Christopher Shonk
Managing Director @ ATX Venture Partners
Austin, United States
Christopher Shonk is a seed investor at ATX Venture Partners in Austin focused on Software and FinTech. Christopher Shonk is the Managing Director of ATX Venture Partners. Christopher Shonk holds 10 board and advisor roles including Investor & Advisor at RoverPass, Investor & Director at Slingshot Aerospace, and Advisor at SourceDay. He attended ACTON MBA and Campbell University.
- Total investments:
- 31
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 61%
Last updated:
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Industries Christopher Shonk invests in
Stages Christopher Shonk invests in
Countries Christopher Shonk invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $1.5M–$5M
- Pre-Seed
- $180k–$1.3M
- Series A
- $5M–$41M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 7 (23%)
- FinTech 5 (16%)
- Travel 4 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (13%)
- SaaS 2 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 13 (42%)
- Series A 4 (13%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (10%)
- Funding Round 2 (6%)
- Series B 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 18 (58%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Partner and innovate for a sustainable future!At EcoPulseⓇ we empower industries and companies with cutting-edge, AI-driven technologies to tackle the urgent PFAS "forever chemicals" problem.PFAS ("forever chemicals") is posing a growing challenge to manufacturers and retailers due to the severe health harms these syntheticchemicals can do to people and communities. With increasing global regulations and public attention, companies need smarter tools to analyze and mitigate PFAS risks.EcoPulse's PFAS AI™ software is an AI-first software specialized in analyzing and managing PFAS (forever chemicals) risks across material inventory and supply chain in manufacturing — uncovering hidden threats, streamlining compliance and mitigation actions, and saving millions in potential costs. | $180K / Pre-Seed / Aug 14, 2025 | ||
| Slingshot Aerospace builds space simulation and analytics solutions. Its mission-critical data and analytics solutions give operators the clarity they need to maximize mission success. The company empowers government and commercial space organizations to design, manage, and safeguard their assets, and mitigate risks, to ensure safe and reliableoperations for all space-faring users. | $40.9M / Series A / Dec 06, 2022 | ||
| In the face of the impending need for Responsible AI service and devices, we founded Protopia AI to uniquely and exclusively address privacy concerns in the broader context of AI while preserving and expanding its practical use. Our Confidential Inference solutions represent the cutting edge technology in AI privacy that is offered exclusively byProtopia. | $6M / Seed / Dec 06, 2022 | ||
| With a first of its kind solution, Uplinq leverages billions of statistically validated data sets, to support a small business lender’s assessment of the credit worthiness of their business customers, within their existing credit processes.Uplinq is the first, global credit assessment & scoring platform for small business lenders. Uplinqempowers lenders to approve and manage risks on loans they would have otherwise declined based on traditional loan underwriting criteria, while incorporating environmental, market & community data to better understand the specific loan applicant. It’s Credit Assessment as a Service.The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Toronto, Canada. | $1.3M / Oct 20, 2022 | ||
| With a first of its kind solution, Uplinq leverages billions of statistically validated data sets, to support a small business lender’s assessment of the credit worthiness of their business customers, within their existing credit processes.Uplinq is the first, global credit assessment & scoring platform for small business lenders. Uplinqempowers lenders to approve and manage risks on loans they would have otherwise declined based on traditional loan underwriting criteria, while incorporating environmental, market & community data to better understand the specific loan applicant. It’s Credit Assessment as a Service.The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Toronto, Canada. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 20, 2022 | ||
| OTONOMI is a blockchain-enabled parametric platform that transforms cargo insurance policies into fast, cost-effective, and transparent digital products. Powered by our proprietary technologies in data-activated triggers, smart contracts, and integrated digital wallets, we reduce claim resolution times from 45 days to 45 minutes, lowering admincosts by 75%. Our dynamic pricing and advanced risk scenario capabilities unleash new markets while achieving unparalleled profitability. | $3.4M / Seed / Oct 18, 2022 | ||
| GoCo.io offers software that helps businesses simplify their human resources systems. The software solution includes hiring and onboarding procedures, a centralized system to record and organize all employees’ documents and data, payroll integration, benefits selection processes, personal records database, and more.GoCo.io Inc was launched by NirLeibovich, Jason J. Wang, and Michael Gugel in 2015 and is based in Houston, Texas. | $15M / Series B / Sep 01, 2022 | ||
| Deposits brings the workplace into the future by partnering with brands, banks and businesses to deliver streamlined experiences with money and benefits. Our partners have been able to reduce costs, increase revenues and accelerate the pace of financial innovation and inclusion. | $5M / Seed / Aug 23, 2022 | ||
| Reflex is an online marketplace that helps brands find and connect with retail workers on-demand. | $4.5M / Seed / Jun 07, 2022 | ||
| Slingshot Aerospace builds space simulation and analytics solutions. Its mission-critical data and analytics solutions give operators the clarity they need to maximize mission success. The company empowers government and commercial space organizations to design, manage, and safeguard their assets, and mitigate risks, to ensure safe and reliableoperations for all space-faring users. | $25M / Series A / Mar 10, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About ATX Venture Partners
ATX Venture Partners is a venture capital firm that focuses on leading Seed, Series A, and early-stage software investments across the US. The firm invests in disruptive and emerging B2B software, APIs, applications, frontier tech, and marketplaces across a number of industries including Supply Chain, FinTech, InsurTech, and Future of Work. ATXalso opportunistically invests into different stages, investment structures, and profiles outside of their early stage fund vehicles.
ATX Venture Partners Contacts
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Andrew Hunter
Investor & Advisor
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Brad Bentz
Partner
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Christopher Shonk
Managing Director
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Danielle Allen
Partner and Co-Founder
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David Ritter
Venture Partner
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FAQ
What does Christopher Shonk invest in?
Christopher Shonk invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Travel startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 31 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Christopher Shonk's check size?
Christopher Shonk typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5M at Seed, $180k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$41M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Christopher Shonk participates in.
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When did Christopher Shonk last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Christopher Shonk closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 31 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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