Chase Ross Emanuel
InvestorScout at Lightspeed Venture Partners · Investor at Expa
New York, New York
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Chase Ross Emanuel is an exited founder and advisor with experience across early and growth-stage go-to-market strategy. He previously co-founded and led Vanse AI, a generative AI platform designed to assist venture capitalists with investment decisions, and has held roles as a venture operator, investment scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners, and partnership lead at Carta. His background spans ten years in business development and fundraising within edtech, fintech, and govtech sectors.
Experience
- Simple OpsAdvisorcurrent2026 — present
- VanseCo-Founder & CEO (acquired)2024 — 2025
- Various CompaniesVenture Operator & Investor2021 — 2024
- Lightspeed Venture PartnersScout2020 — 2022New York City Metropolitan Area
- CartaBusiness Development Lead, East Coast & Mid-West Partnerships2020 — 2021Greater New York City Area
- GalvanizeHead of Community (NYC Campus)2018 — 2019
- The Knowledge HouseDirector of Partnerships2015 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- City of New YorkMayor's Office of Tech + Innovation, Partnerships Manager2013 — 2015New York City Metropolitan Area
Education
- University of Virginia
- Bronxville High School
- Horace Mann School
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of BusinessBlack Venture Institute (certificate program)
- University of VirginiaBachelor of Arts, Sociology
- University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Skills & more
Computer Literacy1Curriculum Development1Educational Programs1Partner CommunicationsExecutive PlacementsInternal CommunicationsLeading transformational changeData AnalyticsJob PlacementsRecruitment TrainingExecutive StaffingProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)
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Strategic Technology PlanningTechnology EducationRecruitingDiversity and InclusionVenture PhilanthropyBusiness StrategyStartupsBusiness DevelopmentPublic SpeakingLeadershipManagementSPSSFrom Chase's professional profile.
Colleagues at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Aaron Batalion
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Adam Goldberg
Investments at Standard Crypto
Aditya Sharma
Partner, Growth Equity - India & Asia - Pacific at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Akshay Bhushan
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Alexander Schmitt
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Anoushka Vaswani
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine Moyroud
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif Janmohamed
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Network25
Aaron BatalionScout
General Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Adam GoldbergScout
Investments at Standard Crypto
Adrian RaduScout
Investor at Khosla Ventures
Alexander SchmittScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Anoushka VaswaniScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Antoine MoyroudScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arif JanmohamedScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Arsham MemarzadehScout
Partner at Meritech Capital Partners
Barry EggersScout
Co-Founder, Lightspeed at Giant Ventures Global Llp
Bejul SomaiaScout
Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Bipul SinhaScout
Venture Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners
Brian HollinsScout
Founder at Collide Capital
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Bucky Moore · scoutChris Altchek · scoutConnor Love · scoutDavid Gussarsky · scoutFaraz Fatemi · scoutGalym Imanbayev · scoutGaurav Gupta · scoutGuru Chahal · scoutJustin Overdorff · scoutGeorge RadfordKristin (Stannard) KentMilun TesovicNaveen Molloy
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Frequently asked questions
- Where does Chase Ross Emanuel work?
- Chase Ross Emanuel is Scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- What check size does Chase Ross Emanuel write?
- Chase Ross Emanuel typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
Same school
Also attended University of Virginia399
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Also attended Horace Mann School31
Alexi Nazem, MDGeneral Partner at AlleyCorpZachary GinsburgVenture Partner, Calm Ventures at GaingelsSchuster TangerInvestor at Tq Ventures LlcSarah BallChief Compliance Officer at TCVAndre JabbanPartner and Head of Capital Formation at Prime Movers LabVardan GattaniInvestment Partner at 645 Ventures
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Also attended University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business581
Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index VenturesRishi ModiInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Yibo NianInvestment Director at Intel CapitalZhenyu TangInvestment Director at Intel CapitalHariFellow at Clear VenturesDennisDirector of Trading at Pantera Capital
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Shared employers
Also worked at Various Companies193
Leonard PicardoAdvisor at Manta Ray VenturesYtsen van der MeerPrincipal at Cottonwood Technology FundHector MasonGeneral Partner at Episode1Danielle AbdelahadInvestor at Third Rock VenturesSiddharth RamakrishnanPrincipal at Scale Venture PartnersTroy A. LeMaile-StovallCEO at Maryland TEDCO
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Also worked at Lightspeed Venture Partners108
Jeremy LiewPartner at Lightspeed Venture PartnersKishen PatelInvestor at GreycroftSemil ShahInvestor at HaystackMark XuInvestor at Index VenturesAdrian RaduInvestor at Khosla VenturesAndy ChuDirector of Tax at CapitalG
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Also worked at Galvanize19
Bryan BischofHead of AI at Theory VenturesTyler NewtonManaging Partner at Catalyst InvestorsEugene WanInvestor at Construct CapitalKelcey GosserandVenture Partner at REFASHIOND VenturesElisa SepulvedaPrincipal at L'ATTITUDE VenturesErik HuddlestonVenture Advisor at Mercury Fund
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