Global early stage venture investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Seed Investor @ PriceMatch Paris, FranceSeed Investor @ Sidecar Technologies(Acquired by GM) San Francisco Bay AreaEarly Stage Investor @ Viva Republica (Toss) Leading mobile banking platform for Korea Seoul, KoreaSeed Investor @ Signifyd Leading fraud protection platform for ecommerce Palo AltoSeed Investor @ Outdoorsy Outdoorsy is the world's first, true Peer-to-Peer marketplace for RVs San Francisco Bay...
Seed Investor @ PriceMatch Paris, FranceSeed Investor @ Sidecar Technologies(Acquired by GM) San Francisco Bay AreaEarly Stage Investor @ Viva Republica (Toss) Leading mobile banking platform for Korea Seoul, KoreaSeed Investor @ Signifyd Leading fraud protection platform for ecommerce Palo AltoSeed Investor @ Outdoorsy Outdoorsy is the world's first, true Peer-to-Peer marketplace for RVs San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Bugcrowd Inc Crowdsourced cybersecurity. Bugcrowd is the premier marketplace for security testing on web, mobile, source code and client-side applications. San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Memebox Corporation A fast growing beauty and cosmetics brand building a full-stack vertically integrated commerce model Seoul, South Korea and San Francisco, CASeed Investor @ Flutterwave Leading cross border payment service for Pan Africa region NigeriaSeed Investor @ GrubMarket Inc. GrubMarket's mission is to change the world by making it easy for food producers of any scale and buyers to connect and share food, by supplying fresh, locally-sourced, healthy food with affordable prices and convenient delivery. San Francisco Bay AreaEarly Stage Investor @ MollyBox Leading D2C company offering pet food and supplies for the China market. U.S. equivalent is Chewy.com Shanghai City, ChinaSeed Investor @ Fretlink A SaaS marketplace that connects shippers to the largest hub of local carriers in Europe, helping them to secure, manage, and optimize their transportation plans Paris Area, FranceSeed Investor @ Bnext A fast growing digital mobile banking platform for the Latam region Madrid Area, SpainSeed Investor @ Thursday Boot Company A D2C brand for high quality men and women footwear boots and accessory Greater New York City AreaSeed Investor @ May Mobility May Mobility develops autonomous vehicles from the chassis up with a focus on system level safety design Detroit, MichiganSeed Investor @ Mandaê An asset-light, software platform that works across supply chains to optimize the fragmented, physical world of private parcel delivery in Brazil São Paulo Area, BrazilSeed Investor @ EAT Club Largest business-focused online lunch delivery company in the US San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Endless West A molecular food technology company that produces food/spirits entirely from molecules derived from plants and yeast San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Candex An enterprise spend management payment platform to automate tail spend purchasing San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Freightwalla Software to automate freight forwarding and logistics systems Mumbai Area, IndiaSeed Investor @ atVenu Leading live event commerce payment platform. San FranciscoEarly Stage Investor @ The Bouqs Company A cut-to-order online flower delivery service. Los AngelesSeed Investor @ Flirtey Commercial UAV(drone) delivery service San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ PLAE (www.goplae.com) Active lifestyle brand starting with the best kids shoe on the planet! San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ BrightFunnel (Acq by Terminus) Predictive Marketing Intelligence for CMOs San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Ascend Consumer Finance (Acq by Jora Financial) Consumer loans based on a real-time credit worthiness San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Cotopaxi.com Next-generation, direct-to-consumer, outdoor gear and apparel company with a social focused mission of eradicating extreme poverty Cottonwood Heights, UTSeed Investor @ Man Crates We are Man Crates, and we deliver awesome gifts for men. Redwood City, CASeed Investor @ Deako Smart lighting switches + platform Greater Seattle AreaSeed Investor @ Instacarro.com Brazil's leading online used car marketplace and auctioneer São Paulo Area, BrazilSeed Investor @ dopay dopay uses payroll to reach the largest untapped segment in retail banking by helping companies pay their unbanked staff London, United KingdomSeed Investor @ Truebil Leading used car buying/selling marketplace for India Mumbai Area, IndiaSeed Investor @ TapFwd The intelligent mobile ad platform | Powered by data from everywhere San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Jobr, Inc. (Acquired by Monster Worldwide) Leading mobile job recruitment app San Francisco Bay AreaCo-Founder | Seed Investor @ PeerPong, Inc. (Acquired by Formspring.me) Cloud-based semantic search web service incubated inside Partech. Seed funding from First Round Capital, DCM, and Charles River Ventures. From 2008 to May 2011 (3 years) San FranciscoPrincipal @ IGNITE Ventures (aka IGNITE Group) VC firm focused on investments in consumer-driven technologies and services. From 2001 to 2006 (5 years) Partner @ Partech Founded in 1982, Partech Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. We are a partnership with $1.5B under active management currently investing across seed to growth stage globally. Our mission is to help outstanding entrepreneurs to succeed in a global economy. We look for companies with a substantial technology or innovation leverage, both in consumer internet and information technology.We manage seed, venture and growth funds, allowing ourselves to invest from $250,000 to $30 million in the early institutional rounds of high growth companies.Partech has a unique 35+ year track record assisting its portfolio companies to become global market leaders. To learn more go to www.partechventures.com. San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, DakarInvestor @ Hyperloop One Ultra high speed transportation system using electric propulsion to accelerate a passenger or cargo vehicle through a tube in a low pressure environment Greater Los Angeles AreaSeed Investor @ Axinan A full-stack digital insurance platform for the SEA region SingaporeSeed Investor @ Attune Inc. Attune increases sales by instantly optimizing product collections, and options, for mobile and web.By reading, evaluating and responding in real-time to information from both products and customers, we elevate the products each customer is most likely to buy within each collection. We also optimize within product options so that your customer sees the right versions of the products they're most likely to want, every time. Mountain ViewDirector @ OnePage (Acquired by Sybase, Inc) - Personalization software & services company (Pageflakes for enterprise) - Product Marketing / Business Development Executive From 1999 to 2001 (2 years) San Francisco Bay AreaCo-founder and Executive @ ON-AIR Networks (acquired by Loudeye/Nokia) - Internet media infrastructure platform for delivering audio and video content to the Web - Co-Founder and Product Marketing From 1997 to 1999 (2 years) Greater Los Angeles AreaSenior Analyst @ PA Consulting Group - Strategy Consulting Firm headquartered in UK (Telecom, Infrastructure and Renewable Energy Group) - Senior Analyst From 1996 to 1997 (1 year) Seed Investor @ Coupang One of the fastest growing ecommerce companies in Asia. Amazon of Korea. Seoul, South KoreaSeed Investor @ Atrium LTS Atrium builds products and services to help automate legal workflows, innovate new processes, and help firms identify new clients. San Francisco, CaliforniaSeed Investor @ Tripalink Corp. Community Co-living platform targeting young professionals and college students. Los AngelesSeed Investor @ Runa A payroll automation SaaS platform for Latam. Gusto model for Latam. Seed Investor @ Lidya A financial services lending platform targeting SMEs to improve access to credit and finance across frontier and emerging markets. Kabbage model for Africa. NigeriaSeed Investor @ LemonBox A D2C offering for personalized vitamin supplements directly from U.S. to China consumers. Careof model for China market. Beijing City, ChinaSeed Investor @ Oku Tech (FastFox.com) Largest network of Real Estate Brokers in India focused on rental listings. New Delhi Area, IndiaSeed Investor @ Cuvva A new affordable pay-as-you-go insurance company targeting infrequent drivers. London, United KingdomSeed Investor @ Kuainiu Express(Yeemu.cn) Leading last mile logistics platform for China. Beijing City, ChinaSeed Investor @ Birdly Enterprise data access platform across seamless messaging interface(i.e. Slack). San Francisco Bay AreaFounding Partner @ Tekton Ventures TEKTON VENTURES is an international seed investment firm that partners at inception with forward looking company builders in leading technology hubs worldwide. The firm’s principals have over three decades of experience as early stage investors. Leveraging an extensive global network of entrepreneurs and investors, Tekton makes early stage investments in category defining companies in several strategic geographies around the world.> Late stage investments include Alibaba, Palantir, Uber, Instacart, etc> LP in several top international Seed/VC funds as well as a few select Private Equity and Hedge FundsServe as a mentor / advisor to various start-ups and accelerators - Mucker Lab, SparkLabs, Draper University San FranciscoSeed Investor @ Frontier Car Group Frontier Car Group(Acquired by Naspers) builds and runs marketplaces focused on emerging markets in the auto sector. Berlin Area, GermanySeed Investor @ Zenyum 3D-printed invisible braces for SEA region. Online Invisalign of Asia. SingaporeEarly Stage Investor @ Kyash Full stack mobile banking platform Tokyo, JapanSeed Investor @ Capital Modern alternative to equity financing built to put power back into the hands of the entrepreneur New York, United StatesSeed investor @ RoadSync Digital payment software application platform for the logistics industry. Atlanta, Georgia, United StatesSeed Investor @ Beam Leading micro-mobility company(e-scooters) for Asia-Ex China. SingaporeSeed Investor @ Mindlogic.ai An AI-driven social consumer application Seoul, South KoreaSeed investor @ Calii Calii automates the food supply chain, connecting producers directly to households, restaurants and retailers MexicoSeed Investor @ Pei Automatic cashback platform Austin, Texas, United StatesSeed Investor @ PayJoy Smartphone-enabled consumer financing solutions. San Francisco Bay AreaSeed Investor @ Fastwork Technologies Co., Ltd. Online freelancing platform (UpWork model for SEA region). Thailand
PriceMatch
Seed Investor
Paris, France
Sidecar Technologies(Acquired by GM)
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Viva Republica (Toss)
Early Stage Investor
Seoul, Korea
Signifyd
Seed Investor
Palo Alto
Outdoorsy
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Bugcrowd Inc
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Memebox Corporation
Seed Investor
Seoul, South Korea and San Francisco, CA
Flutterwave
Seed Investor
Nigeria
GrubMarket Inc.
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
MollyBox
Early Stage Investor
Shanghai City, China
Fretlink
Seed Investor
Paris Area, France
Bnext
Seed Investor
Madrid Area, Spain
Thursday Boot Company
Seed Investor
Greater New York City Area
May Mobility
Seed Investor
Detroit, Michigan
Mandaê
Seed Investor
São Paulo Area, Brazil
EAT Club
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Endless West
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Candex
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Freightwalla
Seed Investor
Mumbai Area, India
atVenu
Seed Investor
San Francisco
The Bouqs Company
Early Stage Investor
Los Angeles
Flirtey
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
PLAE (www.goplae.com)
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
BrightFunnel (Acq by Terminus)
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Ascend Consumer Finance (Acq by Jora Financial)
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Cotopaxi.com
Seed Investor
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Man Crates
Seed Investor
Redwood City, CA
Deako
Seed Investor
Greater Seattle Area
Instacarro.com
Seed Investor
São Paulo Area, Brazil
dopay
Seed Investor
London, United Kingdom
Truebil
Seed Investor
Mumbai Area, India
TapFwd
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Jobr, Inc. (Acquired by Monster Worldwide)
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
PeerPong, Inc. (Acquired by Formspring.me)
Co-Founder | Seed Investor
2008 to May 2011
San Francisco
IGNITE Ventures (aka IGNITE Group)
Principal
2001 to 2006
Partech
Partner
San Francisco, Paris, Berlin, Dakar
Hyperloop One
Investor
Greater Los Angeles Area
Axinan
Seed Investor
Singapore
Attune Inc.
Seed Investor
Mountain View
OnePage (Acquired by Sybase, Inc)
Director
1999 to 2001
San Francisco Bay Area
ON-AIR Networks (acquired by Loudeye/Nokia)
Co-founder and Executive
1997 to 1999
Greater Los Angeles Area
PA Consulting Group
Senior Analyst
1996 to 1997
Coupang
Seed Investor
Seoul, South Korea
Atrium LTS
Seed Investor
San Francisco, California
Tripalink Corp.
Seed Investor
Los Angeles
Runa
Seed Investor
Lidya
Seed Investor
Nigeria
LemonBox
Seed Investor
Beijing City, China
Oku Tech (FastFox.com)
Seed Investor
New Delhi Area, India
Cuvva
Seed Investor
London, United Kingdom
Kuainiu Express(Yeemu.cn)
Seed Investor
Beijing City, China
Birdly
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Tekton Ventures
Founding Partner
San Francisco
Frontier Car Group
Seed Investor
Berlin Area, Germany
Zenyum
Seed Investor
Singapore
Kyash
Early Stage Investor
Tokyo, Japan
Capital
Seed Investor
New York, United States
RoadSync
Seed investor
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Beam
Seed Investor
Singapore
Mindlogic.ai
Seed Investor
Seoul, South Korea
Calii
Seed investor
Mexico
Pei
Seed Investor
Austin, Texas, United States
PayJoy
Seed Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Fastwork Technologies Co., Ltd.
Seed Investor
Thailand
What company does Jai Choi work for?
Jai Choi works for PriceMatch
What is Jai Choi's role at PriceMatch?
Jai Choi is Seed Investor
What industry does Jai Choi work in?
Jai Choi works in the Automotive industry.
Who are Jai Choi's colleagues?
Jai Choi's colleague is Scott Matson
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