Chapter One — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($100K–$1.0M Checks)
Chapter One is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in New York, NY investing in SaaS, Other, Fintech. The firm typically writes $100K–$1.0M checks and has 3 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $100K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 3 companies on record
- Partners
- 7 listed
- AUM
- $50M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Other, Fintech, Developer Tools
- HQ
- New York, NY
Last verified: 2026-05-22
Pre-Seed, Seed
$100K – $1.0M
$50M
3+ companies
7 partners
Investment Thesis
Early-stage venture firm investing in technology companies with founder-friendly early checks.
How Chapter One invests
Chapter One is a vc firm based in New York, NY. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other, Fintech, Developer Tools.
Chapter One typically writes checks of $100K–$1.0M per investment, backed by approximately $50M in assets under management.
Chapter One has backed 3 companies in our records, including Asana, Robinhood, Plaid.
Partners & Team
Ty Wilkins
Venture Partner
Former Brand Director at Scale
Jamesin Seidel
General Partner
Former Lead Data Scientist at Twitter
Alex Labossiere
Investment Partner
Previously energy and economic policy at the US Senate, and AI in public markets at IBM
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (3)
Other
Asana
Robinhood
Plaid
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.0M check.
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lauren Hill, Executive Assistant.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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