Christian Hernandez advised Summly while serving as Head of Facebook EMEA
John Henderson · 20 VC 025: Finding the Right VC and The Evolution of Summly with John Henderson of White Star Capital · Apr 6, 2015 · at 4:04
John Henderson, Principal at White Star Capital, explains how he was introduced to Summly through tech executive and angel investor Christian Hernandez.
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“That was through it was through a guy called Christian Hernandez, who ran Facebook for EMEA at the time, and he was an angel investor and advisor to the company.”
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