# Eric Chernoff

> Eric Chernoff is a seed investor at Retain.ai backing Software and Analytics. See 3 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Retain.ai
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: May 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericchernoff
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ericchernoff

Eric Chernoff is a seed investor at Retain.ai in San Francisco focused on Software and Analytics. Eric Chernoff is the Co-Founder and CEO of Retain.ai. Eric Chernoff attended Harvard Business School.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| Analytics | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| GovTech | 1 | 33% |
| Open Source | 1 | 33% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Airbyte | Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that syncs data from applications, APIs, and databases to warehouses. Their platform automates data pipelines with pre-built or custom connectors, enabling businesses to gather data analytics from all users, including those who use ad-blocking tools. | $26M | Series A | May 25, 2021 |  |
| SafeGraph | SafeGraph builds and maintains data sets to help accelerate machine learning and AI. Its high-precision places data covers business listings, building footprints, and aggregated foot traffic data for millions of points of interest (POI) and thousands of brands in the US and Canada. With detailed brand affiliation, spatial hierarchy, and other keybusiness details, SafeGraph data informs market analytics, investment research, site selection, and more.It was founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California. |  | Seed | Jan 05, 2017 |  |
| Binti | Binti builds modern software to help every child have a safe, loving, and stable family. 300+ child welfare agencies across 33 states use Binti's tools to care for over 30% of children in child welfare in the US. Our software covers the end-to-end of child welfare, from helping agencies efficiently recruit, license, and match foster parents,to supporting families of origin in getting back on their feet and reunifying with their children. Our products are designed specifically to address the complexities of child welfare. Agencies working with us have licensed 80% more families on average in their first year on Binti, with a 16% reduction in time to approve and 20-40% savings in social worker time. Binti is a for-profit, mission-driven company. Investors include Founders Fund, First Round Capital, Kapor Capital, and others. | $2M | Seed | Mar 20, 2015 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Angel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angel-caca) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Array Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/array-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Benchmark](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benchmark) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Duro Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/duro-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Retain.ai

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Retain is the first Customer Insights Engine (CIE) that enables everyone responsible for delighting customers to be customer-obsessed. Retain delivers a trusted, flexible system for identifying and sharing customer teams’ best habits that drive revenue and retention. By sitting naturally in a team’s workflow, Retain enables everyone responsible forengaging customers to make data-driven decisions by giving them a complete view into every customer lifecycle. As one of AngelList’s “Hot Startups Hiring Now,” the company is headquartered in San Francisco and is backed by Emergence Capital, Baseline Ventures, Upside Partnership, Afore Capital, and Industry Ventures.

4 contacts available at Retain.ai.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brian Ferrario | Head of Marketing | — |
| Edwin Marty | CTO \| Head of Engineering | — |
| Eric Chernoff | CEO and Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-chernoff |
| Vlad Shulman | CTO & Cofounder | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Chernoff invest in?

Eric Chernoff invests primarily in Software, Analytics and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Eric Chernoff last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Chernoff closed in May 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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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