# Chris Paik

> Chris Paik is a Series A investor at Pace Capital backing Information Technology. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pace Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pace-capital)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Nov 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cpaik/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cpaik
- Website: https://cpaik.com

Chris Paik is a Series A investor at Pace Capital in New York focused on Information Technology and Apps. Chris Paik is based out of New York City Metropolitan Area, New York, and is the General Partner of Pace Capital. Chris previously worked at Thrive Capital as a General Partner. Chris Paik attended the Harvard University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |
| Music | 1 | 11% |
| Video | 1 | 11% |
| Comics | 1 | 11% |

18 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 44% |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Series C | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trolley | Trolley (formerly Payment Rails) is the payouts platform for the internet economy.Our vision is to unlock the collective economic opportunity of the internet – for everyone – by building a truly global payouts ecosystem.Through our powerful platform and API, Trolley enables businesses to reach workers from all corners of the world and offercreators, on-demand workers, and suppliers the ability to bring their specialized talents to a global market.Businesses use Trolley to automate and manage payouts, collect recipient tax and banking information, and mitigate fraud and risk. The payouts solution of choice for hundreds of businesses, Trolley has made payouts to over 1.1 million different musicians, artists, makers, vendors, and suppliers around the world. | $22.9M | Series B | Nov 13, 2024 | https://www.trolley.com |
| NamiComi | NamiComi is a global platform for readers and creators of comics and manga. | $1M | Seed | Aug 30, 2022 | https://namicomi.com/ |
| Trolley | Trolley (formerly Payment Rails) is the payouts platform for the internet economy.Our vision is to unlock the collective economic opportunity of the internet – for everyone – by building a truly global payouts ecosystem.Through our powerful platform and API, Trolley enables businesses to reach workers from all corners of the world and offercreators, on-demand workers, and suppliers the ability to bring their specialized talents to a global market.Businesses use Trolley to automate and manage payouts, collect recipient tax and banking information, and mitigate fraud and risk. The payouts solution of choice for hundreds of businesses, Trolley has made payouts to over 1.1 million different musicians, artists, makers, vendors, and suppliers around the world. | $5.5M | Series A | Dec 07, 2021 | https://www.trolley.com |
| SchoolHouse | SchoolHouse helps families set up at-home, in-person Learning Pods--groups of 4-8 students of same or similar-aged students learning, socializing, and developing together. The company was co-founded by Brian Tobal and Joseph Connor in 2020 and is headquartered in New York. | $8.1M | Seed | Apr 08, 2021 | https://www.getschoolhouse.com/ |
| Tiltify | Tiltify is a crowdfunding site designed to turn live streams into a charity fundraiser. It specializes in the fields of the internet, crowdfunding, and online portals. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in West Hollywood, California. | $6.5M | Series A | Oct 14, 2020 | https://www.tiltify.com/ |
| Patreon | Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid. It operates a platform that enables content creators, as well as artists, to be able to fund their work. It's Patreon.com, a communications platform, enables connection between users and makes various accessible content, including videos, photographs,images, artwork, graphics, audio clips, comments, data, text, software, scripts, projects, other material and information, and associated trademarks and copyrightable works.Patrons pledge to support artists and creators on a recurring basis for each work created, empowering a new generation of creators the ability to make a living off of their passions. | $59.4M | Series C | Sep 14, 2017 | http://www.patreon.com |
| Patreon | Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid. It operates a platform that enables content creators, as well as artists, to be able to fund their work. It's Patreon.com, a communications platform, enables connection between users and makes various accessible content, including videos, photographs,images, artwork, graphics, audio clips, comments, data, text, software, scripts, projects, other material and information, and associated trademarks and copyrightable works.Patrons pledge to support artists and creators on a recurring basis for each work created, empowering a new generation of creators the ability to make a living off of their passions. | $30M | Series B | Jan 16, 2016 | http://www.patreon.com |
| Patreon | Patreon is a membership platform that makes it easy for artists and creators to get paid. It operates a platform that enables content creators, as well as artists, to be able to fund their work. It's Patreon.com, a communications platform, enables connection between users and makes various accessible content, including videos, photographs,images, artwork, graphics, audio clips, comments, data, text, software, scripts, projects, other material and information, and associated trademarks and copyrightable works.Patrons pledge to support artists and creators on a recurring basis for each work created, empowering a new generation of creators the ability to make a living off of their passions. | $15.3M | Series A | Jun 23, 2014 | http://www.patreon.com |
| AltStore | AltStore is an alternative iOS app store. Every app in AltStore receives a professionally designed store page with detailed information to make sideloading enjoyable and simple. | $6M | Series A |  | https://altstore.io |

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## Co-investors
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Accomplice](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accomplice-atlas-venture) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [StartX (Stanford-StartX Fund)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stanfordstartx-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wavecrest Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wavecrest-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Pace Capital

VC Fund · New York, United States

Pace Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on series A investments. The new firm was founded by Chris Paik and Jordan Cooper in 2019 and currently has a $150M worth of fund under management. Pace Capital is based in New York City.

2 contacts available at Pace Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Paik | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-paik |
| Jordan Cooper | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jordan-cooper |

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## FAQ

### What does Chris Paik invest in?

Chris Paik invests primarily in Information Technology, Apps and Music startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 9 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 Chris Paik?

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### When did Chris Paik last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chris Paik closed in Nov 2024. Shizune tracks 9 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?

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