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Tom Chi

Founding Partner, At One Ventures

About

Tom Chi combines his background as an astrophysical researcher, Fortune 500 consultant, and Google X founding team member to evaluate climate technologies through an unusually broad technical and business lens that spans astrophysics, hardware, software, and product leadership. He applies Google X's rapid prototyping methodology ("learn in hours, not months") to help portfolio companies iterate faster while requiring investments to be "net positive for nature" at the unit economics level—meaning companies must structurally pull down more CO₂ and support more biodiversity rather than just reducing harm. Tom Chi combines his background as an astrophysical researcher, Fortune 500 consultant, and Google X founding team member to evaluate climate technologies through an unusually broad technical and business lens that spans astrophysics, hardware, software, and product leadership. He applies Google X's rapid prototyping methodology ("learn in hours, not months") to help portfolio companies iterate faster while requiring investments to be "net positive for nature" at the unit economics level—meaning companies must structurally pull down more CO₂ and support more biodiversity rather than just reducing harm.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Climate
Energy
Food
Ag
Materials
Transportation

Investment details

Avg check size$100K - $5M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA