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Evaline Tsai

Investor

Partner 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

  1. Gigascale CapitalPartnercurrent2026 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  2. Gigascale CapitalPrincipal2023 — 2026Palo Alto, California, United States
  3. Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellow (Class 29)current2024 — present
  4. Fine Structure VenturesSenior Associate2021 — 2022Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Costanoa VenturesInvestment Fellow2020Palo Alto, California, United States
  6. Samsara, IncProduct Manager2019 — 2020San Francisco, California, United States
  7. Cambridge Cancer GenomicsCo-Founder & Chief Product Officer2016 — 2018Greater Cambridge Area
  8. ExxonMobilResearch and Engineering Intern2015Greater Houston
  9. Princeton UniversityOffice of Technology Licensing Intern2013 — 2015Princeton, NJ
  10. UOPIntern Undergrad Tech/R&D2014Des Plaines, IL
  11. Ruhr-Universität BochumKeller Center REACH Intern2013Bochum, Germany

Education

  1. University of CambridgeDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology2015 — 2019
  2. Princeton UniversityBachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.), Chemical and Biological Engineering2011 — 2015
  3. Monta Vista High SchoolHigh School2007 — 2011

Skills & more

  • Leading with FinanceHarvard Business School Online
  • Web Development Career PathCodecademy
  • Open Water DiverSSI Scuba Schools International
  • Machine LearningCoursera Course Certificates
  • Genomics in HealthcareFutureLearn
  • Quantum Mechanics for Scientists and EngineersStanford University
  • Business Foundations SpecializationCoursera Course Certificates
  • Readings in Global HealthedX

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Board seats

Boston MetalCocoonDebut BiotechDioxycleHoxton FarmsPasture BiosciencesSkouriaTerradotVor Systems

Investor

Commonwealth Fusion SystemsPhytoform

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Colleagues at Gigascale Capital