About Chris Heckler

Chris Heckler is a successful entrepreneur and angel investor that loves the adventure of starting new businesses. Chris has launched several businesses across different industries starting while he was still in college. His greatest success (so far) in business was co-founding Valify, a healthcare supply chain SaaS company, where it was awarded #169 in Inc.’s fastest growing businesses in 2019. That same year Valify was acquired by HCA, Inc. After taking some time off, Chris is back in the startup world by co-founding FRSH, which provides staffing services and modern banking products to the justice impacted community. Chris wants to disrupt the $45B predatory lending practices that prey on the underrepresented communities and decided to co-create a new process to help them get back on their feet and be proud citizens again. Chris has spent over 20 years learning how to work with people with different backgrounds across the many businesses he has owned and operated. He has mastered leadership and growth skills and knows how to use technology to solve problems.