Tim Chae
Managing Partner at 500 Global
Tim Chae
Managing Partner at 500 Global
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
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.
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.
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.
Education
Investments
Latest Articles
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Talks about Startup, Healthtech and Healthcare Technology
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Talks about Startup, Japan and Accelerator
500 Startups & Misk Innovation to Launch Second Batch of the Misk 500 Accelerator Program
Talks about Startup Accelerators, 500 Startups and Mena