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Tim Chae

Managing Partner at 500 Global

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Tim Chae is the Managing Partner at 500 Global in San Francisco, California, with a strong background in entrepreneurship, venture capital, and start-ups. He has successfully invested in a variety of companies across different sectors and stages, such as Finda (Series C) and Flat.mx (Series A), showcasing his expertise in identifying and supporting promising ventures.

Work Experience 

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500 Global

  • Managing Partner

    2020 - Current

    I help oversee and manage our global fund (US and non-US) and investments based in HQ. Highlight investments: - Finda - PeopleFund - Spoon Radio - OP.GG - Rachio - Lottery.com - DIVE Studios - Dano - Bunch.live - More Labs - Podcorn (acq'd by NYSE: ETM)

  • General Partner

    2019 - 2020

  • Partner

    2015 - 2019

    Doing investments stateside thru 500 Startups. Also, I founded and am managing 500's Korea focused fund and investing in Korean startups. On the ground, splitting time between SF and Seoul. I like looking at content, social, sports, or esports focused companies and love getting the chance to meet and work with amazing founders who I'm inspired by everyday.

  • Venture Partner

    2014 - 2015

  • EIR (Entrepreneur-in-Residence)

    2013 - 2014

    Helping the team and the companies here do awesome things. Worked closely with several companies in the accelerator program. First task on the job was to work with a Partner to help open up the SF HQ office.

500 Global is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in founders building fast-growing technology companies.

Raised $2,271,999.00 from Abu Dhabi Financial Group.

500.co
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PostRocket

  • CEO & Founder

    2010 - 2013

    Unlocking the potential of organic marketing on Facebook Newsfeed for Facebook Pages. Backed by 500 Startups, Polaris Ventures, and several angel investors. Lots of learnings.

PostRocket helps a Facebook page get into its followers' newsfeeds.

Raised $610,000.00 from 500 Global, Mehdi Maghsoodnia, Polaris Partners, Maneesh Arora, Kevin Henrikson, Roham Gharegozlou, Amar Chokhawala and 500 Global.

getpostrocket.com
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Romulus Capital

  • Associate

    2010 - 2011

    Romulus Capital (RC) invests in seed-stage technology companies that seek to become industry leaders. RC invests between $50-500K in brilliant – often first-time – entrepreneurs who are usually affiliated with top universities and incubators.

Romulus Capital is an American seed- and early-stage venture capital fund that invests in technology companies.

romuluscap.com

Education 

Investments 

Finda

Seed

Total funding: $38M

PeopleFund

Series C

Total funding: $83M

TicketRev

Pre Seed

Total funding: $1.5M

Alongside

Series Unknown

Total funding: $17M

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