KingsCrowd Capital
4 partners
Meet the Team
Chris Lustrino
General Partner
Founder of Kingscrowd. Previously served as a consultant at L.E.K. Consulting focused on private equity due diligence, ran finance ops at Freebird, and founded Simple.Innovative.Change, a fintech publication focused on alternative investments and lending. Graduated from Boston College with a business degree in Operations, Info Systems, and Marketing.
Léa Bouhelier-Gautreau
Associate
Passionate about impact investing and sustainability. Prior to Kingscrowd, worked for Stanford’s accelerator, StartX, helping select promising entrepreneurs, and led the first award-winning study on the Malawian startup ecosystem. Holds a degree in Anthropology from France and an MBA from UC Davis.
Scott Kitun
Partner
Media entrepreneur and investor with two exits, including Technori to Kingscrowd in 2022. Previously co-founder and COO of Songfinch, which he helped grow into a 9-figure business. Has made over 20 seed investments with 4 exits, 3 unicorns, and an MOIC above 5. Also currently an investor/advisor at Republic.
Teddy Lyons
Associate
Comes to Kingscrowd with a background in venture capital and investment banking. Worked at Deutsche Bank as an investment banking analyst in the Technology, Media, and Telecommunications group, and previously served as an associate at Alchemi Capital, a venture capital firm in Boston investing in early-stage technology companies. Holds degrees from Wesleyan University and Boston College.
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