Ted Chai

Ted Chai

Associate atScale Venture PartnersFirm active Oct 5San Francisco

Ted Chai is an Associate at Scale Venture Partners focused on AI applications. He previously founded a startup and worked at Recall.ai, and studied computer science at UC Berkeley.

What Ted can write

Writes checks of$3M to $30M+
Comes in atSeries A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Scale Venture Partners writes $3M to $30M+ checks, larger than 93% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Sonnet
  2. Recall.ai · Chief of Staff
  3. Scale Venture Partners · Investor
    Now

Companies founded

Sonnet

Focus

ai appsearly-stageaib2b software

Education

UC Berkeley, Computer Science

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Questions

Who is Ted Chai?

Ted Chai is an Associate at Scale Venture Partners focused on AI applications. He previously founded a startup and worked at Recall.ai, and studied computer science at UC Berkeley.

How much does Ted Chai invest?

Ted Chai invests through Scale Venture Partners, which writes checks of $3M to $30M+ at series a, series b.

How do I pitch Ted Chai?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Ted in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Scale Venture Partners backed works better.

What did Ted Chai do before Scale Venture Partners?

Sonnet; Chief of Staff at Recall.ai.

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