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Chris Redlitz

Managing Partner, Transmedia Capital · 1 appearance on the record.

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Chris Redlitz is an early-stage venture investor who co-founded Transmedia Capital and the tech accelerator KickLabs, backing startups across digital media, commerce, and software. In 2010, he co-founded The Last Mile at San Quentin State Prison, establishing a coding and entrepreneurship training program inside correctional facilities.

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2 supported 1 partly supported 1 contradicted 1 not checkable as stated how the 5 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 4 assertions · 3 disclosures · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 5 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 4 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Chris argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
The Last Mile created a simulated web for secure prison coding instruction
“For the coding side, we actually built it out so that it is virtual, so we do the instruction from San Francisco and do a feed into the prison. And we actually, our instructor inside also has connectivity. None of the guys have locally, to their local machine,…”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 10:05 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
The Last Mile launched the first prison coding program in the US
“And we also, this past year, started a coding curriculum where the guys learn CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, and it's the first coding program in the country in a U.S. Presentation.”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 8:55 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. We have 1,871 words of Chris Redlitz, and that is not enough to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

How the interview went all their pushback → series average →

Across 1 rated episode:

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setup questions received 85%

Everything Chris Redlitz said on 20VC that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Disclosure
Transmedia Capital gained Snapchat, Twitter, and LinkedIn stakes via startup acquisitions
“Well, those Snapchat, LinkedIn, and Twitter were all through acquisitions. Scan was a company that was acquired by Snapchat. Snappy TV was acquired by Twitter, and Nozzle was acquired by LinkedIn. So that's how we have positions those companies.”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 3:37 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile
Disclosure
Transmedia Capital invested in Josh James's startup Domo
“And now he has a company called Domo, which we're all, all also invested in, which is doing extremely well.”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 5:48 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile
Assertion Contradicted
The Last Mile launched the first prison coding program in the US
“And we also, this past year, started a coding curriculum where the guys learn CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, and it's the first coding program in the country in a U.S. Presentation.”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 8:55 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Half of San Quentin coding students had never touched a computer
“I think half the class had never touched a computer, and no one certainly had done any coding, and they're doing extremely well.”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 9:46 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile
Assertion Supported
The Last Mile created a simulated web for secure prison coding instruction
“For the coding side, we actually built it out so that it is virtual, so we do the instruction from San Francisco and do a feed into the prison. And we actually, our instructor inside also has connectivity. None of the guys have locally, to their local machine,…”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 10:05 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile
Prediction Held up
Chris Redlitz predicts The Last Mile will expand nationally by 2020
“I see it national, and I see many of the guys that are graduates actually running the program, and I see myself stepping back a bit. Not that I don't want to be involved, but I want to give the guys in the program a chance to really step up and lead.”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 12:05 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile
Disclosure
Transmedia Capital recently invested in John Battelle's NewCo
“We actually have two that we've done recently. You know, I think one was a company called Nuko that's CEO is John Battell, and John is very, very well-known in media.”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 13:04 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile
Assertion Partly supported
Reebok was doing $10M-$12M in sales when Chris Redlitz joined
“I joined the company very, very early on in the early eighties when the company was doing, you know, just I think we were doing about 10 to twelve million dollars in sales.”
Chris Redlitz Apr 9, 2015 ▶ 1:48 20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile

The other half of the tape: Chris Redlitz's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 6 times in 1 episode on 20VC. every mention, with the transcript →

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Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
20 VC 026: Chris Redlitz on The Importance of People, Pivoting and The Last Mile Apr 9, 2015 10m
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