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Ellen Chisa

Partner
Investor New York
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Background
  • Co-founded Dark (Darklang) — A programming language and cloud infrastructure platform
  • Product leadership at Kickstarter and Lola Travel
  • MBA from Harvard Business School
  • B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  • Deep product and technical empathy from actually building software
Investment Focus
  • Inception-stage enterprise companies (pre-seed / seed)
  • Robotics
  • Software infrastructure
  • Application-layer products
  • Developer tools
Notable Investments

Check Boldstart portfolio at boldstart.vc for current investments.

AI Agent Relevance
  • Excellent fit — Boldstart invests at inception stage in enterprise software, which is perfect for early AI agent startups
  • Her technical background (co-founded a programming language company) means she can evaluate deep technical products
  • She brings genuine product empathy — she's been a founder herself
  • If your AI agent has enterprise applications (especially in infrastructure or developer tools), this is a strong match
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