Investing Profile

Salen Churi

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Founder and General Partner at Trust Ventures
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Current Investing Position
Trust Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
12

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Salen Churi's Investments On Record (8)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Base Power
Series COct 2025$1B
$1.2B
Co-investors: Sebastian Duesterhoeft (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Katherine Boyle (Andreessen Horowitz), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Jackson Moses (Afore Capital), Lee Fixel (Addition), Brian Tochman (Trust Ventures), Eric Tarczynski (Contrary Capital), Brad Gerstner (Altimeter Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), David Yakobovitch (DataPower Ventures)
GreenLite Technologies
Series ASep 2024$29M
SeedOct 2023$8M
$87M
Co-investors: Jeff Horing (Insight Partners), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Ryan Hrabak (Craft Ventures)
Valkyrie Andromeda
Pre SeedMay 2024$5M
$5M
Sana Benefits
Series BJun 2022$60M
Series AOct 2021$20M
Series ASep 2020$21M
SeedOct 2019$4M
$110M
Co-investors: Stephen Oskoui (Gigafund)
PairTree
SeedMar 2022$5M
$7M
Co-investors: David Frankel (Founder Collective), Julie Lein (Urban Innovation Fund), Philip Carson (Cubit Capital)
The Helper Bees
Series BJan 2022$13M
$54M
Co-investors: Ludwig Schulze (Alumni Ventures ), Morgan Flager (Silverton Partners)
Steno
Series ASep 2021$10M
$28M
Co-investors: Daniel Curran (FundersClub), Jason Fiedler (Left Lane Capital), Jacob Kerzner
Visibly
Series BNov 2018$9M
$28M
Co-investors: Hanel Baveja (Union Square Ventures), Stuart Larkins (Chicago Ventures), Brian Hirsch (Tribeca Venture Partners), Peter Liu (Revelry Venture Partners), Armando Pauker (Tensility Venture Partners), Mark Friedgan (Hubrix Ventures), Nick Kingsbury (Amadeus Capital Partners)

Salen Churi's Experience

Landlord Base Power Company2023 - Present
Co-Founder and Board Member Abundance Institute2023 - Present
Board Member Mercatus Center at George Mason University2020 - Present
Founder and General Partner Trust Ventures2017 - Present
General Partner Trust VenturesPresent
Law Professor / Director of the Innovation Clinic The Innovation Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School2013 - 2018
Associate Director of the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship Institute for Justice2013 - 2015
Associate Kirkland & Ellis2013 - 2013
Associate Sidley Austin LLP2011 - 2013
Judge Sandra S. Beckwith United States Courts2009 - 2009

Salen Churi's Education

Miami University B.A. with honors, Philosophy
University of Chicago Law School J.D. with honors