Clint Chao

Clint Chao Email and Phone Number

Co-Founder and General Partner at Moment Ventures @ Moment Ventures
Clint Chao's Location
Palo Alto, California, United States, United States
About Clint Chao

I'm an early-stage technology B2B venture capital investor, investing in enterprise-facing tech startups driving transformation in the Future of Industries with innovative new business models and typically a unique combination of technology and people.My current or prior investments include Flowspace, Pod Foods, Validere, Vungle (acquired by Blackstone), Payable (acquired by Stripe), Swing Education, Mashery (acquired by Intel), SOASTA (acquired by Akamai), Rafay Systems, AltoIRA, Netsil (acquired by Nutanix), Soha (acquired by Akamai), Skyward (acquired by Verizon) and more I am a co-founder and General Partner for Moment Ventures. We are investing from our Fund III, where we focus on first institutional financing rounds. Before Moment, I co-founded Formative Ventures, an early stage IT VC firm in Menlo Park, where I led investments in companies such as Mashery (Intel), SOASTA (Akamai) and Zyray Wireless (Broadcom). Prior to that, I was a start-up exec with companies including C-Cube Microsystems, SkyStream Networks and Motorola. Some of my non-profit activities include serving on the Board of Directors of the California Alumni Association serving the 500,000 alums of U.C. Berkeley, the Parent Executive Board for U.C. Irvine, the Advisory Board for the Diamante Scholars Program for Diablo Valley College, and numerous efforts supporting Menlo School.I studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at U.C. Berkeley, so a die hard fan who seems to derive all his enjoyment about the Bears during the offseason.Areas of interest: IT startups that are innovating in and across industry verticals such as logistics, transportation, education, healthcare, food, oil & gas and technology, among others. Geographic preference is US & Canada.

Clint Chao's Current Company Details
Moment Ventures

Moment Ventures

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Co-Founder and General Partner at Moment Ventures
Clint Chao Work Experience Details
  • Moment Ventures
    Co-Founder And General Partner
    Moment Ventures 2013 - Present
    Palo Alto, California, Us
    Early stage IT venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in B2B tech companies focused on transforming the Future of Industries in and across industry verticals including logistics, food, healthcare, creator, travel and more. Current active investments include Flowspace, Ambient, Tendrel, Pod Foods, Rafay, Swing Education, Validere, AltoIRA and other unannounced investments.http://www.momentventures.com
  • Cal Alumni Association | Uc Berkeley
    Member Board Of Directors
    Cal Alumni Association | Uc Berkeley Jun 2023 - Present
    Berkeley, Ca, Us
    Founded by the original graduates of the University of California in 1872, the Cal Alumni Association today represents more than half a million alumni living throughout the world. Go Bears!https://alumni.berkeley.edu/
  • Flowspace
    Investor And Board Member
    Flowspace Aug 2017 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    Flowspace is one of the largest technology-based on-demand warehouse and logistics platforms for fulfillment and storage. Moment Ventures led the seed round and have since co-invested alongside Canvas, the Build Group and Industrious Ventures.http://www.flow.space
  • Pod Foods
    Investor And Board Member
    Pod Foods Jun 2019 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Pod Foods is a full-service digital B2B distribution and logistics platform for food and beverage brands to connect with store and enterprise buyers around the country. Moment led the seed round and have welcomed additional investors M12 Ventures and Industrious Ventures.http://www.podfoods.co
  • Tendrel
    Investor And Board Observer
    Tendrel Oct 2023 - Present
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Tendrel is a workforce quality and optimization platform built for frontline industries. Moment co-led the Company's seed round with Zenda VC, and joined by co-investors Bread & Butter Ventures, Everywhere VC, Supply Change Cpital and Chingona Ventures.http://www.tendrel.io
  • Swing Education
    Investor
    Swing Education Feb 2016 - Present
    San Mateo, Ca, Us
    Swing Education's innovative workforce infrastructure platform connects schools with substitute teachers and families with remote learning resources. Moment Ventures led the company's seed round and has since welcomed investors Apax, Reach Capital, GV and Owl Ventures.http://www.swingeducation.com
  • Altoira
    Investor
    Altoira Jul 2019 - Present
    Nashville, Tennessee, Us
    AltoIRA is a digital fintech platform enabling investments into alternative assets (PE, VC, Real Estate, Crypto, direct, etc) using retirement accounts (IRAs). Moment led the seed round and have since welcomed additional investors Unusual Ventures and Advanced Venture Partners.http://www.altoira.com
  • Rafay Systems
    Investor
    Rafay Systems Nov 2017 - Present
    Sunnyvale, Ca, Us
    Rafay enables developers to automate the distribution, operations, cross-region scaling and lifecycle management of containerized microservices across public and private clouds, and service provider networks. Moment Ventures invested in Rafay's Series A and seed rounds, which include Ridge Ventures, Costanoa and ForgePoint Capital.http://www.rafay.co
  • Validere Technologies
    Investor
    Validere Technologies Sep 2016 - Present
    Calgary, Alberta, Ca
    Validere's AI & IoT platform is empowering oil & gas organizations to optimize critical blending, logistics, and trading decisions. Moment Ventures invested in Validere's Series A and Seed rounds, which include WingVC, Greylock and Sallyport Ventures.http://www.validere.com
  • Ambient
    Investor And Board Member
    Ambient Apr 2021 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Ambient is an AI-based communication and organization platform for company Chiefs of Staff. Moment led the seed round and works closely with co-investors Coelius Capital, Zoom Ventures and Maven Ventures. www.twine.nyc
  • Stripe
    Investor
    Stripe Aug 2015 - Present
    South San Francisco, California, Us
    Stripe acquired Moment I portfolio company Payable in July 2017.Stripe is a leading financial technology platform for online businesses. The Company acquired Payable, a company where Moment first invested in the company's seed round.http://www.stripe.com
  • Vungle
    Investor
    Vungle Jan 2012 - Jul 2019
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Vungle was acquired by Blackstone in July 2019 for more than $750 million. The Company raised only $25M in funding by Thomvest and Crosslink. I was an active investor in the company's initial seed round.http://www.vungle.com
  • Formative Ventures
    Co-Founder And Managing Director
    Formative Ventures Jan 2000 - Dec 2018
    Us
    Early-stage technology venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA. We invest in early-stage companies in the Western US across a broad range of technology sectors, including software infrastructure and services. In our main fund, I sourced and led investments in Mashery, SOASTA, Silicon Clocks and Smalltown.http://www.formative.com
  • Netsil
    Investor And Board Observer
    Netsil Oct 2015 - Mar 2018
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Netsil was acquired by Nutanix in March 2018.Netsil is a revolutionary, off-the-network solution for monitoring modern distributed applications such as microservices and containerized apps. Moment Ventures was the first institutional investor in the seed round and invested in the Company's Series Seed Round led by Mayfield Fund. http://www.netsil.com
  • Soasta
    Investor And Member Of Board Of Directors
    Soasta Aug 2008 - Apr 2017
    Santa Clara, Ca, Us
    SOASTA was acquired by Akamai in 2017.SOASTA is a leading performance infrastructure provider of mobile and web testing, monitoring and analytics solutions for the industry's leading e-commerce, media, financial services and technology companies. The Company's investors included Formative Ventures, Canaan Partners and Pelion Ventures.
  • Skyward
    Investor And Board Observer
    Skyward Apr 2015 - Feb 2017
    Portland, Or, Us
    Skyward was acquired by Verizon in February 2017.The Company's investors included Voyager, Norwest, Verizon Ventures and Moment Ventures. http://www.skyward.io
  • Soha Systems
    Investor
    Soha Systems 2013 - Oct 2016
    Sunnyvale, California, Us
    Soha was acquired by Akamai in October 2016.The Company's investors included Menlo Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Moment Ventures. Moment incubated Soha during its inception and first invested in the company's seed round.
  • Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation
    Co-President (2012-2013) And Board Member (2010-2014)
    Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation Jun 2010 - May 2014
    The MPAEF is a non-profit organization comprised of volunteer parents and community members providing vital funding to the four local public schools in the Menlo Park City School District: Oak Knoll, Laurel, Encinal and Hillview.
  • Mashery
    Investor And Member Of The Board Of Directors
    Mashery Aug 2007 - May 2013
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Mashery was acquired by Intel in 2013 for $180M. Formative was the lead investor in Mashery's first institutional financing round, and its second largest shareholder at the time of its acquisition. The Company was acquired by Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) in May 2013. Other investors included Open View Partners, .406 Ventures, Cisco Systems and First Round Capital.
  • Silicon Clocks
    Director And Investor
    Silicon Clocks Feb 2006 - Apr 2010
    Us
    Silicon Clocks was acquired by Silicon Labs in 2010. Company investors included CRV, Tallwood, Lux Capital and Formative Ventures.
  • Zyray Wireless
    Investor And Board Observer
    Zyray Wireless 2000 - 2004
    Palo Alto, California, Us
    Zyray Wireless was acquired by Broadcom in 2004. Developer of world's first 3G baseband co-processor for handsets. The pre-revenue company was acquired by Broadcom (NASDAQ: BRCM) for $96M in 2004. Other investors included Mission Ventures and EDF Ventures.
  • Skystream Networks
    Vp Of Marketing And Business Development, Vp Of Marketing And Sales
    Skystream Networks 1998 - 2001
    Us
    SkyStream was the leading provider of media routers to the networking industry. I joined when the Company was pre-revenue. As a member of the Executive Team, I held a variety of executive sales and marketing roles. The Company was acquired by Tandberg TV in 2006.
  • Skystream Networks
    Vice President Of Marketing, Business Development And Sales
    Skystream Networks 1998 - 2001
    Us
    SkyStream was a leading developer of MPEG Routers for the broadcast and communications industries.
  • C-Cube Microsystems
    Senior Director Of Marketing And Co-Gm Of Pc Division, Strategic Sales Manager
    C-Cube Microsystems 1990 - 1998
    Milpitas, Ca, Us
    C-Cube was the #1 provider of JPEG and MPEG solutions to the consumer electronics, computing and communications markets. The company went public in 1994 and was subsequently acquired by LSI Logic in 2001. I joined when the company was pre-revenue, and went on to hold a variety of executive sales and marketing roles at the Company, which included working directly with our largest strategic customers.
  • Motorola
    Strategic Sales Manager, Silicon Valley
    Motorola 1985 - 1990
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    I worked for Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector, managing some of the Company's largest customers in Silicon Valley. During these years, Motorola was the 2nd largest semiconductor company in the world.

Clint Chao Education Details

  • University Of California, Berkeley
    University Of California, Berkeley
    Electrical Engineering And Computer Sciences

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