# Chai Ventures

> Chai Ventures is a VC fund in Pleasantville backing Health Care, Medical and Medical Device. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pleasantville, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/chai-ventures-nyc
- Website: https://www.chaiangels.com

Chai Ventures is a NYC-based pre-seed and seed stage fund investing in women-led companies solving critical problems with businesses that deliver impact at scale across the high-growth sectors of better world, health and wellness, and human connection. We’re focused on investing in exceptional women founders – founders who are exceptions to therule or have been underestimated in some way. We take a full ecosystem approach to supporting women entrepreneurs by considering the pivotal role of women as both capital allocators and recipients.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 4 | 80% |
| Medical | 2 | 40% |
| Medical Device | 2 | 40% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Email | 1 | 20% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Millie | Millie is a new kind of maternity clinic. Built by moms and providers who’ve been there. | $12M | Series A | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| Hyivy Health | Hyivy Health creates an intelligent and holistic pelvic rehabilitation device for the 1 in 3 women worldwide who will experience a pelvic health complication in their lifetime. Our device provides the first quantifiable data set on the pelvic floor and 3 different therapies from multiple sensors and mechanical functions to help keep track ofprogress, adapt treatment plans and provide more effective, comfortable rehab experiences. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 24, 2024 |  |
| Unfabled | Unfabled is a women’s health consumer platform that delivers curated and personalised solutions. | $1.6M | Seed | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| HacWare | HacWare is an A.I. driven cybersecurity awareness SAAS product that combines threat intelligence with user behavior to help lean IT teams combat phishing attacks. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 12, 2022 |  |
| Samay | Respira Labs is developing the first wearable device to measure “trapped air,” an early marker of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). No reliable and validated methods currently exist to detect COPD exacerbations in time for early intervention and prevention. By leveraging the power of non-invasive acoustic sensors, audio signalprocessing, machine learning and Acoustic Resonance Index Analysis (ARIA), our device will fundamentally revolutionize COPD management by predicting and preventing attacks at the patient’s home, significantly improving health outcomes and patient quality of life while dramatically lowering health care costs. | $215K | Angel | Jul 07, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [TMV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trail-mix-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Zcube](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/z-cube) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atomico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atomico) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aura Innovation Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aura-innovation-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BBG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bbg-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beresford Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beresford-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Chai Ventures invest in?

Chai Ventures invests primarily in Health Care, Medical and Medical Device startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chai Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chai Ventures closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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