platform that helps clients drive down support costs, improve knowledge access, and increase efficiency with practical and generative AI—so your team can do their best work. We offer solutions for intelligent virtual agents, employee enablement and agent assist, and process automation to nearly 20,000 companies worldwide. Today, Capacity automates support over chat, SMS, voice, web, email, helpdesks, and more in one single platform, powered by technology and talent from the acquisitions of Call Criteria, Cereproc, Creovai, Denim Social, Envision, KLaunch, Linc, Lucy, LumenVox, SmartAction, Textel, Verbio and YouCanBookMe. Capacity was founded in 2017 by David Karandish and Chris Sims, and is part of the Equity.com incubator. We’re proudly headquartered in St. Louis. To learn more about Capacity or to request a demo, visit capacity.com.
2014
Series A Investor and Board Observer
2014
Varsity Tutors, a Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY) company, is a leading platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The Company’s purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including AI, to connect learners of all ages to experts, delivering superior value on both sides of the network. Varsity Tutors’ comprehensive learning destination provides learning experiences across 3,000+ subjects and multiple formats—including one-on-one instruction, small group classes, large format group classes, on-demand study support, and adaptive self-study. Its solutions are available directly to students and consumers, as well as through schools and other institutions. Learn more about Nerdy at https://www.nerdy.com/.
2006
Chief Strategy Officer - Co-Founder
Feb 2006
Answers is the ultimate online resource for helping students save time, learn more efficiently, and earn higher grades in a safe and welcoming online community. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, our team is constantly striving to find new and exciting ways to make virtual learning more fun and accessible. From science and math to world history and literature, our platform allows students to access over 100 million homework questions and answers instantly. Answers also boasts comprehensive study guides, step-by-step math solution breakdowns, and a highly-rated mobile app.
Investment activity
2014–2017 · 4 investments
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