Investing Profile

Chris Sklarin

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Managing Partner, Castor Ventures at Castor Ventures

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Hotmail Network

4979 CONNECTIONS

Hotmail Network

4979 CONNECTIONS

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network

524 CONNECTIONS

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Network

239 CONNECTIONS

Alumni Ventures Network

82 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Castor Ventures Managing Partner

Investment Range

$50K - $10.0M

Sweet Spot

$5.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$550K

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Chris Sklarin's Investments On Record (49)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
South 8 Technologies	Series ADec 2025$11M	$23M
Co-investors: Jimmy Kan (Anzu Partners), Chris Moran (Applied Materials)
Synchron	Series DNov 2025$200M	$320M
Co-investors: Alex Morgan (Khosla Ventures), Christian Angermayer (Presight Capital), Thomas Reardon (WestView Capital Partners), Ari Nowacek (ARCH Venture Partners), Robert Nelsen (ARCH Venture Partners)
Psyonic	SeedOct 2025
Rise	SeedSep 2025	$18M
Co-investors: Ann Miura Ko (Floodgate), Aileen Lee (Cowboy Ventures), Gloria Baeuerlein (Index Ventures), Tim Draper (Draper Associates), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Stewart Butterfield (Slack Technologies, Inc), Adriaan Mol (Unknown Ventures), Daniel Cohen (Viola Ventures), Eric Lefkofsky (Lightbank), Scott Stanford (ACME Capital), Ellen Levy (Silicon Valley Connect), David Wu (Maveron), Shervin Pishevar (ACME Capital), Lex Sokolin (Generative Ventures), Nik Milanovic (The Fintech Fund), Koen Bok (Festina), Tuomas Artman (Artman & Co), Russell Smith (Atomico), Paul Veugen, Justin Mateen
Goodpath	Series ASep 2025$18M	$22M
Co-investors: Eric Emmons (MassMutual Ventures), Rebecca Woodcock (Yamaha Motor Ventures)
Asylon	Series BJul 2025$24M	$24M
Co-investors: Derren Burrell (Veteran Ventures Capital), Rags Gupta (TBD Angels)
Qedma	Series AJul 2025$26M	$26M
Co-investors: Lior Litwak (Glilot Capital Partners)
Finwave Semiconductor	Series UnknownMay 2025$8M	$8M
Co-investors: Reed Sturtevant (The Engine), Arunas Chesonis (Safar Partners)

Chris Sklarin's Experience

Director of Sales Engineering Priority Call Management (LHS/Sema/SchlumbergerSema)Present

Director of Sales Engineering HotmailPresent

VP Business Dev. InspherionPresent

VP Business Dev. HotmailPresent

Investment Associate JumpStart Inc.Present

Associate and Director of Business Development - Upper Midwest Chrysalis VenturesPresent

Director, Business Development BioEnterprisePresent

Director, Business Development Vulcan ProductionsPresent

Vice President Edison PartnersPresent

MP, Castor Ventures Alumni VenturesPresent

Managing Partner Castor VenturesPresent

Managing Partner, Castor Ventures Alumni VenturesPresent

Managing Partner Castor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Present

Managing Partner Strawberry Creek Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Present

Chris Sklarin's Education

St. Paul's School HS High School

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bachelor of Science - BS EECS

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business MBA Business Administration and Management, General

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