# Alex Chung

> Alex Chung is a seed investor in New York backing Software and Internet. See 23 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 23
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-chung-7a524396

Alex Chung is a seed investor in New York focused on Software and Internet. Alex Chung is based out of New York, New York and is the Founder & CEO of Giphy. Alex previously worked at Betaworks as a Hacker in Residence. Alex Chung has been awarded as one of the Top 25 most influential technologists.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 22% |
| Internet | 4 | 17% |
| Video | 3 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 13% |
| Health Care | 3 | 13% |

57 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 52% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 30% |
| Series A | 2 | 9% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |
| Series B | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 83% |
| Germany | 1 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Not Diamond | Not Diamond focuses on optimizing the use of various AI models based on their strengths and capabilities. | $2.3M | Seed | Jul 30, 2024 | https://www.notdiamond.ai/ |
| Pika | Pika is a startup that is developing an AI-powered platform for editing and generating films from captions and still images. The company is revolutionizing the video creation and editing process through the integration of AI, offering a user-friendly and easily accessible tool for everyone. | $80M | Series B | Jun 05, 2024 | https://pika.art |
| Pika | Pika is a startup that is developing an AI-powered platform for editing and generating films from captions and still images. The company is revolutionizing the video creation and editing process through the integration of AI, offering a user-friendly and easily accessible tool for everyone. | $35M | Series A | Nov 28, 2023 | https://pika.art |
| Grapevine | Grapevine is a collaborative giving platform where people give with people. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 | https://www.grapevine.org |
| Ghost Message | Ghost Message enables users to send an anonymous message to pals in a group chat to flirt, make jokes, or pose queries. | $8M | Seed | Mar 15, 2023 | https://g.host/ |
| Along AI | The happy negotiation tool | $982.9K | Pre-Seed | Sep 29, 2022 | https://www.along.technology |
| Hypersonic Laboratories | Hypersonic Laboratories is developing HELIX, the ultimate open-world sandbox game. | $3.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 01, 2022 | https://hypersoniclaboratories.com/ |
| Yomi Games | Yomi Games is a blockchain gaming studio developing social Play-and-Earn video games targeted at casual audiences. | $2M | Seed | Apr 19, 2022 | https://onisquad.gg/ |
| Honeycomb | Honeycomb is the best way to save your baby's story. We're proud to be built for parents, by parents, and featured in publications including NYTimes, USA Today, and NBC. | $4M | Seed | Dec 13, 2021 | https://joinhoneycomb.com/ |
| Infinite Objects | Infinite Objects offers creative video prints with artistic products to frame up with the best pictures and caters to online services. Its product is a permanently treated display - what we call a Video Print. No apps, no fussy configuration; just one video, looping forever. You are not buying a gadget, you are collecting a moving image. InfiniteObjects hold up to 24 hours of the video playing in a perpetual loop, delivering the same experience as art prints or photographs, in a beautiful 5" or 7” display, framed in modern acrylic or sustainably sourced bamboo. | $480K | Seed | Jan 14, 2021 | https://Twitter.com/infiniteobjects |

10 of 23 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Third Kind Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-line-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Notation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/notation-capital-2) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Pareto Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pareto-holdings) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Chung invest in?

Alex Chung invests primarily in Software, Internet and Video startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Alex Chung?

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### When did Alex Chung last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Chung closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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