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Clint Chao

Co-Founder and General Partner at Moment Ventures

Palo Alto, California

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder and General Partner

    2013

    Early stage IT venture capital firm based in Palo Alto, CA investing in B2B tech companies focused on transforming the Future of Industries in and across industry verticals including logistics, food, healthcare, creator, travel and more. Current active investments include Flowspace, Bruviti AI, Barndoor AI, CharacterQuilt, Ambient, Tendrel, Pod Foods, Rafay, Swing Education, Validere, Alto Solutions and other unannounced investments. http://www.momentventures.com

  • Member Board of Directors

    2023

    Founded by the original graduates of the University of California in 1872, the Cal Alumni Association today represents more than half a million alumni living throughout the world. Go Bears! https://alumni.berkeley.edu/

  • Member of the Board of Advisors

    2020

    The Diamante Scholars program helps high school students with overlooked and unseen potential identify a career path and build the professional skills for success. https://diamantescholars.com/

2017

  • Investor and Board Member

    2017

    Flowspace is one of the largest technology-based on-demand warehouse and logistics platforms for fulfillment and storage. Moment Ventures led the seed round and have since co-invested alongside Canvas, the Build Group and Industrious Ventures. http://www.flow.space

  • Investor

    2024

    Founded in 2024, Barndoor AI is the first and only Control Plane for the agentic enterprise, giving IT and security the guardrails they need, and business teams the freedom to move fast without the risk. Moment invested in Barndoor AI's first institutional seed round led by Crosslink Ventures. http://www.barndoor.ai

2024

  • Seed Investor

    2024

    Bruviti AI is an agentic AI startup building technology to streamline the complexities of service operations for enterprises building connected endpoint products. In 2024, Moment participated in a seed investment with DYDX Ventures.

  • Pre-Seed Investor

    2024

    GTM Powered by Voice of Customer. Currently in stealth. Moment became a pre-seed investor in 2024.

2023

  • Investor and Board Observer

    2023

    Tendrel is a workforce quality and optimization platform built for frontline industries. Moment co-led the Company's seed round with Zenda VC, and joined by co-investors Bread & Butter Ventures, Everywhere VC, Supply Change Capital and Chingona Ventures. http://www.tendrel.io

2019

  • Investor and Board Member

    2019

    Pod is a technology platform serving omnichannel e-commerce brands at every stage of growth. Their national network of logistics allows retailers across the country to have access to innovative brands and products with the fastest speed to shelf in the industry. Moment led the seed round and have welcomed additional investors M12 Ventures and Industrious Ventures. http://www.podfoods.co

  • Investor

    2016

    Swing Education's innovative workforce infrastructure platform connects schools with substitute teachers and families with remote learning resources. Moment Ventures led the company's seed round and has since welcomed investors Apax, Reach Capital, GV and Owl Ventures. http://www.swingeducation.com