Jai Choi

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Global Tech Investor @ Tekton Ventures
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San Francisco Bay Area, United States, United States
About Jai Choi

Entrepreneur, seed investor and international venture capitalist with start-up and multinational corporate experience. Relationships span across US, Europe and Asia with leading Internet, technology, media and mobile companies.Specialties: Incubation, business development, joint ventures, and M&A. Focus on consumer Internet, ecommerce, software, mobile and classic consumer. Strong business development relationships with major Internet companies, software, consumer electronics manufacturers and international wireless & wireline carriers.

Jai Choi's Current Company Details
Tekton Ventures

Tekton Ventures

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Jai Choi Work Experience Details
  • Tekton Ventures
    Founder | Managing Partner
    Tekton Ventures 2009 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    TEKTON VENTURES is a an early stage investment firm specializing in backing enduring companies in fintech, consumer and enterprise technology across the globe. Our unfair advantage lies in decades of investing in early stage companies globally with Silicon Valley base and extraordinary pattern recognition. > Limited Partner in over 50 top early stage venture capital managers globally> Select late stage investments include Alibaba, Palantir, Uber, Instacart, etcServe as a mentor / advisor to various start-ups and accelerators - Mucker Lab, SparkLabs.
  • Febe Ventures
    Venture Partner
    Febe Ventures Jan 2024 - Present
    Singapore, Sg
    A global seed-focused venture capital firm led by a team of ex-founders who have collectively built more than 30 companies and backed ~200+ startups. Read more about our Fund II launch at https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/28/febe-ventures-launches-75-million-second-fund/
  • Partech
    Venture Partner
    Partech 2006 - Present
    Paris, Île-De-France, Fr
    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.
  • Coupang
    Seed Investor
    Coupang 2010 - Present
    Seoul, Seoul, Kr
    2021 IPO on NYSE under ticker symbol: CPNG. One of the largest online retailers in Asia. Amazon of Korea.
  • Viva Republica (Toss)
    Early Stage Investor
    Viva Republica (Toss) Feb 2017 - Present
    Seoul , Seoul , Kr
    Leading mobile banking platform for Korea
  • Signifyd
    Seed Investor
    Signifyd Feb 2012 - Present
    San Jose, California, Us
    Leading fraud protection platform for ecommerce
  • Flutterwave
    Seed Investor
    Flutterwave Mar 2016 - Present
    San Francisco , California, Us
    Leading cross border payment service for Pan Africa region
  • Merama
    Seed Investor
    Merama Dec 2020 - Present
    Mexico City And Sao Paulo, Oo
    Ecommerce platform that partners with the best and largest online group of brands in Latin America.
  • Nowports
    Seed Investor
    Nowports Jan 2019 - Present
    Monterrey , Nuevo León, Mx
    Leading digital freight forwarder that automates the supply chain process of companies.
  • Grubmarket Inc.
    Seed Investor
    Grubmarket Inc. Mar 2015 - Present
    San Francisco, Us
    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.
  • Payjoy
    Seed Investor
    Payjoy Feb 2017 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Smartphone-enabled consumer financing solutions.
  • Candex
    Seed Investor
    Candex Jan 2018 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    An enterprise spend management payment platform to automate tail spend purchasing
  • Redcoat.Ai
    Seed Investor
    Redcoat.Ai Jun 2023 - Present
  • Tripalink Corp.
    Seed Investor
    Tripalink Corp. Oct 2018 - Present
    Los Angeles, California, Us
    Community Co-living platform targeting young professionals and college students.
  • Flyx Ai
    Seed Investor
    Flyx Ai May 2023 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
  • Outdoorsy
    Seed Investor
    Outdoorsy Apr 2015 - Present
    Austin, Tx, Us
    Outdoorsy is the world's first, true Peer-to-Peer marketplace for RVs
  • Cotopaxi.Com
    Seed Investor
    Cotopaxi.Com Jan 2014 - Present
    Salt Lake City, Utah, Us
    Next-generation, direct-to-consumer, outdoor gear and apparel company with a social focused mission of eradicating extreme poverty
  • Bugcrowd Inc
    Seed Investor
    Bugcrowd Inc Apr 2013 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Crowdsourced cybersecurity. Bugcrowd is the premier marketplace for security testing on web, mobile, source code and client-side applications.
  • Frontier Car Group
    Seed Investor
    Frontier Car Group May 2016 - Present
    Frontier Car Group(Acquired by Naspers) builds and runs marketplaces focused on emerging markets in the auto sector.
  • Zenyum
    Seed Investor
    Zenyum Jul 2019 - Present
    Singapore, Singapore , Sg
    3D-printed invisible braces for SEA region. Online Invisalign of Asia.
  • 마이리얼트립 (Myrealtrip)
    Early Stage Investor
    마이리얼트립 (Myrealtrip) Jun 2020 - Present
    Seoul, Seoul, Kr
  • Endless West
    Seed Investor
    Endless West Jan 2018 - Present
    Detroit, Michigan, Us
    A molecular food technology company that produces food/spirits entirely from molecules derived from plants and yeast
  • Udhaar Book
    Seed Investor
    Udhaar Book Sep 2021 - Present
    Karachi, Pk
    Leading cashflow payment management services provider for small businesses
  • Pashouses
    Seed Investor
    Pashouses Nov 2021 - Present
    Jakarta, Id
    iBuyer real-estate tech marketplace platform for Southeast Asia
  • Pandas
    Seed Investor
    Pandas Feb 2022 - Present
    Bogotá, Co
  • Capital
    Seed Investor
    Capital Apr 2019 - Present
    New York, Ny, Us
    Modern alternative to equity financing built to put power back into the hands of the entrepreneur
  • Addressable
    Seed Investor
    Addressable Dec 2020 - Present
    Full-stack personalized direct marketing growth automation platform
  • Beam
    Seed Investor
    Beam Mar 2019 - Present
    Singapore, Sg
    Leading micro-mobility company(e-scooters) for Asia-Ex China.
  • Calii
    Seed Investor
    Calii Mar 2020 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Calii automates the food supply chain, connecting producers directly to households, restaurants and retailers
  • Roadsync
    Seed Investor
    Roadsync Aug 2019 - Present
    Atlanta, Georgia, Us
    Digital payment software application platform for the logistics industry.
  • Kyash
    Early Stage Investor
    Kyash Feb 2020 - Present
    港区, 東京都, Jp
    Full stack mobile banking platform
  • Mindlogic.Ai
    Seed Investor
    Mindlogic.Ai Mar 2019 - Present
    An AI-driven social consumer application
  • May Mobility
    Seed Investor
    May Mobility May 2017 - Present
    Ann Arbor, Mi, Us
    May Mobility develops autonomous vehicles from the chassis up with a focus on system level safety design
  • Runa
    Seed Investor
    Runa Mar 2018 - Present
    Polanco Reforma, Federal District, Mx
    A payroll automation SaaS platform for Latam. Gusto model for Latam.
  • Mollybox
    Early Stage Investor
    Mollybox Jun 2018 - Present
    Leading D2C company offering pet food and supplies for the China market. U.S. equivalent is Chewy.com
  • Lidya
    Seed Investor
    Lidya Feb 2018 - Present
    Greenbelt, Maryland, Us
    A financial services lending platform targeting SMEs to improve access to credit and finance across frontier and emerging markets. Kabbage model for Africa.
  • Thursday Boot Company
    Seed Investor
    Thursday Boot Company Feb 2018 - Present
    New York City , Us
    A D2C brand for high quality men and women footwear boots and accessory
  • Atvenu
    Seed Investor
    Atvenu May 2018 - Present
    San Clemente, California, Us
    Leading live event commerce payment platform.
  • Lemonbox
    Seed Investor
    Lemonbox Mar 2018 - Present
    Santa Clara, California, Us
    A D2C offering for personalized vitamin supplements directly from U.S. to China consumers. Careof model for China market.
  • Bnext
    Seed Investor
    Bnext Apr 2018 - Present
    Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Es
    A fast growing digital mobile banking platform for the Latam region
  • Atrium Lts
    Seed Investor
    Atrium Lts Jun 2017 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Atrium builds products and services to help automate legal workflows, innovate new processes, and help firms identify new clients.
  • Mandaê (Acquired By Nuvemshop)
    Seed Investor
    Mandaê (Acquired By Nuvemshop) Feb 2018 - Present
    An asset-light, software platform that works across supply chains to optimize the fragmented, physical world of private parcel delivery in Brazil
  • Eat Club
    Seed Investor
    Eat Club 2011 - Present
    Redwood City, Ca, Us
    Largest business-focused online lunch delivery company in the US
  • Freightwalla
    Seed Investor
    Freightwalla Mar 2018 - Present
    Mumbai, Maharashtra, In
    Software to automate freight forwarding and logistics systems
  • The Bouqs Company
    Early Stage Investor
    The Bouqs Company Mar 2017 - Present
    Marina Del Rey, California, Us
    A cut-to-order online flower delivery service.
  • Cuvva
    Seed Investor
    Cuvva Aug 2016 - Present
    London, Gb
    A new affordable pay-as-you-go insurance company targeting infrequent drivers.
  • Memebox Corporation
    Seed Investor
    Memebox Corporation 2014 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca - California, Us
    A fast growing beauty and cosmetics brand building a full-stack vertically integrated commerce model
  • Flirtey
    Seed Investor
    Flirtey Feb 2015 - Present
    Reno, Nv, Us
    Commercial UAV(drone) delivery service
  • Axinan
    Seed Investor
    Axinan May 2018 - Present
    Singapore, Singapore, Sg
    A full-stack digital insurance platform for the SEA region
  • Fastwork Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Seed Investor
    Fastwork Technologies Co., Ltd. Sep 2018 - Present
    Bangkok, Bangkok, Th
    Online freelancing platform (UpWork model for SEA region).
  • Brightfunnel (Acq By Terminus)
    Seed Investor
    Brightfunnel (Acq By Terminus) Jul 2014 - Present
    Predictive Marketing Intelligence for CMOs
  • Ascend Consumer Finance (Acq By Jora Financial)
    Seed Investor
    Ascend Consumer Finance (Acq By Jora Financial) Apr 2015 - Present
    Consumer loans based on a real-time credit worthiness
  • Plae (Www.Goplae.Com)
    Seed Investor
    Plae (Www.Goplae.Com) Sep 2012 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Active lifestyle brand starting with the best kids shoe on the planet!
  • Deako
    Seed Investor
    Deako Apr 2016 - Present
    Seattle, Wa, Us
    Smart lighting switches + platform
  • Instacarro.Com
    Seed Investor
    Instacarro.Com Feb 2016 - Present
    São Paulo, Br
    Brazil's leading online used car marketplace and auctioneer
  • Oku Tech (Fastfox.Com)
    Seed Investor
    Oku Tech (Fastfox.Com) Jul 2016 - Present
    Largest network of Real Estate Brokers in India focused on rental listings.
  • Dopay
    Seed Investor
    Dopay Apr 2015 - Present
    Cairo, Eg
    dopay uses payroll to reach the largest untapped segment in retail banking by helping companies pay their unbanked staff
  • Truebil
    Seed Investor
    Truebil Feb 2015 - Present
    Mumbai, Maharashtra, In
    Leading used car buying/selling marketplace for India
  • Kuainiu Express(Yeemu.Cn)
    Seed Investor
    Kuainiu Express(Yeemu.Cn) Oct 2015 - Present
    Leading last mile logistics platform for China.
  • Plato
    Seed Investor
    Plato Mar 2016 - Present
    San Francisco, California, Us
    Enterprise data access platform across seamless messaging interface(i.e. Slack).
  • Tapfwd (Acquired By Sambatv)
    Seed Investor
    Tapfwd (Acquired By Sambatv) Jun 2014 - Present
    The intelligent mobile ad platform | Powered by data from everywhere
  • Jobr, Inc. (Acquired By Monster Worldwide)
    Seed Investor
    Jobr, Inc. (Acquired By Monster Worldwide) Jun 2014 - Present
    Leading mobile job recruitment app
  • Korbit(Acquired By Nexon Parent Co Nxc)
    Seed Investor
    Korbit(Acquired By Nexon Parent Co Nxc) Jan 2014 - Present
  • Pricematch (Acquired By Booking.Com)
    Seed Investor
    Pricematch (Acquired By Booking.Com) 2013 - Present
  • Attune Inc.
    Seed Investor
    Attune Inc. 2013 - Present
    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.
  • Sidecar Technologies(Acquired By Gm)
    Seed Investor
    Sidecar Technologies(Acquired By Gm) 2013 - Present
  • Peerpong, Inc. (Acquired By Formspring.Me)
    Co-Founder | Seed Investor
    Peerpong, Inc. (Acquired By Formspring.Me) 2008 - May 2011
    Us
    Cloud-based semantic search web service incubated inside Partech. Seed funding from First Round Capital, DCM, and Charles River Ventures.
  • Ignite Ventures (Aka Ignite Group)
    Principal
    Ignite Ventures (Aka Ignite Group) 2001 - 2006
    VC firm focused on investments in consumer-driven technologies and services.
  • Onepage (Acquired By Sybase, Inc)
    Director
    Onepage (Acquired By Sybase, Inc) 1999 - 2001
    - Personalization software & services company (Pageflakes for enterprise) - Product Marketing / Business Development Executive
  • On-Air Networks (Acquired By Loudeye/Nokia)
    Co-Founder And Executive
    On-Air Networks (Acquired By Loudeye/Nokia) 1997 - 1999
    - Internet media infrastructure platform for delivering audio and video content to the Web - Co-Founder and Product Marketing
  • Pa Consulting Group (Acquired Theodore Barry & Associates)
    Senior Analyst
    Pa Consulting Group (Acquired Theodore Barry & Associates) 1996 - 1997
    - Strategy Consulting Firm headquartered in UK (Telecom, Infrastructure and Renewable Energy Group) - Senior Analyst

Jai Choi Education Details

  • University Of Southern California
    University Of Southern California
    Finance And Economics

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Jai Choi attended University Of Southern California.

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