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Jai Choi

Global tech investor

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview 

Jai Choi is a global tech investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area, with a strong track record in e-commerce and incubating successful start-ups. He has made notable investments in companies like Toss and GrubMarket Inc., showcasing expertise in venture capital and strategic partnerships.

Work Experience 

  • Founder | Managing Partner

    2009 - Current

    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 60 top early stage venture capital managers globally > Select late stage investments include Alibaba, Palantir, Uber, Instacart, etc Serve as a mentor / advisor to various funds, start-ups and accelerators - Mucker Lab, SparkLabs, Raise Global Steering Committee, and Cendana Capital.

Tekton Ventures is a seed-stage investment firm that partners with technology-focused entrepreneurs to build category defining companies.

  • 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/

  • Venture Partner

    2006

    Founded in 1982, Partech Partners is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. today the firm manage $2.5B+ AUM and current portfolio of 220 companies in 40 countries, across 4 continents. investing across seed to growth stage globally. 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.partechpartners.com.

  • 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

  • Seed Investor

    2017

    Smartphone-enabled consumer financing solutions.

PayJoy provides credit to customers in emerging markets.

Raised $436,150,000.00 from Citi and Lendable.

  • Seed Investor

    2012

    Leading fraud protection platform for ecommerce

Signifyd is a provider of an enterprise-grade fraud technology solution for e-commerce stores.

Raised $409,000,000.00 from CPP Investments, FIS, Owl Rock Capital and Neuberger Berman.

  • Seed Investor

    2016

    Leading cross border payment service for Pan Africa region

Barter is a app which Manage your finances.

  • Seed Investor

    2024

    Brazilian digital banking platform designed for young creators and Generation Z.

  • Seed Investor

    2024

    Brazilian fintech company that provides salary advance services and financial education to employees.

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