Chapter One
Venture capitalLos Angeles · Seed · 5 people tracked
Also known as CHAPTER ONE, PAGE ONE LLC
Investment thesis
Chapter One frames its investing around backing founders with immense, imaginative ambition, arguing that generational companies have always been defined by that quality. The firm suggests that startups today are no longer limited to code and pixels, and it seeks to support founders who are authoring the future people want to live in.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 2, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's websiteGeneral Partner who came to venture via anti-spam, online safety, and professional sports betting. She was the technical lead for platform manipulation at Twitter and previously worked as a professional fantasy sports bettor.
Founder and General Partner of Chapter One, previously VP of Product, Revenue at Tinder. He began investing as a scout at Index Ventures and has backed 11 seed-stage unicorns including Mercury, Supabase, Turing, Compound Finance, and Ondo Finance. Holds a BA and MBA from UCLA.
Brand designer who has created branding for startups such as Auth0, Loom, Scale, Vercel, and GitLab, and partnered with Google on numerous products. An early employee at Robinhood, he most recently led a design and engineering team at Scale.
Leads finance, operations, fund modeling, follow-on investing, and LP relations. He joined full-time in 2021 after serving as outsourced CFO through Airstream Alpha, which he founded in 2018, and previously spent a decade as an institutional LP leading PE/VC investing at Texas Children's Hospital's foundation.
Chief Executive Assistant supporting the firm's operations. A College of Charleston biology graduate who served as finance director for a student-led nonprofit supporting pediatric healthcare.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Chapter One invest at?
- Chapter One invests at the Seed stage.
- What sectors does Chapter One focus on?
- Chapter One focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, Defense Tech, Developer Tools, Fintech, Hardware, SaaS.
- Where is Chapter One located?
- Chapter One is headquartered in Los Angeles, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamCrypto's Moment is Now ft Jeff Morris Jr. - Chapter One Ventures - YouTube
Decypher Podcast · Jeff Morris Jr.
No one talks about this in venture capital | Jeff Morris Jr. of Chapter One | 1947 VC - YouTube
1947 Rise with Shiva Singh Sangwan · Jeff Morris Jr.
Starting an Early Stage Venture Capital Fund: Insights from Jeff Morris Jr. of Chapter One - YouTube
Elana Gold | The Girls Table · Jeff Morris Jr.
Monetizing Tinder - Fireside Chat with Jeff Morris Jr. | Managing Partner at Chapter One - YouTube
The Product Folks · Jeff Morris Jr.
Jeff Morris Jr.: Chapter One - The Founder Hour Podcast - YouTube
The Founder Hour · Jeff Morris Jr.
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