Jay Chi
Founding Partner @ Makers Fund
Jay Chi is a seed investor at Makers Fund focused on Gaming and Video Games. Jay Chi currently works as the Founding Partner for Makers Fund. He previously worked at McKinsey & Company as a Partner.
- Total investments:
- 20
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 70%
Last updated:
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Industries Jay Chi invests in
Stages Jay Chi invests in
Countries Jay Chi invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Gaming 12 (60%)
- Video Games 7 (35%)
- Online Games 4 (20%)
- Media and Entertainment 4 (20%)
- Information Technology 3 (15%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (40%)
- Series A 7 (35%)
- Series B 2 (10%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
- Series C 1 (5%)
Country
- United States 12 (60%)
- Australia 2 (10%)
- Japan 1 (5%)
- France 1 (5%)
- Finland 1 (5%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Chance Studios operates a community-focused collectibles superapp for Pokémon and TCG enthusiasts. | $3.2M / Seed / May 01, 2026 | ||
| Chance Studios operates a community-focused collectibles superapp for Pokémon trading card game enthusiasts. | $3.2M / Seed / Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| Human Computer is an independent video game studio focused on creating meaningful and creatively boundary-pushing gaming experiences. | $5.7M / Seed / Mar 13, 2025 | ||
Hybe IM
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HYBE INTERACTIVE MEDIA (HYBE IM) is broadening the scope of HYBE's entertainment offerings by creating games and publishing them for people all over the world. HYBE IM creates numerous contents and services by combining cutting-edge interactive media technology with music, artists, and entertainment components, resulting in new viewpoints andexperiences. | $80M / Series A / Aug 06, 2024 | |
| Noodle Cat is an independent game studio on a mission to change the current standard of game development. The Noodle Cat team is committed to learning, collaborating, and pushing boundaries in a healthy, flexible working environment. | $4.1M / Seed / Nov 15, 2022 | ||
| Theorycraft Games operates as an independent game development studio that operates remotely. The company is in process of developing its first game codenamed Loki. Theorycraft was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. | $50M / Series B / Sep 22, 2022 | ||
| We build vibrant communities that bring incredible experiences to our players as we innovate with new technology to find new ways to play. | $12.4M / Seed / Jan 26, 2022 | ||
| mod.io is cross-platform mod support and user-generated content (UGC) service created by the team behind ModDB. It’s designed for studios that want to enable their community’s creativity on PC, console, and mobile. Since its launch in 2019, it has been used by more than 50 games to power their mod and creator communities, with 400,000 usersaccessing the platform daily. Together they have created 600,000 pieces of content, with over 100 million mods installed total. mod.io offers an automated, scalable, easy to implement a way to tap into the goodwill and growth UGC can drive and is designed for the modern game that values long-term user engagement and creator economies. | $26M / Series A / Nov 08, 2021 | ||
| VRChat is a virtual reality social platform that allows users to easily build social virtual reality content. Any virtual world built with the VRChat platform instantly becomes a social VR world. This means VRChat users can explore and play in these worlds together, in a social setting. Using VRChat, content creators can take their 3D worlds and bewalking around those worlds in VR, with friends, in under an hour. Users can then sell their content to other users using the VRChat market place.It was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $80M / Series D / Jun 28, 2021 | ||
| Multiverse is a web-based social game and game creation platform. It also offers a marketplace where creatives can make and sell skins, arts, and games to anyone on the platform. Sara Alfageeh, Thariq Shihipar, and Hisham Bedri established it in Boston, Massachusetts. | $17.5M / Series A / Apr 22, 2021 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Makers Fund
Makers Fund is a global interactive entertainment venture capital firm focused on early stage investments. The team supports founders through an extensive network and deep experience in the industry.
Makers Fund Contacts
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Adalsteinn Alli Ottarsson
Principal
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Andrew Wilson
Principal
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Archie Stonehill
Investor
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Eric Feddersen
Graduate Intern
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Jay Chi
Founding Partner
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FAQ
What does Jay Chi invest in?
Jay Chi invests primarily in Gaming, Video Games and Online Games startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 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 Jay Chi last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Jay Chi closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 20 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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