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Chinook Capital

VC
Seattle, WA

Chinook Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Seattle, WA investing in SaaS, Other, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $250K–$1.5M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$1.5M
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
8 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
SaaS, Other, Enterprise, AI / ML
HQ
Seattle, WA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-07-07

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $1.5M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

8 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Chinook invests in early-stage enterprise SaaS companies solving core pain points for businesses.

How Chinook Capital invests

Chinook Capital is a vc firm based in Seattle, WA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, Other, Enterprise, AI / ML.

Chinook Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$1.5M per investment.

Chinook Capital has backed 5 companies in our records, including Postmates (early-stage), DocuSign, Affordable World-Class Freelancers.

Partners & Team

EK

Ed Kirk

Co-Founder

M&A
Operations
Engineering
Business ownership transitions
Valuation
OE

Oliver Enquist

Vice President

Financial & business analysis
Due diligence
Deal execution
Purchase agreement review
Marketing & transaction coordination
MM

Michael McIntyre

Director

Deal execution
Client relationship
Transaction management
Industry research
JO

John O’Dore

Co-Founder

Mergers & Acquisitions
Seller representation
Recapitalizations
Family-owned business transitions
Business valuation
BS

Ben Shore

Partner

Enterprise SaaS
SA

Suru Avoseh

General Partner

pre-seed / early stage tech
FinTech
Internet Software & Services
Media
EA

Ekene Agu

Partner

seed / early stage ventures
technology-enabled businesses
market expansion in Nigeria
GO

Gbenga Odegbami

Partner

identity verification technologies
operating & scaling tech led businesses
product design / UX/market fit

Industry Focus

Invests In

SaaS
Other
Enterprise
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

PO

Postmates (early-stage)

Logistics SaaS
DO

DocuSign

Enterprise SaaS
AF

Affordable World-Class Freelancers

Seed

Hire top freelance talent from Africa to deliver your digital tasks and projects.

YO

Youverify

HR Tech·Seed

Youverify aims to automate the process of professional background checks with the objective of helping clients to onboard staffs while reducing fraud and risk.

PR

Premium On-Demand Drycleaners

Consumer·Seed

The Uber of Premium dry-cleaning. Transforming premium dry-cleaning and laundry with a beautiful on-demand door to door technology and high quality dry cleaning and laundry service.

How to pitch Chinook Capital
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Ed Kirk, Co-Founder.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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