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Chapter One
Venture capital · Los Angeles, CA, United States · North America
Chapter One is a venture firm that backs founders building technology companies, emphasizing product thinking alongside capital. It describes itself as product-obsessed and invests across areas including defense tech, fintech, dev tools, AI, cloud, banking, crypto infrastructure, staking, DeFi, AI research and productivity.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsChapter One lists 76 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 71% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (21%), AI & Machine Learning (19%) and Cybersecurity (12%). 79% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz and Abstract.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Chapter One, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Chapter One's whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 76. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundChapter One does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 71% |
| Series A | 29% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 3 | 0 |
| '26 | 4 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 92th | 76 companies |
| Recent activity | 82th | 4 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 80th | 71% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 68th | 7% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 18th | 21% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 84th | 6 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 21% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 19% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 12% | 4% |
| Education | 8% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Crypto & Web3 | 6% | 1% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Y Combinator | 12 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 8 |
| Abstract | 7 |
| Lux Capital | 6 |
| Sequoia Capital | 6 |
| Seven Seven Six | 6 |
| Soma Capital | 6 |
| Accel | 5 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers76100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Chapter One head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Chapter One| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | Series A | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 28 May 2026 | Seed | |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 8 Oct 2025 | Series A | |
| 23 Sept 2025 | Seed | |
| 13 Mar 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Chapter One
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Chapter One's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
76 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company operates an online marketplace for buying and selling trading cards | E-commerce & MarketplacesEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Andrena provides high-speed internet services to residents, buildings, and businesses. | Enterprise SoftwareConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Antimetal provides an autonomous system for production that diagnoses, fixes, and prevents issues across a company's environment. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Atlas provides access to exclusive dining, hotels, and events through a membership-based card and app | Legal & ComplianceEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| The company operates a decentralized trading network with institutional-grade execution and a leaderless architecture. | Fintech | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
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| Cambly provides online English tutoring services with native speakers. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an AI video editor that produces fully-edited videos from uploaded footage or generates new footage entirely. | AI & Machine LearningMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| Cardinal Robotics provides robotic solutions, including training, servicing, and financing for enterprise clients | Robotics & HardwareFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a platform for building and managing online communities, including features such as discussion spaces, live events, and course hosting. | EducationMedia & Entertainment | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides IT service management products and solutions that automate tasks and manage assets and access governance. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Dapper Labs creates digital collectibles and infrastructure for financial transactions and ownership | FintechEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Doppler manages secrets for humans and AI agents, providing secure and centralized access to credentials for APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, and internal services. | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Epirus develops and provides products to defend against autonomous drone attacks | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
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| Fether Labs is pioneering new sensors for monitoring hand mechanics in the wrist, enabling the seamless translation of hand movement into digital output. | Robotics & Hardware | May 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Flashnet provides an API for moving assets across different networks, including deposits, swaps, and withdrawals | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Flex provides private banking and payment services for business owners | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- chapterone.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 13 Mar 2025
- Companies checked
- 76
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