5x founder

Chris Tara-Browne

Founder, Executive & Board member | YC W21 | Digital automotive | Food & Beverage | Active in community-building & social transformation

Co-founder

Unfurl· Winter 2021 San Francisco Bay Area

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @ctarabrowne

2026Advisor to the CEO· Ridekick

Founder · since 1988

Company

Ridekick

Role

Advisor to the CEO

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Unfurl

A virtual food hall that delivers

Winter 2021

Experience

Career

Ridekick
Advisor to the CEO · 2026 – Present
2026
Manly Honda
Digital Marketing Director · Santa Rosa, California, United States · 2022 – Present
2022
motoCarma.com
Advisory Board Member · 2019 – Present
2019
motoCarma.com
COO and board member · Sonoma County, USA · 2018 – 2019
2018
Unfurl
Co-founder
Co-CEO, Co-Founder & Board member · San Francisco Bay Area · 2021 – 2022
2021
Unfurl
Co-founder
Co-CEO & Co-Founder · San Francisco Bay Area · 2021
2021
Unfurl
Co-founder
President & Co-Founder · Palo Alto, CA · 2020 – 2021
2020
Unfurl
Advisor · 2019 – 2020
2019
Bauman College: Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts
Board Member · Penngrove, CA · 2016 – 2021
2016
Bauman College: Holistic Nutrition and Culinary Arts
Business Development Consultant · Penngrove, CA · 2016
2016
Manly Honda
Internet Sales and Customer Service Manager · Santa Rosa, California · 2016 – 2019
2016
Summerfield Waldorf School
Board Member & Business Development Committee · Sebastopol, CA · 2016 – 2018
2016
Traveler's Coffee
Co-founder
Co-Founder and shareholder · Sebastopol, CA, USA · 2015 – 2017
2015
Traveler's Coffee
Co-founder
CEO, Board Member & Co-Founder · Novosibirsk, Russian Federation · 2004 – 2015
2004
Traveler's Coffee
Co-founder
General Director & Co-Founder · Novosibirsk, Russian Federation · 1997 – 2003
1997
New York Pizza
Founder
Project Director · Novosibirsk, Russian Federation · 1995 – 2000
1995
Tara-Browne & Barnes Management
Co-founder
Co-Founder/Music Manager · San Francisco Bay Area · 1991 – 1994
1991
Burger King, Sony, KFC, East West Plastics, Safeway, Tara Deck and Fences and many more
A wide range of jobs and roles in many companies... · All throughout the San Francisco Bay Area & Sonoma County · 1982 – 1994
1982
CMTB Management
Founder
Founder/Artist Manager · San Francisco Bay Area · 1988 – 1991
1988

Bio

Chris grew up in Sebastopol, CA, and graduated from San Francisco State University in 1992. After 6 years of managing music artists in SF, he moved to Novosibirsk, Siberia on a Baha’i community-building project. He was a co-founder and CEO of Traveler’s Coffee, establishing over 100 coffeehouses in six countries. Currently, he's President and co-founder of Unfurl (San Mateo, CA) and the vice-chairman of the board of directors for Bauman College & Bauman Wellness (Berkeley, CA).