Chris Sklarin
Managing Partner, Castor Ventures & Strawberry Creek Ventures @ Alumni Ventures
Waltham, United States
Chris Sklarin is a Series A investor at Alumni Ventures in Waltham focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Chris joined Edison as an Investment Manager in 2011. He leads Edison's regional efforts in Ohio and western Pennsylvania generating investment opportunities and cultivating relationships with deal referral sources. He has over twenty years of experience in software product development, sales engineering, and technology investing.Chris has worked in development roles in venture backed software startups including two companies in the INC 500, two IPOs and one company that was bought several times. Chris shifted to seed and venture investing after business school and moving to Ohio. Chris is a speaker at entrepreneurial events, technology conferences, and a volunteer for several organizations.
- Total investments:
- 50
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 18%
Last updated:
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Industries Chris Sklarin invests in
Stages Chris Sklarin invests in
Countries Chris Sklarin invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Artificial Intelligence 10 (20%)
- Software 9 (18%)
- Health Care 9 (18%)
- Information Technology 8 (16%)
- Big Data 5 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 15 (30%)
- Seed 11 (22%)
- Series B 8 (16%)
- Series D 5 (10%)
- Funding Round 5 (10%)
Country
- United States 40 (80%)
- Egypt 1 (2%)
- Canada 1 (2%)
- Israel 1 (2%)
- Sweden 1 (2%)
Investments
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Rime
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Rime develops speech technologies for a wide range of customers. The company works on speech generation with a deep understanding of linguistic and sociolinguistic phenomena needed to create the next generation of text-to-speech tooling. | $24M / Series A / Jul 15, 2026 | |
South 8 Technologies
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South 8 Technologies develops liquefied gas electrolyte chemistry for rechargeable lithium metal batteries and electrochemical capacitors. | $11M / Series A / Dec 09, 2025 | |
Psyonic
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Psyonic makes advanced bionic limbs that are accessible to all people with amputations. Its first product is an advanced bionic hand. It is the fastest on the market, easy to control, provides touch feedback, and is robust to impacts. It is also affordable, and they aim to have it completely covered by insurance companies with no out-of-pocketcosts to users.It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. | Seed / Oct 10, 2025 | |
Rise
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Rise is a credit-led platform that enables underserved consumers to access installment-based purchasing power. | Seed / Sep 23, 2025 | |
Goodpath
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Goodpath, a Cambridge, Ma.-based telehealth startup focused on improve helping people managing common health conditions, | $18M / Series A / Sep 11, 2025 | |
Asylon
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Asylon manufactures and distributes a range of field deployable infrastructure to its clients.The company manufactures DroneHome, a field-deployable battery swap station. It offers data linking, coverage, mesh networking, and mixed fleet support.Asylon was founded in 2015 by Adam Mohamed, Damon Henry, and Brent McLaughlin and is based inPennsylvania. | $24M / Series B / Jul 22, 2025 | |
Qedma
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Qedma is a software development company that develops quantum computing technology. | $26M / Series A / Jul 03, 2025 | |
Finwave Semiconductor
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Finwave Semiconductor develops a 3DGaN technology designed to enhance 5G devices. | $8.2M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 14, 2025 | |
Foundation Alloy
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Foundation Alloy leverage advanced materials technology to design novel alloys optimized for additive manufacturing. | $7.5M / Seed / May 07, 2025 | |
Artisan AI
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Artisan AI creates digital workers, called Artisans. The company's first Artisan, Ava, automates the entire outbound sales process and can be set up with a 10-minute conversation. Ava creates TCPs, and prospects with her database of over 270,000,000 contacts, crafts & sends highly bespoke email sequences, and books meetings into yourcalendar. And, you can manage all features & settings by talking to Ava via Slack. | $25M / Series A / Apr 09, 2025 | |
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Co-Investors
About Alumni Ventures
Alumni Ventures identifies and co-invests in deals alongside various established venture capital firms across multiple stages, from pre-seed to later-stage growth. Investors can participate through annual funds containing multiple companies or via a syndicate for individual deal-by-deal selections. The firm maintains several distinct investmentteams that evaluate opportunities across sectors such as artificial intelligence, healthcare, and strategic technology.
Alumni Ventures Contacts
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Aaron Sandford
Graphic Designer
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Alea Capello
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Alexandra Critch
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Alex Ovabor
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Allison Newman
Paralegal, Compliance Officer
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What does Chris Sklarin invest in?
Chris Sklarin invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 50 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 Chris Sklarin last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chris Sklarin closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 50 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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