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Jon Chu

Jon Chu

Investor atKhosla VenturesFirm active Oct 8Seattle, Washington
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Jon Chu is a Partner at Khosla Ventures focused on machine learning's impact on enterprise infrastructure, applications, and developer tools. He previously held roles at Palantir, Docker, Opendoor, and Facebook.

What Jon can write

Writes checks of$1M to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target> 12%At first check
Pitch pageSubmit on their siteThe firm asks founders to apply here.

Khosla Ventures writes $1M to $30M+ checks, larger than 83% of firms in the atlas.

Bars: how many firms report each check band. Highlighted: Khosla Ventures.

Career

  1. Docker · created and led Docker's enterprise division
  2. Opendoor · Head of Product for Growth and Head of Engineering for Core Machine Learning
  3. Facebook · leading international engineering organizations in both VR & ML
  4. Khosla Ventures · Partner
    Now
  5. Koality · founder and CEO
  6. Docker · ran enterprise group
  7. Opendoor · Head of Engineering for Core Machine Learning
  8. Facebook · overseeing engineering teams in VR and ML

Companies founded

KoalityCodeKoality

Investments named in public bios

SakanaLoft Labs

Focus

machine learningenterprise infrastructureapplicationsdeveloper toolsai

Education

Carnegie Mellon University, B.S. in Computer Science with University Honors

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Vinod Khosla
Vinod KhoslaManaging Director
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Amy Wu Martin
Amy Wu MartinPartner, Menlo Ventures

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Who is Jon Chu?

Jon Chu is a Partner at Khosla Ventures focused on machine learning's impact on enterprise infrastructure, applications, and developer tools. He previously held roles at Palantir, Docker, Opendoor, and Facebook.

How much does Jon Chu invest?

Jon Chu invests through Khosla Ventures, which writes checks of $1M to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Jon Chu?

A warm intro from a founder Khosla Ventures backed works best.

What did Jon Chu do before Khosla Ventures?

created and led Docker's enterprise division at Docker; Head of Product for Growth and Head of Engineering for Core Machine Learning at Opendoor; leading international engineering organizations in both VR & ML at Facebook; founder and CEO at Koality; ran enterprise group at Docker; Head of Engineering for Core Machine Learning at Opendoor; overseeing engineering teams in VR and ML at Facebook.

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