I'm Chester Chipperfield, a Creative Director and Advisor based in San Francisco, Jackson Hole and London. I focus on advising startups between pre-seed and Series B.

I work with small creative teams around the world such as Berger & Föhr, Manual and Engraff and early stage VC's such as YesVC.

Previously I have worked as the Global Creative Director at Tesla, Head of Special Projects for Apple, and VP of Digital Design for Burberry.

Full bio is here.

You can get in touch with me on LinkedIn or chesterchipperfield@gmail.com

Companies I advise and invest in:

Juno
Juno develops apartment buildings intended to offer environment-friendly and speedy housing alternatives.
PropTech
Decarbonization
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Stardust
Stardust is a cycle tracker that integrates science, ancient wisdom, astronomy and AI
AI / ML
Health
Consumer
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Boom Supersonic
Boom Supersonic is a commercial airplane manufacturer that builds supersonic airliners designed for speed, safety, and sustainability.
Transportation
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Radia
Radia is enabling the best onshore wind energy and cheaper green electrons – through a unique aerial transportation solution
Decarbonization
Transportation
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Running Tide
The global ocean health company harnessing the power of ocean for a climate positive future.
Decarbonization
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Kindred
Kindred is a members-only network for house sharing.
Consumer
Travel
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Wispr
Wispr is a personal computing platform for an AI-first world.
AI / ML
Consumer
Deep Tech
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Sakuu
Sakuu develops and manufactures solid-state lithium-ion batteries intended to store electricity efficiently.
Deep Tech
Decarbonization
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Zeroth
Zeroth develops bioclimatic building products that can integrate the built environment at scale.
PropTech
Decarbonization
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Pangeam
Pangeam is a human analytics platform powered by deep learning sensors.
PropTech
Decarbonization
Deep Tech
AI / ML
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Capitol
Using AI to humanize data analytics via storytelling and design.
AI / ML
Consumer
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Airband
Airband develops unique dynamic sensing technologies to provide cost-effective mapping and monitoring of environmental factors.
Decarbonization
Deep Tech
Health
WebsiteCrunchbase
Drake Labs / Lore
Changing the footwear industry forever
Consumer
Sporting Goods
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Invicta Medical
Invicta Medical operates as a medical technology company that develops therapies for sleep apnea.
Health
Deep Tech
Consumer
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Merlin Mobility
Merlin Mobility is an autonomous technology company on a mission to eliminate accidents and enable any teen or adult to drive safely.
Transportation
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Sonic Sphere
An ever-evolving concert hall for the 21st Century
Culture
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Previous roles:

Juno

Co-founder

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Burberry

VP Digital and Interactive Design

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Apple

Head of Special Projects

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Tesla

Global Creative Director

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Consultancy:

Ursa Major - Creative Direction

Advisor - Brand

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Cabin

Advisory

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Boom Supersonic

Advisor / Creative Director

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Creative and cultural projects:

Robot Heart Residency

A temporary community space to the Bay Area

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Fare Forward

Two days of performances we brought to Central Park’s Wollman Rink.

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Sonic Sphere @ The Shed

A 65-foot-diameter spherical concert hall suspended in air in The Shed’s soaring, 115-foot-tall McCourt.

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Robot Heart, Burning Man

Artist

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Stool no.1

Artist / Industrial Design

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Full biography

Chester Chipperfield’s journey began at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. By the age of 21, he had launched his first business, an agency that collaborated with creatives such as Tank Magazine, Antony Gormley, Saatchi & Saatchi, and the Wellcome Foundation.

At 26, Chipperfield joined Burberry, where he led their digital design team. Under the guidance of Greg Stogdon, Christopher Bailey, and Angela Ahrendts. He led the team that spearheaded Burberry's, and consequently Fashions', transition to online retail.

After four years at Burberry, Chipperfield moved to Apple as the Head of Special Projects. There, he worked on the original Apple Watch, Apple's first new product category in a decade, gaining a deep understanding of the company’s operations from Industrial Design to Retail.

Chipperfield’s next career move was with Tesla, where he was recruited via SpaceX to serve as Global Creative Director. He oversaw all external and internal brand and product, from store design to infotainment systems and tesla.com.

Since leaving Tesla, Chipperfield has offered his expertise to companies across various sectors.



You can get in touch with me on LinkedIn or chesterchipperfield@gmail.com