Ajay Chopra
InvestorFounderGeneral Partner at Trinity Ventures · Board director at Gobble
San Francisco Bay Area
FoundedGobble · YC
About
An entrepreneur-turned-investor who co-founded Pinnacle Systems, growing it into a multibillion-dollar NASDAQ-listed company. He joined Trinity Ventures in 2006 and invests in consumer and business applications and services, with current deep dives into autonomy, mobility, and digital health.
Invests in
ConsumerDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareMobility & Transportation
Board director at GobbleYC W14
Intro paths
YC
Ajay went through Y Combinator (Winter 2014) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Ajay can intro founders to Gobble's investors below.
Gobble's investors · 6
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2017Bling CapitalMiami Beach · $1M – $5M checks · since 2017Initialized CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $5M checks · since 2017Khosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2017Trinity VenturesMenlo Park · $500K – $6M checks · since 2017Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2014
Co-founders at Gobble
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Ooshma GargFounder/CEO
Experience
- Trinity VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2006 — presentMenlo Park and San Francisco
- OutreachBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentUnited States
- CommerceIQBoard Membercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
- Arize AISeed investorcurrent2020 — presentSan Francisco
- BirdEyeSeries A lead investor and Board Membercurrent2015 — present
- EarninSeed investorcurrent2015 — presentPalo Alto
- Zero FastingSeed Investorcurrent2019 — present
- GeniesSeed Investorcurrent2017 — present
- FirstupBoard2021 — 2025United States
- UpLift Inc.Seed investor2013 — 2025Sunnyvale, California
- Bulletproof 360Board Member2017 — 2024Seattle, Washington
- GobbleSeries A lead investor and Board Member2015 — 2022Palo Alto
- Fitbit (now part of Google)Investor2015 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Dynamic SignalSeries A lead investor and Board Member2010 — 2021San Bruno, Ca
- DelivSeed investor2013 — 2020
- TubeMogul, Inc.Series A lead investor and Board Member2009 — 2016Emeryville
- STRATIMBoard Member2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- The Harker SchoolMember Board Of Trustees2009 — 2016San Jose
- Fitstar by FitbitSeries A lead investor and Board Member2013 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
- Green Throttle Games, Inc.Series A lead investor and Board Member2012 — 2014
Education
- Stony Brook UniversityM.S., Electronics
- Birla Institute of Technology And Science (BITS), PilaniB.S., Electronics
Skills & more
Start-ups99Solution Selling11CEOs33Venture Capital72SaaS42Entrepreneurship94Strategic Partnerships27Product Management23Leadership42Investments6Cloud Computing8Analytics3
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Digital MediaGo-to-market StrategyMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness DevelopmentManagementEnterprise SoftwarePrivate EquityCorporate DevelopmentStrategySoftware as a Service (SaaS)Business StrategyExecutive ManagementFrom Ajay's professional profile.
Colleagues at Trinity Ventures
Dan Scholnick
Managing Partner at Four Rivers Group
Gus Tai
General Partner at Trinity Ventures
Larry Orr
Partner Emeritus at Trinity Ventures
Lyle McCulloch
SVP of Finance at Trinity Ventures
Melody Ma
Executive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity Ventures
Noel Fenton
Founding Partner at Trinity Ventures
Patricia Nakache
General Partner at Trinity Ventures
Sally Blumenfeld
VP, Controller at Trinity Ventures
Network11
Brett WilsonScout
General Partner at Swift Ventures
Charles KingScout
General Partner at MaC Venture Capital
Dharmesh ThakkerScout
General Partner at Battery Ventures
Justin MateenScout
Founding Partner at Jam Fund
Sheel TyleScout
Founder and CEO at Amplo Ventures
Dan Scholnick
Managing Partner at Four Rivers Group
David Chao
Co-Founder and General Partner at DCM Ventures
David Stewart
Venture Partner at LiveOak Ventures
Gary Kremen
Investor at Sand Hill Angels
Larry Orr
Partner Emeritus at Trinity Ventures
Noel Fenton
Founding Partner at Trinity Ventures
Investors connected to Ajay in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Ajay Chopra work?
- Ajay Chopra is General Partner at Trinity Ventures and Founder at Gobble.
- What does Ajay Chopra invest in?
- Ajay Chopra invests in Consumer, Digital Health, Enterprise Software, Mobility & Transportation.
- What companies did Ajay Chopra found?
- Ajay Chopra founded Gobble.
Same school
Also attended Stony Brook University50
Mojca SkoberneEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Alex BardManaging Director at Redpoint VenturesKonstantinos AprilakisPartner at Deerfield Management CompanyDavid WhittakerVenture Partner at Elm Street VenturesJeffrey SachsAdvisor at Windham Capital PartnersScarlett ChenManaging Partner at Verge HealthTech Fund
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Shared employers
Also worked at CommerceIQ6
Karan MehandruManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupAaron MizrahiAmazon Partner at True Beauty VenturesPriya SaiprasadInvestment Advisory Council at Neythri Futures FundEvan WijayaPrincipal at Touring CapitalRavi MohanManaging Director at Shasta VenturesConnor GuessVice President at Insight Partners
Also worked at Gobble3
Also worked at Fitbit (now part of Google)18
Arpan ShahInvestor at Spark CapitalSteve MurrayAdvisor, Revolution Growth at RevolutionDavid HartwigOperating Partner at Sapphire VenturesJon CallaghanFounder and Venture Capitalist in Palo Alto, CAMike SherbakovGeneral Partner at The Veteran FundBev CarletonAdvisor at Katalyst Ventures
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