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Chapter One Ventures

Los Angeles, California · Invests in US; UK; Europe · Website

Thesis

We back product-driven founders building generational companies. We led product, design, and engineering teams at the internet's most iconic companies and have built products for billions of users. Now we bring that operator expertise to support founders obsessed with product excellence and user experience.

Likely not a fit for

Not focused on non-technical founders or founders without deep product sense.

How they invest

Lead or follow
Usually leads
Warm intro
Preferred
Involvement
Takes a board seat
Fund status
Actively deploying
Decision process
Partnership vote

Partners & team

3 contacts on file

JM

Jeff Morris

PartnerPartner · Primary contact

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j•••@ch•••.com

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Jamesin Seidel

PartnerPartner

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j•••@ch•••.com

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JM

Jeff Morris Jr.

General PartnerFounder and Managing Partner

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Portfolio

GlueDeveloper Tools Infra

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BlackstarEcommerce Marketplaces

BlackstarComputers.com is currently for sale. It is listed on Spaceship.com with secure checkout and no hidden fees.

GlueEnterprise Software

Glue is an AI-powered team chat platform that offers advanced collaboration tools and experimentation features, focusing on productivity and AI integration.

RorkDeveloper Tools Infra

Rork builds complete, cross-platform mobile apps using AI and Expo (React Native).

MevvyDeveloper Tools Infra

Mevvy enables seamless MEV on any chain, reducing the barrier of entry for searchers to quickly tap into new opportunities.

SquidFintech Payments

Squid enables users to swap any token across 100+ chains, providing access to Ethereum, Bitcoin, Solana, and Cosmos with low fees and high speed.

HyperbolicEnterprise Software

Hyperbolic is building the world's most accessible and comprehensive AI platform, empowering developers with affordable, seamless access to meet all their AI needs in one unified platform.

MercuryFintech Payments

F4 is a product-led venture capital firm that offers a platform where every founder can enter, and their work decides their progress. It provides a roadmap for founders to close the gap through mentor time, investor intros, and capital targeted for those proving they can build.

SupabaseDeveloper Tools Infra

Supabase is the Postgres development platform that provides a full-featured, scalable backend, including a Postgres database, authentication, instant APIs, Edge Functions, Realtime subscriptions, storage, and vector embeddings.

CaptionsMedia Entertainment

Captions is an all-in-one video generator and AI editor. Powered by Mirage AI, Captions makes video production easier than ever.

TogetherEnterprise Software

Together AI provides a platform for AI development with a focus on runtime-learning accelerators, serverless inference APIs, and fine-tuning capabilities for open-source models.

Ondo FinanceFintech Payments

Ondo Finance designs institutional-grade platforms, assets, and infrastructure to bring financial markets onchain.

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Chapter One Ventures Research Document Investment Thesis Chapter One is a venture capital firm purpose-built for product-driven founders. The fund's core thesis centers on backing founders who prioritize product excellence and user experience. The team explicitly positions themselves as 'the venture firm for product-driven founders' with deep expertise in building products for billions of users at

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