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Rachel Chalmers

Investor

President at Alchemist Japan

San Francisco, California, United States

Writes $1K – $5K checks · typically $2.5K

About

Rachel Chalmers is co-founder of Generationship, a pre-seed investment vehicle focused on technical women founders building software infrastructure companies in AI. She has early-stage investing experience that includes positions in LaunchDarkly, Aviatrix, and Honeycomb, and currently supports founders including Edera and Coval. Her background includes analyst coverage of infrastructure companies and venture capital experience as a principal.

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Experience

  1. GenerationshipCo-Foundercurrent2023 — present
  2. The Tech BrosVenture Partnercurrent2025 — present
  3. Alchemist AcceleratorPart-time Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  4. Alchemist AcceleratorPresident, Managing Director2020 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. HeavybitPartner2023 — 2025San Francisco, California, United States
  6. Merian VenturesVenture Partner2017 — 2019
  7. Honeycomb.ioAdvisor2017 — 2019
  8. IGNITION PARTNERSPrincipal2013 — 2017Palo Alto
  9. The Ada InitiativeAdvisor2011 — 2015
  10. The 451 GroupVP Research, Infrastructure2000 — 2013

Education

  1. Trinity College DublinMPhil, Anglo-Irish Literature1993 — 1994
  2. University of SydneyBA Hons, English1989 — 1992
  3. VC Lab

Skills & more

DealsSaaS45Enterprise Software99Salesforce.com3Open Source7Software as a Service (SaaS)3CommunicationStrategy51Analysis3Go-to-Market Strategy1Presentations2Market Analysis2
+12 moreInvestment StrategiesCompetitive LandscapeMarket ResearchIndustry AnalysisEarly Stage CompaniesSoftware InfrastructureEarly Stage VenturesAngel InvestingNonprofit OrganizationsNonprofit BoardsBoard of DirectorsStart-up Ventures
  • Certificate of Completion: Al Fluency Framework & Foundations — Anthropic
  • VC University — VC University
  • Certificate of completion: Claude 101 — Anthropic

From Rachel's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Trinity College Dublin89

Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalGJustin HallPartner at Golden Gate VenturesBriac BombrunInvestment Associate at Burda Principal InvestmentsBrian SmigaVenture Partner, Co-Founder at Alpha PartnersTom StaffordCo-founder at DST GlobalVeronica DaiglePresident, National Security Practice at Red Cell Incubation

+ 83 more

Also attended University of Sydney210

Clay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesClare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director at Burda Principal InvestmentsTony NystenPartner at OpenOceanNaomi GunasekaranDeputy Chief Financial Officer, Funds - Finance at Magnetar AI VenturesJethro CohenPrincipal at Square Peg CapitalOsh JayasuriyaInvestment Operations Manager at Square Peg Capital

+ 204 more

Also attended VC Lab34

Seth HallenFounder and Managing Partner at Hallstone VenturesMatthew StaffordInvestor at STAFFORD VCJamey EdwardsHealth Transformer Coach at StartUp HealthBenjamin BoatengInvestor at ODBANassir CrissPrincipal at Sixty8 CapitalNobuhiro SekiCIO at Monozukuri Ventures

+ 28 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Heavybit15

Tom DrummondManaging Director at HeavybitJoseph RuscioI build scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems.Jesse RobbinsFounder and Investor in AI Developer ToolsDana OshiroPartner at HeavybitJames LindenbaumCo-founder at HeavybitAmir ZohrenejadPart-time Partner at Heavybit

+ 9 more

Also worked at Honeycomb.io11

Eric AndersonPartner at Scale Venture PartnersMeghan GillVenture Partner at Ansa CapitalJacob CongerInvestor at HeadlineTae Hea NahmManaging Director at Storm VenturesArun PenmetsaPartner at Storm VenturesBen FuPartner at OMERS Ventures

+ 5 more

Also worked at IGNITION PARTNERS15

JackCFO at Renegade PartnersCameronGeneral Partner at FUSEKellanGeneral Partner at FUSEJohnOperating Partner at FUSESatbirOperating Partner at FUSERyanCFO at FUSE

+ 9 more

Also worked at The 451 Group1

Vishy VenugopalanSenior Associate at Citi Ventures

Colleagues at Alchemist Japan

Agni Karmazi
Software Quality Assurance Test Engineer at Alchemist Japan
Alex Miguel
Admissions & Partnerships at Alchemist Japan
Ally Hoang
Program Associate at Alchemist Japan
Ana Rita Silva
Program Assistant at Alchemist Japan
Annika Lauer
Director of Operations at Alchemist Japan
Bethany Gardner
Bookkeeper & Payroll Specialist at Alchemist Japan
Celeste Flores
Global Community Liaison at Alchemist Japan
Daanish Ahmed
Marketing Coordinator at Alchemist Japan