JC

Jai Choi

Global tech investor

San Francisco Bay Area

Work Experience

  • Founder | Managing Partner

    2009

    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, etc Serve as a mentor / advisor to various start-ups and accelerators - Mucker Lab, SparkLabs.

  • Venture Partner

    2024

    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/

2006

  • Venture Partner

    2006

    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.

2010

  • Seed Investor

    2010

    2021 IPO on NYSE under ticker symbol: CPNG. One of the largest online retailers in Asia. Amazon of Korea.

  • Early Stage Investor

    2017

    Leading mobile banking platform for Korea

2012

  • Seed Investor

    2012

    Leading fraud protection platform for ecommerce

  • Seed Investor

    2016

    Leading cross border payment service for Pan Africa region

2020

  • Seed Investor

    2020

    Ecommerce platform that partners with the best and largest online group of brands in Latin America.

2019

  • Seed Investor

    2019

    Leading digital freight forwarder that automates the supply chain process of companies.

  • Seed Investor

    2015

    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.