Evaline Tsai
InvestorPartner at Gigascale Capital
Palo Alto, California
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Evaline Tsai is a Partner at Gigascale Capital who moved from operating roles into venture investing, focusing on commercializing breakthrough science and supporting first-time technical founders. She previously spent two years at Fine Structure Ventures and completed a fellowship at Costanoa Ventures. She founded Y Combinator–backed Cambridge Cancer Genomics during her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge, and later served as the first AI/ML product manager at Samsara, where she was granted four patents. She holds a B.S.E. in Chemical and Biological Engineering from Princeton and is a Kauffman Fellow.
Invests in
BiotechCleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Experience
- Gigascale CapitalPartnercurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
- Gigascale CapitalPrincipal2023 — 2026Palo Alto, California, United States
- Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellow (Class 29)current2024 — present
- Fine Structure VenturesSenior Associate2021 — 2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Costanoa VenturesInvestment Fellow2020Palo Alto, California, United States
- Samsara, IncProduct Manager2019 — 2020San Francisco, California, United States
- Cambridge Cancer GenomicsCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer2016 — 2018Greater Cambridge Area
- ExxonMobilResearch and Engineering Intern2015Greater Houston
- Princeton UniversityOffice of Technology Licensing Intern2013 — 2015Princeton, NJ
- UOPIntern Undergrad Tech/R&D2014Des Plaines, IL
- Ruhr-Universität BochumKeller Center REACH Intern2013Bochum, Germany
Education
- University of CambridgeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology2015 — 2019
- Princeton UniversityBachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.), Chemical and Biological Engineering2011 — 2015
- Monta Vista High SchoolHigh School2007 — 2011
Skills & more
- Leading with Finance — Harvard Business School Online
- Web Development Career Path — Codecademy
- Open Water Diver — SSI Scuba Schools International
- Machine Learning — Coursera Course Certificates
- Genomics in Healthcare — FutureLearn
- Quantum Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers — Stanford University
- Business Foundations Specialization — Coursera Course Certificates
- Readings in Global Health — edX
From Evaline's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended University of Cambridge652
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Also attended Princeton University474
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kauffman Fellows365
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Also worked at Cambridge Cancer Genomics2
Also worked at ExxonMobil42
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Also worked at Princeton University75
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Investments
Board seats
Boston MetalCocoonDebut BiotechDioxycleHoxton FarmsPasture BiosciencesSkouriaTerradotVor Systems
Investor
Commonwealth Fusion SystemsPhytoform
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