Investing Profile

Jai Choi(524)

VCInvestorFounder
Partner at Partech
tektonventures.comSan Francisco Bay Area
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61 Investors

Connected to James Currier (NFX), Satya Patel (Homebrew), Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), and 58 other investors on Signal.

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Current Investing Position
Partech Ventures Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $1M
Sweet Spot
$500K
Investments On Record
45
Current Fund Size
$300M

Jai Choi is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Jai Choi's Investments On Record (38)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Prósperos
SeedJun 2024$3M
$3M
Co-investors: Nicolas El Baze (Partech Ventures)
Hum Capital
Series AAug 2021$9M
SeedJun 2020$9M
$23M
Co-investors: Howard Morgan (B Capital Group), Nick Adams (AME Cloud Ventures), Steve Jurvetson (Baruch Future Ventures), Maynard Webb (Webb Investment Network), Paul Heydon (AppOnboard), Ron Pragides
Kyash
Series CMar 2020$43M
$100M
Co-investors: Rahul Mehta (DST Global), Eric Kim (Goodwater Capital), Michael Sidgmore (Broadhaven Capital Partners)
LemonBox
SeedDec 2018$2M
$2M
Wove
Series ASep 2018$9M
SeedOct 2016$3M
$12M
Co-investors: Deepak Kamra (Canaan Partners), Ron Rofe (Vaizra Investments), Carine Magescas (AngelPad), Auren Hoffman (Datavant), Thomas Korte (AngelPad), Nicolas El Baze (Partech Ventures), Jonah Goodhart (WGI Group), Anthony Soohoo (AI Fund), Howard Hartenbaum (August Capital), Jared Kopf, Kamiar Kordari
Grabr
Series AMar 2018$8M
$11M
Co-investors: Chris Farmer (SignalFire), James Currier (NFX), Mike Ghaffary (Canvas Ventures), Pete Flint (NFX), Gigi Levy-Weiss (NFX), Charles Moldow (Foundation Capital), Diana Moldavsky (Tencent Holdings), Zach Noorani (Clear Current Capital), Matt Wyndowe (Graph Ventures), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Javier Olivan, Charlie Songhurst
Frontier Car Group
Series AMay 2017$22M
$80M
Co-investors: Daniel Waterhouse (Balderton Capital)
Diamond
Series UnknownMar 2017$2M
$2M

most interested in

Tekton is an global seed fund that makes early stage investments in category defining companies in several strategic geographies around the world. What excites me is founders looking to build truly global venture scale businesses from scratch!

not interested in

Biotech, Energy.

Jai Choi's Experience

Partner Partech2006 - Present
Seed Investor PeiPresent
Partner Partech InternationalPresent
Seed Investor Coupang (formerly CalmSea)Present
Founding Partner Tekton VenturesPresent
Seed Investor Man CratesPresent
Early Stage Investor Viva Republica (Toss)Present
Seed Investor May MobilityPresent
Early Stage Investor KyashPresent
Seed Investor CapitalPresent
Seed Investor Memebox CorporationPresent
Seed Investor OutdoorsyPresent
Seed Investor Mindlogic.aiPresent
Early Stage Investor MollyBoxPresent
Seed Investor LidyaPresent
Seed Investor FretlinkPresent
Seed Investor Endless WestPresent
Seed Investor LemonBoxPresent
Seed Investor BNEXTPresent
Seed Investor PayJoyPresent
Seed Investor MandaêPresent
Seed Investor PLAE (www.goplae.com)Present
Seed Investor CandexPresent
Seed Investor FreightwallaPresent
Seed investor RoadSyncPresent
Seed Investor RunaPresent
Seed Investor SIGNIFYDPresent
Early Stage Investor The Bouqs CompanyPresent
Seed Investor Thursday Boot CompanyPresent
Seed Investor AxinanPresent
Seed Investor Fastwork Technologies Co., Ltd.Present
Seed Investor BrightFunnel (Acq by Terminus)Present
Seed Investor Ascend Consumer Finance (Acq by Jora Financial)Present
Seed Investor DeakoPresent
Seed Investor Oku Tech (FastFox.com)Present
Seed Investor atVenuPresent
Seed Investor BeamPresent
Seed Investor Cotopaxi - Gear for GoodPresent
Seed Investor CuvvaPresent
Seed Investor FlirteyPresent
Seed Investor Flutterwave INCPresent
Seed Investor Frontier Car GroupPresent
Seed Investor GrubMarket Inc.Present
Investor Hyperloop OnePresent
Seed Investor InstaCarro.comPresent
Seed Investor dopayPresent
Seed Investor TruebilPresent
Seed Investor Kuainiu Express(Yeemu.cn)Present
Seed Investor BirdlyPresent
Seed Investor TapFwdPresent
Seed Investor PriceMatchPresent
Seed Investor Jobr, Inc. (Acquired by Monster Worldwide)Present
Seed Investor Attune Inc.Present
Seed Investor Sidecar (acquired by GM)Present
Co-Founder | Seed Investor PeerpongPresent
Principal IGNITE Ventures (aka IGNITE Group)Present
Director OnePage (Acquired by Sybase, Inc)Present
Co-founder and Executive ON-AIR Networks (acquired by Loudeye/Nokia)Present
Senior Analyst PA ConsultingPresent
Venture Partner FEBE VenturesPresent
Seed Investor FlutterwavePresent
Seed Investor MeramaPresent
Seed Investor NowportsPresent
Seed Investor Redcoat.aiPresent
Seed Investor Flyx AIPresent
Seed Investor Cotopaxi.comPresent
Seed Investor Tripalink Corp.Present
Seed Investor Bugcrowd IncPresent
Seed Investor NG.CASHPresent
Seed Investor FacioPresent
Seed Investor AirwavePresent
Seed Investor Atrium LLPPresent
Seed investor CaliiPresent
Seed Investor PandasPresent
Seed Investor PashousesPresent
Seed Investor Udhaar BookPresent
Early Stage Investor 마이리얼트립 (Myrealtrip)Present
Seed Investor ZenyumPresent
Seed Investor Hum CapitalPresent
Seed Investor Beam MobilityPresent
Seed Investor TripalinkPresent
Seed Investor Fastwork.coPresent
Early Stage Investor NewCoPresent
Seed Investor iglooPresent
Seed Investor AtriumPresent
Seed Investor PlatoPresent
Seed Investor SkyDropPresent
Seed Investor CotopaxiPresent
Seed Investor Memebox Corp (YC W14)Present
Seed Investor BugcrowdPresent
Seed Investor Side CarPresent
Seed Investor Attune InsightsPresent
Seed Investor PLAE (plae.co)Present
Seed Investor EAT ClubPresent
Co-Founder | Seed Investor PeerPong Inc.Present
Principal NewCoPresent
Director NewCoPresent
Co-founder and Executive NewCoPresent
Senior Analyst NewCoPresent
Venture Partner PartechPresent
Early Stage Investor TossPresent
Seed Investor CoupangPresent
Founder | Managing Partner Tekton VenturesPresent
Seed Investor NewCoPresent
Adjunct Professor Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies - USC MarshallPresent
Early Stage Investor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Seed Investor University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Principal University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Director University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Co-founder and Executive University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Senior Analyst University of Washington Applied Physics LaboratoryPresent
Early Stage Investor BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Seed Investor BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Principal BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Director BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Co-founder and Executive BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present
Senior Analyst BlueStone Capital Partners, L.P.Present

Jai Choi's Education

University of Southern California B.S. Finance and Economics