# Jonathan Cholak

> Jonathan Cholak is a seed investor at Adit Ventures backing Software and Information Technology. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Adit Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/psp-ventures)
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jul 2022
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joncholak/
- Website: https://www.aditventures.com

Jonathan Cholak is a seed investor at Adit Ventures in Austin focused on Software and Information Technology. Venture capital investment professional focused on early-stage companies in the financial services, Internet of Things, security and consumer sectors. Bitcoin / Blockchain enthusiast and evangelist.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 19% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 19% |
| FinTech | 2 | 13% |
| Lending | 2 | 13% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 19% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aanika Re | Aanika Re is an insurance vehicle owned by Aanika Biosciences. |  | Seed | Jul 26, 2022 |  |
| Playter | Funding the community of startups and scaleups by helping them convert any invoice into Buy Now, Pay Later. | $55M |  | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Playter | Funding the community of startups and scaleups by helping them convert any invoice into Buy Now, Pay Later. | $55M |  | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Playter | Funding the community of startups and scaleups by helping them convert any invoice into Buy Now, Pay Later. | $5M | Seed | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Playter | Playter is the ultimate B2B platform for flexible payment terms, allowing any businesses to spread the cost of their payable invoices over 3, 6, 9 or 12 months. | $5M | Seed | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Kaleidoco | Kaleidoco is a technology company built for Web3 experiences. | $7M | Seed | Jun 15, 2022 |  |
| Haystacks.AI | Haystacks.AI uses real estate data, and numerous sources of ancillary data, to augment investment decisions in the single-family RE market. | $8M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Haystacks.AI | Haystacks.AI uses real estate data, and numerous sources of ancillary data, to augment investment decisions in the single-family RE market. | $8M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Aanika Biosciences | Aanika Biosciences is a biotechnology company that provides food security services for large agricultural and food companies. The company combines IT and synthetic biology to develop novel solutions to a wide array of challenges. They use synthetic biology to ensure the integrity of supply chains and reduce potential losses. It helps companies gainvaluable insights about their supply chains and their customers make better consumption choices and create a more sustainable world.Aanika Biosciences was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, USA. | $12M | Series A | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| Symmetry Systems | Symmetry Systems operates as a data and AI security company delivering a security-first platform called DataGuard, designed for visibility and governance of sensitive data across hybrid environments. It employs AI-driven scanning to discover, classify, and map structured and unstructured data across cloud and on-prem systems, then continuouslymonitors access patterns, detects anomalies, and enforces data governance policies without compromising custody of the data. The platform can be deployed in high-assurance and air-gapped environments, handles sensitive data even in restricted settings, and integrates with existing security stacks to support compliance and security teams in implementing data-centric zero-trust models. | $15M | Series A | Jun 23, 2021 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1818 Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1818-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Fin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fin-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Fasanara Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fasanara-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Colle Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colle-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hyperplane](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hyperplane-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Adit Ventures

VC Fund · New York, United States

Founded in 2014, Adit Ventures is a venture capital investment firm with over 1250 LPs, $400MM in AUM, five offices across the US, and exits in Airbnb, DocSend, GoPro, Lemonade, Palantir, SharesPost, SoFi, Snap, and Lyft. Adit’s acquires shares in category-leading, high-growth private companies via direct investments in primary rounds or earlyemployees/investors seeking liquidity. Adit’s ability to source and offer these exclusive opportunities to the firm’s investor-partners stems from the global network of relationships the team has developed over their 150+ years of combined investment experience. Adit uses its proprietary ten-step investment process to identify high-value investment opportunities in dynamic and sustainable businesses. Adit invests for growth. In making investment decisions, Adit seeks to capitalize on long-term secular trends and themes in the global economy where we see dynamic areas of growth. Not only does Adit believe these sectors provide the best opportunity for capital appreciation, but also that they enable the firm to make a positive impact on the world by advancing innovation and improving quality of life. Adit is firmly committed to generating a healthy return on our invested capital in alignment with our investors, our goals, and our principles. Adit invests across the entire lifecycle. Adit is currently positioned to invest across the entire company life cycle (Seed to Pre-IPO). This allows the firm to capture more value by pushing investment entry before inflection points of growth and enhances the firm’s visibility and breadth of deal flow across the venture landscape.

5 contacts available at Adit Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel McCooey | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-mccooey |
| Eric Lazear | Chief Operating Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-lazear-bd43 |
| Eric Munson | Principal / Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-munson-2 |
| Jonathan Cholak | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-cholak |
| Julie Klugman | EA and Head of Investor Relations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julie-klugman |

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## FAQ

### What does Jonathan Cholak invest in?

Jonathan Cholak invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 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 Jonathan Cholak last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jonathan Cholak closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 16 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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