EC

Ellen Chisa

Partner at boldstart ventures

Somerville, Massachusetts

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2022

    Investing in enterprise software companies at inception.

  • Founder-in-Residence

    2021 - 2022

  • Board Director

    2024

    https://generalistai.com/blog.html

  • Board Director

    2022

    Ready‑made collaborative features. Liveblocks provides customizable pre-built features that boost user engagement by adding collaboration to your product. All without derailing your roadmap.

2025

  • Board Director

    2025

    https://www.getnoded.ai/

2021 - 2024

  • Board Director

    2021 - 2024

    Acquired by Shopify & The Guild https://stellate.co/blog/stellate-has-been-acquired

2017 - 2020

  • Cofounder/CEO

    2017 - 2020

    Cofounder and CEO of Dark, a programming language coupled to its editor and infrastructure. Launched first product and onboarded all original users, grew team to 10, raised $5.5M in capital.

2015 - 2017

  • VP Product

    2015 - 2017

    First employee and head of product for an AI travel product.

2012 - 2014

  • Product Manager

    2012 - 2014

    Product Manager for the Backer Experience - project discovery, activity feed, backer history, etc.

2010 - 2012

  • Program Manager

    2010 - 2012

    Program Manager for the Office Hub on Windows Phone 8 and Microsoft Apps for Symbian: http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/04/10/get-microsoft-office-for-symbian/

2008 - 2010

  • Co-Founder

    2008 - 2010

    Collaborative LMS for middle schools.