Where does Frank Chang work?

Frank Chang is Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures and Board director at TrojAI.

What check size does Frank Chang write?

Frank Chang typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.

What companies has Frank Chang invested in?

Investments tracked here include Apera, Hiverge, NLX, Orbital Materials, Phaidra AI, Troj AI, Variational AI.

Where did Frank Chang go to school?

Frank Chang studied at Princeton University (B.A, Computer Science); The Pingry School.

Frank Chang

Investor

Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures · Board director at TrojAI

United States

Writes $500K – $1.5M checks · typically $1M

About

Frank Chang, a nearly 20‑year TPM veteran from Microsoft and Amazon who led large-scale ML systems including Amazon Advertising, advises technically ambitious, safety‑critical AI deep‑tech startups in Canada and Europe.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

f•••@flyingfish.vcreveal

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareHardware

Board director at TrojAI

Intro paths

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In turn, Frank can intro founders to TrojAI's investors below.

TrojAI's investors · 4

Concrete VenturesMeteghan · $182.5K – $365K checks Flybridge Capital PartnersNew York · $250K – $10M checks · since 2024 Flying Fish VenturesSeattle · $500K – $5M checks TechstarsBoulder · $220K checks

Experience

Flying Fish PartnersCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2017 — presentGreater Seattle Area
AgileRLBoard Membercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
HivergeBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentCambridge, England, United Kingdom
Variational AIBoard Membercurrent2021 — presentVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
TrojAI Inc.Board Member2022 — 2026Saint John, NB
YDataBoard Member2021 — 2026Seattle, WA
LEMAY AMERICAS CAR MUSEUMBoard Member2018 — 2024Tacoma, Washington
PhaidraBoard Member2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
Finn AIBoard Member2018 — 2022Vancouver, Canada
gradient.ioBoard Member2018 — 2020Seattle, Washington
AmazonDirector2014 — 2017Seattle
AmazonVice President of Technical Program Management2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area, Seattle
MicrosoftPrincipal Group Program Manager1998 — 2014Greater Seattle Area, Silicon Valley, Shanghai, Beijing, Boston, Lisbon
Reef CorporationProject Manager2000 — 2001Boston, Paris, San Francisco

Skills & more

Mobile Applications22Agile Project Management14Software Development14Software Design14Agile Methodologies13Program Management9Mobile Devices9Product Management11Web Services8Enterprise Software7Team Leadership5Speech Recognition4

+12 more

User ExperienceSoftware EngineeringSOASaaSScalabilityCloud ComputingScrumVendor ManagementWindows AzureMicrosoft OfficeTeam BuildingCross-functional Team Leadership

Languages Chinese · English · Spanish

From Frank's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

AperaHiverge NLX Orbital MaterialsPhaidra AITroj AIVariational AI

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at Flying Fish Ventures

Adriane Brown

Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

Geoff Harris

Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

Heather Gorham

Principal at Flying Fish Ventures

Heather Redman

Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

Lisa Nelson

Venture Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

Malyun Abdullahi

Chief of Staff at Flying Fish Ventures

Tiffany Linke-Boyko

Principal at Flying Fish Ventures

Tri Tran

CFO at Flying Fish Ventures

Network9

Evan ChengScout

Investor at Mysten Labs

Heather RedmanScout

Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

Lip-Bu TanScout

Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital

Marc BhargavaScout

Managing Director at General Catalyst

Chip Hazard

General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners

Evan Tana

General Partner at West Ventures

Geoff Harris

Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

Lan Xuezhao

Founder & Partner at Basis Set Ventures

Ray Wu

Managing Partner at Alumni Ventures

Investors connected to Frank in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Frank Chang?: Frank Chang, a nearly 20‑year TPM veteran from Microsoft and Amazon who led large-scale ML systems including Amazon Advertising, advises technically ambitious, safety‑critical AI deep‑tech startups in Canada and Europe.
Where does Frank Chang work?: Frank Chang is Managing Partner at Flying Fish Ventures and Board director at TrojAI.
What does Frank Chang invest in?: Frank Chang invests in AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Developer Tools, Enterprise Software, Hardware.
What check size does Frank Chang write?: Frank Chang typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
What companies has Frank Chang invested in?: Investments tracked here include Apera, Hiverge, NLX, Orbital Materials, Phaidra AI, Troj AI, Variational AI.
Where did Frank Chang go to school?: Frank Chang studied at Princeton University (B.A, Computer Science); The Pingry School.