Investing Profile

Ethan Kurzweil(1)

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Founder & Managing Partner at Chemistry
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NewCo Network
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NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
Top-Patents Network
1029 CONNECTIONS
Stanford University Network
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Current Investing Position
Chemistry VC Managing Partner
Investment Range
$3.0M - $25.0M
Sweet Spot
$10.0M
Investments On Record
51

Ethan Kurzweil is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Ethan Kurzweil's Investments On Record (24)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Fathom Therapeutics
Series AApr 2026$47M
$47M
TRM Labs
Series BNov 2022$70M
Series BDec 2021$60M
Series AJun 2021$14M
$220M
Co-investors: Rashmi Gopinath (B Capital Group), Charles Birnbaum (Bessemer Venture Partners), Spencer Bogart (Blockchain Capital), Laura Rippy (Alumni Ventures ), Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Charles Howe (Citi Ventures), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Scott Belsky (A24), Rob Eldridge (Tapas Capital), Pierre Lavaux, Trevor Wright
ForeVR Games
Series AOct 2022$10M
SeedAug 2021$7M
$19M
Co-investors: Justin Waldron (Polychain Capital), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Sam Englebardt (Galaxy Digital), Buddy Arnheim (Orthogonal Ventures), Emmett Shear, Mark Pincus
LaunchDarkly
Series DAug 2021$200M
Series UnknownJan 2020$54M
Series CMar 2019$44M
$330M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Praveen Akkiraju (Insight Partners), Scott Raney (Redpoint Ventures), Josh Stein (Threshold Ventures), Jonathan Heiliger (Vertex Ventures), James Cham (Bloomberg BETA), Avery Rosin (Lead Edge Capital), Jesse Robbins (Heavybit Industries), Tom Drummond (Heavybit), Andy Chou (11.2 Capital), Preetish Nijhawan (Cervin Ventures), Neeraj Gupta (Cervin Ventures), Erik Eccles
Prefect
Series BJun 2021$32M
$56M
Co-investors: Sam Teller (Thrive Capital), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Morgan Livermore (Quiet Capital), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Patrick O'Shaughnessy (Positive Sum VC), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Anthony Goldbloom (AIX Ventures), Gavin Baker (Atreides Management), Chris Denny-Brown (O'Shaughnessy Ventures)
Coiled
Series AMay 2021$21M
$26M
Co-investors: Matthias Turck (FirstMark Capital), Brad Gillespie (IA Ventures), Tony Liu (Costanoa Ventures), Greg Sands (Costanoa Ventures), Anthony Goldbloom (AIX Ventures)
DataDistillr
SeedApr 2021$5M
$7M
Co-investors: Anthony Goldbloom (AIX Ventures), Timothy Chen (Essence VC), Justin Label
Okera
Series BJun 2020$15M
Series AMay 2018$12M
$30M
Co-investors: Wesley Chan (FPV Fund), Gokul Rajaram (gokulrajaram.com), Michael Stoppelman (Xtripe Angels), Jishnu Bhattacharjee (Nexus Venture Partners), Anand Swaminathan (Accenture)

most interested in

Consumer applications, future of media, online video, developer platforms

Ethan Kurzweil's Experience

Founder & Managing Partner Chemistry2024 - Present
Board Member LaunchDarkly2019 - Present
Seed Investor UptherePresent
Board Member UptherePresent
Seed Investor Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Board Member VTSPresent
Board Member Sm4rt Predictive SystemsPresent
Board Member Hightower IncPresent
Investor and Board Observer TwilioPresent
Investor and Board Observer Terra Bella (a Planet company)Present
Investor and Board Observer Adap.tvPresent
Board Member Team SolomidPresent
Board Member ManychatPresent
Board Member View The SpacePresent
Board Member OkeraPresent
Board Member PinpointPresent
Board Member PiazzaPresent
Board Member Simply Measured, A Sprout Social CompanyPresent
Board Member Hightower Inc.Present
Board Member Twitch.TVPresent
Seed Investor GameFamPresent
Seed Investor Top-PatentsPresent
Board Member Top-PatentsPresent
Seed Investor NewCoPresent
Board Member NewCoPresent
Board Member Okera (Acquired by Databricks)Present
Senior Manager, Office of the CEO Dow JonesPresent
Associate, Chancellor's Strategic Initiatives Group NYC Department of EducationPresent
Business Analyst McKinsey & CompanyPresent
Board Member Team SoloMidPresent
Investor HashicorpPresent
Board Member Intercom2014 - 2025
Partner Bessemer Venture Partners2008 - 2024
Board Member Basis Theory2021 - 2024
Board Member TRM Labs2021 - 2024
Investor and Board Member Blitz2019 - 2024
Board Member ManyChat2018 - 2024
Board Member TSM2018 - 2024
Board Member VTS, Inc.2016 - 2024
Investor HashiCorp2018 - 2021
Board Member PagerDuty2014 - 2020
Board Member npm, Inc.2015 - 2020
Board Member Periscope Data2016 - 2019
Investor Life3602011 - 2019
Investor and Board Observer SendGrid2012 - 2017
Advisory Board Member, Bay Area New Leaders2009 - 2016
Investor and Board Observer Twilio Inc.2010 - 2016
Board Member Twitch2012 - 2014
Investor and Board Observer Skybox Imaging2010 - 2014
Investor and Board Observer Playdom2009 - 2010
CEO's Office and Marketing/Community Linden Lab2007 - 2008
Senior Manager, Office of the CEO Dow Jones & Co.2004 - 2006
Associate, Chancellor's Strategic Initiatives Group New York City Department of Education2002 - 2004
Business Analyst McKinsey & Co.2001 - 2003
Founder and Director of Business Development Level Access1999 - 2001

Ethan Kurzweil's Education

Harvard Business School MBA Business
Stanford University A.B. Economics