Kristian Andersen

Co-Founder & Partner at High Alpha

📍 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 22 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 United States20+ investments
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Board Member
Sep 2024
Nostra helps the world’s leading ecommerce brands future-proof their digital infrastructure with cutting-edge edge technology. We enable high-growth DTC companies to deploy enterprise-grade infrastructure in minutes, not months. Our edge platform is designed to accelerate site speed, increase conversion rates, and drive more revenue, while protecting your brand from modern threats. With products like Edge Delivery Engine, Edge Protection, Edge ID, and Edge Crawler, we give brands the tools to: • Boost performance by 20–30% • Block ad bot traffic before it hits your site • Extend cookie life for better attribution • Optimize content for LLM indexing and AI-native search Brands like Jolie, Amiri, and Olukai rely on Nostra to deliver faster, safer, smarter ecommerce experiences.
Board Member
Jan 2022
Holder is a web3 CRM and marketing automation platform that powers customer engagement for brands and creators.
Board Member
Aug 2021
Smartwyre helps farm input supply organizations become more profitable in the areas of incentives, price, and cost management. We provide software, data, and services that, securely connects the industry with accurate, instantly available information. The Smartwyre platform now catalogs data on more than 90,000 products, as well as 1 million+ trackable rebate and pricing combinations. Smartwyre processes more than 10 million transactions annually with an uptime of 99.99%.
Board Member
Feb 2021
The Juice is the content curation platform for marketing and sales professionals, and the distribution channel for brands who want to reach them. We help professionals grow by connecting them with modern resources from trusted brands. We equip brands to reach relevant audiences, with no additional work.
Board Member
Feb 2021
Humankind is the first Conversational Commerce SaaS platform that allows any brands/retailers/services to layer in 1:1 personalized, human-led selling experiences by SMS at scale. This is the first new sales channel in 30 years. Our clients are building the most amazing cohorts of engaged shoppers with up to 21x conversion lift and 180%+ higher AOVs than traditional ecommerce. Our vision is to abet the human expert with technology to make her job easier, faster, and expand her capabilities beyond just basic quick-hit service requests. Imagine giving any of your customers their own personal Sommelier, Esthetician, Sports Pro, Interior Decorator, Personal Stylist, Dietician, Audiophile, Jeweler, Hair Stylist, etc by text message for a high concierge personalized experience. And you - the brand - you don't need to give the service away for free, you can make this your most profitable channel with the highest happiness and loyalty rating. Let's embrace the human side of commerce together! Humankind is a High Alpha Studio company
Board Member
Jul 2020
Our mission is simple: We help others grow. Organic search is the single most important channel for growing your business, but the tech and tactics in the space are over two decades old. We’re redefining the space to drive results. We help B2B SaaS marketers turn organic search into a source of repeatable revenue through software and coaching.
Board Member
Jul 2020
Canopy is now Outreach Commit. Learn more at outreach.io/product/commit
Board Member
Jun 2020
Craft is the intelligent supply chain resilience platform that enables organizations to make smarter supplier decisions, protect against disruptions; and optimize supply chain strategies. We empower businesses to strengthen their supplier networks and supply chains with the industrys most trusted and comprehensive data fabric and advanced risk mitigation engine. Our easy-to-use platform provides 360-degree visibility to quickly explore and evaluate supplier networks, AI-driven insights to detect and mitigate disruptions, and collaborative tools to optimize supply chain strategies. With Craft, procurement and supply chain professionals can confidently navigate regulatory environments, uphold ethics, and drive business continuity.
Board Member (Previous)
May 2020
Hi, Were Shaker, and were on a mission to shake things up in the real estate industry with the first collaborative transaction and relationship manager for teams.
Board Member (Previous)
Mar 2020
We help companies work better together! Get started today for free: https://app.filo.co/create-account
Board Member
Oct 2019
Content Marketing, Amplified! 🚀 At Casted, we empower B2B marketers to create more impactful content effortlessly. Our mission is to help you grow audience engagement and generate quality leads while enabling you to find, understand, and connect with your ideal customers. We're your partner in content success. We offer a comprehensive solution, serving as a central hub for managing, hosting, and analyzing all your multimedia content. With Casted, you'll gain valuable insights into your audience's behaviors and preferences while enjoying enterprise-level control and security. Effortlessly expand your content's reach to a wider audience, repurpose it for maximum value, and easily identify the companies engaging with your content. Plus, we help you create custom branded landing pages for a polished presentation and seamlessly integrate audio and video clips into your blog posts. 🌐 Trusted by industry leaders like Salesforce, IBM, Caterpillar, Drift, Gong, Zoominfo, and many more, Casted is the go-to B2B Podcast and Video Marketing Platform. Explore Casted: https://linktr.ee/gocasted
Board Member
Jul 2019
We help ecommerce brands generate more revenue by turning their shipment tracking experience into a marketing channel. Customers are most excited after they buy so they check tracking 3.1 times. If you’re shipping 10,000 packages that’s 30,000 brand impressions. Most brands are sending that traffic to UPS or Fedex, handing it off to a third party and disrupting the customers branded experience. Its never been more difficult to get and retain customer attention, so every touchpoint with a customer matters. We give you the control to turn the typically stale and confusing experience of shipping into an opportunity to drive customer engagement while the customer is most receptive to your brand.
Board Member
Mar 2019
We co-create advantaged startups with leading corporations and entrepreneurs.
Board Member
Jan 2019
Base is the modern solution for Executive Assistants, unlocking the potential this role has to offer in modern workplaces and redefining how companies embrace assistants into the fabric of their culture. For assistants, Base’s all-in-one platform and career services equip EAs with the tools, training, and support they need to be more efficient in their roles and lead impactful careers. For the world’s leaders, Base’s flexible service options match Executives with high-impact assistants that meet their unique business needs. Companies such as Intuit, Terminus, Loom, Teach for America, and Indeed choose Base as the only full stack Executive Assistant solution. Learn more at basehq.com.
Board Member
Oct 2018
Docket is no longer in operation.
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2025
Board Member
Mar 2025
Paccurate helps businesses pack more efficiently to reduce costs and waste. Its the most advanced and flexible cost-aware cartonization API publicly available. Think your fulfillment process could benefit from Paccurate? Lets talk!
2024
Board Member
Sep 2024
Nostra helps the world’s leading ecommerce brands future-proof their digital infrastructure with cutting-edge edge technology. We enable high-growth DTC companies to deploy enterprise-grade infrastructure in minutes, not months. Our edge platform is designed to accelerate site speed, increase conversion rates, and drive more revenue, while protecting your brand from modern threats. With products like Edge Delivery Engine, Edge Protection, Edge ID, and Edge Crawler, we give brands the tools to: • Boost performance by 20–30% • Block ad bot traffic before it hits your site • Extend cookie life for better attribution • Optimize content for LLM indexing and AI-native search Brands like Jolie, Amiri, and Olukai rely on Nostra to deliver faster, safer, smarter ecommerce experiences.
2022
Board Member
Jan 2022
Holder is a web3 CRM and marketing automation platform that powers customer engagement for brands and creators.
2021
Board Member
Aug 2021
Smartwyre helps farm input supply organizations become more profitable in the areas of incentives, price, and cost management. We provide software, data, and services that, securely connects the industry with accurate, instantly available information. The Smartwyre platform now catalogs data on more than 90,000 products, as well as 1 million+ trackable rebate and pricing combinations. Smartwyre processes more than 10 million transactions annually with an uptime of 99.99%.
Board Member
Feb 2021
The Juice is the content curation platform for marketing and sales professionals, and the distribution channel for brands who want to reach them. We help professionals grow by connecting them with modern resources from trusted brands. We equip brands to reach relevant audiences, with no additional work.
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