Chapter One Ventures Fund III

Chapter One Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Los Angeles, United States

Countries of investment

United States

Investment stages

Pre-seed
Seed

Industries

AI
Robotics
Space Tech
Aerospace
Defense Tech
Biology
Fintech
Manufacturing
Deep Tech

About
Chapter One is a Los Angeles venture firm founded by Jeff Morris Jr., a former Tinder product executive, and backed by multistage firms such as Sequoia and a16z. In October 2026 it closed Fund III at $65M, its largest fund to date. Early Fund III investments include Erebor, Warhound, General Intuition, Alfred and Bohr Systems, with more still to be announced. The leadership team has worked together for more than five years.

Min check size: $500K
Max check size: $2M
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Investment Thesis

Chapter One backs pre-seed and seed founders working on ambitious technical bets in AI, robotics, space, defense, biology and finance, writing checks of $500K to $2M. Its Fund III is built around the theme "What If It All Works?", favoring founders tackling hard problems with outsized upside. The firm has added investors from SpaceX, Apple and 1X to source and support robotics, aerospace, defense and manufacturing companies.

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Manager's Experience

Founder and Managing Partner Jeff Morris Jr. spent four years as VP of Product and Revenue at Tinder, where he led the revenue team that made it the top-grossing app in the App Store. Before founding Chapter One in 2017 he ran an AngelList syndicate and was a scout for Index Ventures, and he has invested early in Lyft, Superhuman and Mercury. General Partner Jamesin Seidel, previously lead data scientist at Twitter, joined in 2022. For Fund III the firm added investors from SpaceX, Apple and 1X.