Where does Chase Adam work?

Chase Adam is Partner at Very Serious Ventures.

Where did Chase Adam go to school?

Chase Adam studied at Y Combinator (First nonprofit funded by Y Combinator.); UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Global Studies); The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus.

Chase Adam

Investor

Partner at Very Serious Ventures

Capitola, California, United States

30 Under 30 2014 · Social Entrepreneurs

Find your path to Chase

382 people in our graph share verified history with Chase — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Coral Garnick DuckenunlockedChase: together at Peace Corps (2011)

×7Chase: together at Y Combinator

×2Chase: together at UC Santa Barbara

Chase: together at Peace Corps

Experience

GroveCofounder, General Partnercurrent2024 — present
Very Serious VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2021 — present
Leaders In TechBoard Member2022 — 2024
Leaders In TechInterim Executive Director2021 — 2023
WatsiBoard Member2020 — 2024
WatsiCofounder, CEO2010 — 2020Global
South Park CommonsMember2021 — 2022
MesoCofounder, CEO2017 — 2020
Pacific Community Ventures (PCV)Loan Officer2011 — 2013San Francisco
Peace CorpsMicrofinance Advisor2009 — 2011Costa Rica
Sèvis Finansye FonkozeFellow2008 — 2009Haiti
Diligence Inc.Intelligence Intern2008Washington D.C. Metro Area
EverywhereService jobs2000 — 2008

Skills & more

Languages English · Spanish

From Chase's professional profile.

Colleagues at Very Serious Ventures

Joe Greenstein

Partner at Very Serious Ventures

Rachel Sheinbein

Venture Partner at Lemnos and active angel investor

Frequently asked questions

Who is Chase Adam?: Partner at Very Serious Ventures
Where does Chase Adam work?: Chase Adam is Partner at Very Serious Ventures.
Where did Chase Adam go to school?: Chase Adam studied at Y Combinator (First nonprofit funded by Y Combinator.); UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Global Studies); The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus.

Founder mafias

Y Combinator mafia10,230

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam AltmanPresidentFounded Tools for Humanity +3 Garry TanPresident & CEOFounded Y Combinator +1 Jessica LivingstonCo-founderFounded Y Combinator Alexis OhanianPartnerFounded Reddit Fred EhrsamYC Summer 2012Founded Nudge +1 Matt HuangYC Winter 2011Founded Paradigm +1

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UC Santa Barbara mafia179

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Logan GreenBAFounded Lyft Nils ReggeBAFounded Developx +2 Michael WitzbaFounded Mob Science +2 Zheng XuPh.D.Founded SolarCity +1 Anita KhamvongsaBachelor of Arts (B.A.)Founded Venbrook +1 David J. PhillipsB.A.Founded Fondo +1

+ 172 more

South Park Commons mafia68

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kanjun QiuMemberFounded Kanjun +2 Alex ModonMemberFounded Silverpush +1 Sam OdioHusband, Father, and SPC MemberFounded Divvyshot +1 Sheridan ClayborneMemberFounded Lendtable +1 Atray DixitMemberFounded Oncko +1 Jeffrey WangMemberFounded Exa Labs +1

+ 61 more

Southparkcommons mafia64

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kanjun QiuMemberFounded Kanjun +2 Alex ModonMemberFounded Silverpush +1 Sam OdioHusband, Father, and SPC MemberFounded Divvyshot +1 Atray DixitMemberFounded Oncko +1 Jeffrey WangMemberFounded Exa Labs +1 Rakesh TondonFellowFounded Dr. Treat +1

+ 57 more

Leaders In Tech mafia56

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Sam HashemiFounded Felt +1 Michael BabineauFellow (2022-2023)Founded Second Measure +1 Michael HeinrichFounded OG Labs +1 Ferhat BabacanFellowFounded Bluedot +1 Ron EfroniFellowFounded Flox +1 Selinay ParlakFellowFounded Bluedot +1

+ 49 more

Same school

Also attended Y Combinator2,000

Ryan SheaCo-founder of Blockstack (Stacks)Suhail DoshiFounder of Mixpanel; founder of Particle Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Akshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire Ventures Jon XuGeneral Partner at Y Combinator Chris GoldaGeneral Partner at Y Combinator

+ 1,994 more

Also attended UC Santa Barbara437

Logan GreenCo-founder of Lyft Jen WangDeal Operations Manager at Felicis Ventures Arturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel Capital Kevin ThauInvestor at Spark Capital Erica DelamareInvestor at Daphni Danielle RomanowskiExecutive Assistant at Sapphire Ventures

+ 431 more

Also attended The University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus5

Twisha KiniFinance Manager at Stack Capital Kayla GrantExecutive Director at Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility Wayne ElliottHead - Technical Programmes at Caribbean Export Development Agency Karen HarrisInvestor at Small Business Bureau – Loan Guarantee & Concessionary Loan support Chase AdamGeneral Partner at Grove

Also attended Universidad de Concepción12

Alberto MerinoVP of Finance at Acurio Ventures Iván CordovaDeputy IT Manager at Fundación Chile Eugenio CantuariasManaging Partner at AceleraLatam Sebastián ManríquezPartner y Head of Investment at AceleraLatam Camilo Silva CaviedesFounder at Ruka Max EcheverríaFounder and CEO at Eskuad

+ 6 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Grove1

Chase AdamGeneral Partner at Grove

Also worked at Leaders In Tech27

Joe GreensteinPartner at Very Serious Ventures Arturo ElizondoAdvisor at Avila Sam YaganCo-Founder and Managing Director at Corazon Capital Dina BurkitbayevaCo-Founder at PsyMed Ventures Mada SegheteCo-Founder & CEO, Upside at xfactor ventures Aarjav TrivediFounder/CEO at Ridecell

+ 21 more

Also worked at Watsi2

Grace GareyFounder/Head of Operations at Watsi Chase AdamGeneral Partner at Grove

Also worked at South Park Commons92

Andrew ParkerAn unabashed tech geek living in Hawaii Kelsey FloresChief Financial Officer at Slipstream Investors Jaclyn Rice NelsonCo-founder and part-time GP at Coalition Operators Bala ChandrasekaranPartner at Alt Capital Ruchi SanghviPartner and Founding Member at South Park Commons Aditya AgarwalPartner at South Park Commons

+ 86 more