Chapter One

Investment firm

Chapter One

Venture capital

WebsiteCrunchbase profileLos Angeles·California·United States9known portfolio companies3people tracked20co-investors

Chapter One is a venture capital firm. Based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Among the 9 companies in the known portfolio are Zcash Open Development Lab, Glue, BULK Trade, Better Auth, General Intuition and Hyperbeat.

Is Chapter One a fit for your startup?

Paste your website. AI checks the fit and scores every other investor too.

Investment focus

Who to pitch at Chapter One

Chapter One portfolio companies (9)

  • Zcash Open Development Lab
  • Glue
  • BULK Trade
  • Better Auth
  • General Intuition
  • Hyperbeat
  • Lighter
  • Blackstar Computers
  • Erebor Bank

Co-investors

Funds that share portfolio companies with Chapter One.

Similar funds

Showing 20 of 100

About Chapter One

The firm's listing covers sectors AI, Consumer, FinTech and SaaS, and focus areas API, Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto and Customer Service; known deals cluster at Seed and Series A.

The team counts 3 people in our database. Jeff Morris Jr. (Managing Partner) and Jamesin Seidel (General Partner) are shown as the contacts to pitch.

Across the known portfolio, 20 co-investors appear alongside Chapter One, including Haun Ventures, Maelstrom and AAXXII.

Frequently asked questions

What is Chapter One?

Chapter One is a venture capital firm based in Los Angeles, California, United States, with a known portfolio of 9 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.

What does Chapter One invest in?

Listed sectors include AI, Consumer, FinTech and SaaS; listed focus areas include API, Cloud Infrastructure, Crypto and Customer Service. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.

What stage does Chapter One invest at?

The known deals of Chapter One include Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.

Who should I pitch at Chapter One?

2 of the 3 people on file at Chapter One are listed as contacts for the firm. All 3 have their own profile page.

How do I contact Chapter One?

Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 3 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.

Skip the browsing. Let AI find your ideal investors in one minute.

Paste your startup website and AI picks your best-fit investors out of 135,000+ profiles.

Data: RaiseHunt investor dataset · Snapshot 5 September 2026 · How this data is built · Report a correction or request removal