Kirsten Green

Kirsten Green (born 1971 or 1972) is an American venture capitalist and the founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures. She is known for early investments in companies, and has been included on Forbes Midas List since 2017 and on the Forbes list of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Early life and education Green was born and raised outside of San Francisco, California. She attended the University of California Los Angeles, where she obtained a degree in business economics.

Career Green began her career working as a stock analyst for Bank of America Securities (formerly known as Montgomery Securities), covering consumer and retail stocks. Prior to her role at Bank of America Securities, Green worked as an accountant at Deloitte, focusing on the retail sector.

For several years, she worked as an angel investor and independent consultant before founding San Francisco-based Forerunner Ventures in 2012, where she is also the managing director.

Green founded Forerunner to specialize in consumer investing. Some of Green's most notable investments include: Chime, Hims&Hers, Bonobos, Warby Parker, and Dollar Shave Club.

On August 14, 2020, Daily Front Row listed Green as one of a group of high-profile investors who purchased W magazine. In addition to founding Forerunner, Green is a member of the board of directors at Nordstrom.

Honors and recognition Green has appeared on the Forbes Midas List of top technology investors every year from 2017 to 2026, ranking 57th in 2026, and on the magazine's Midas Seed List in 2022, 2025 and 2026, ranking sixth in 2026. She has also been named to the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women every year from 2017 to 2025, ranking 97th in 2025, and to the magazine's 50 Over 50 list in 2022. She was also included on the Forbes Most Powerful Women in Tech lists in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

She was included in Time's 100 Most Influential People and was named a Top 20 Venture Capitalists by The New York Times in 2017 and 2018.

She was named VC of the Year at TechCrunch's 2017 Crunchies Awards, and listed on Vanity Fair's New Establishment list. Green is a founding member of the female mentorship collective All Raise and champions women in the tech industry. In 2018, she spoke at South by Southwest about charting a path as a woman in a male-dominated industry.

Personal life Green is married, has two children, and lives in San Francisco.