# Chris Paik, General Partner at Thrive Capital > Chris Paik, General Partner at Thrive Capital. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source. Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-paik (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) New York City, US · Partner # Chris Paik General Partner at [Pace Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pace-capital) Profile summary - **Rounds named:** - none observed - **Filings:** 4 with regulators - **Podcasts:** 6 +1 mentions What this record rests on - **Named in rounds** No round names them yet - ✓ **On filings** 4 filings with a regulator - ✓ **Linked to a firm** At Pace Capital - **Claimed** Not claimed yet Titles come from filings their firm signed. [Correct or remove](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=chris-paik)[Is this you? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?person=chris-paik) ## The firm [**Pace Capital** VC firm · US **4** cheques in 12 months **5** all time **1** led deploying](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pace-capital) ## Companies they are listed as backing Portfolio - [SchoolHouse](https://millionrounds.com/startup/schoolhouse-2) - [Tiltify](https://millionrounds.com/startup/tiltify) ## Where they are named on record Filings - SEC Form D · Company raising **Chrono, Inc** Director since 2022 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Tiltify, Inc.** Director since 2020 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Chrono, Inc.** Director since 2019 - SEC Form D · Company raising **Grailed, Inc** Director since 2015 Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date. ## Also at Pace Capital - [**Jordan Cooper** Manager / Member of Pace Capital Management LLC *0 rounds*](https://millionrounds.com/person/jordan-cooper) ## Hear them before you pitch them - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 10 Jul 2025 · 3h 19m Grok 4 Launch Breakdown, OpenAI to Release Web Browser | Chris Paik, Will Bruey, Joel Becker, Dylan Parker, Eric Olson, Ghita Houir Alami, Elliot Hershberg, Karim Atiyeh With [Chris Paik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-paik)[Eric Olson](https://millionrounds.com/person/eric-olson)[Karim Atiyeh](https://millionrounds.com/person/karim-atiyeh-3) About this episode (02:28) - Grok 4 Launch Breakdown (36:09) - Open AI to Release Web Browser (50:31) - Apple Plans to Release New Apple Vision Pro Model (58:48) - Chris Paik, General Partner at Pace Capital and former Partner at Thrive Capital, discusses the evolution of human-computer interaction,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [TBPN](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/tbpn) · 12 Jun 2025 · 3h 44m Air India Crash, Internet Chaos | Delian Asparouhov, Saif Khawaja, Henri Stern, Chris Paik, Joseph Cohen, Zachary Perret, Shirin Ghaffary, Cameron McCord, Anil Varanasi, Shreyas Iyer With [Chris Paik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-paik)[Delian Asparouhov](https://millionrounds.com/person/delian-asparouhov)[Henri Stern](https://millionrounds.com/person/henri-stern)[Joseph Cohen](https://millionrounds.com/person/joseph-cohen)[Zachary Perret](https://millionrounds.com/person/zachary-perret) Mentions [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) About this episode (41:42) - Delian Asparouhov, a Bulgarian entrepreneur and investor, is a partner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Space Industries, focusing on in-space manufacturing. In the conversation, he discusses the critical role of effective pilot communication in preventing aviation accidents,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Turpentine VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/turpentine-vc) · 12 Nov 2024 · 49 min E64: Chris Paik on the End of Software and the Future of AI Infrastructure With [Chris Paik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-paik) About this episode Chris Paik, general partner at Pace Capital, discusses the evolution of the venture capital industry, his frameworks for understanding AI's impact on software, and the future of consumer companies in light of changing infrastructure requirements. For full show notes, visit:… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Invest Like the Best](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/invest-like-the-best) · 25 Jul 2023 · 1h 32m Chris Paik - Venture Investing Frameworks - [Invest Like the Best, EP.338] With [Chris Paik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-paik) Mentions [Josh Kushner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/josh-kushner) About this episode My guest today is Chris Paik, who is a General Partner at early-stage venture firm, Pace Capital. Before Pace, Chris spent eight years building and investing alongside last week’s guest, Josh Kushner, at his firm Thrive Capital. During that time, he sat on the board of Twitch. Our conversation… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [The Twenty Minute VC](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/20vc) · 8 May 2023 · 1h 10m 20VC: Why VC Subsidizes the Wrong Type of Business, Why Capital Gains Tax is Crazy, The Biggest Misalignments Between VCs, Founders and LPs, Why Business Model - Product Fit is as Important as Product-Market-Fit with Chris Paik @ Pace Capital With [Chris Paik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-paik) Mentions [Josh Kushner](https://millionrounds.com/fund/josh-kushner) About this episode Chris Paik is a General Partner @ Pace Capital, an early-stage venture firm in NYC. Pace's first fund was $150M and their second was $250M. Before co-founding Pace, Chris was a General Partner at Thrive Capital where he spent an incredible 8 years having joined the firm when they were on their… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page - [Origins: Inside Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/origins-openlp) · 20 Jan 2021 · 56 min Chris Paik & Jordan Cooper, Pace Capital With [Chris Paik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-paik)[Jordan Cooper](https://millionrounds.com/person/jordan-cooper-2) Mentions [Lerer Hippeau](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lerer-hippeau) About this episode Chris Paik and Jordan Cooper are co-founders of Pace Capital, a new $150M fund focused on Series A investments. Chris was previously a co-founder of Thrive Capital, now one of the top multi-stage institutional firms in the U.S., and Jordan was previously a co-founder of Lerer Hippeau Ventures, the… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page ### Mentioned in Episodes that name Chris Paik in their description, which is not the same as being on them. - [Generative Now](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/generative-now) · 20 Jun 2024 · 1h 35m Semil Shah: Apple Intelligence, “The End of Software,” and Where Technology Won’t Go Mentions [Haystack](https://millionrounds.com/fund/haystack)[Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[Vinod Khosla](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vinod-khosla)[Ben Thompson](https://millionrounds.com/person/ben-thompson)[Chris Paik](https://millionrounds.com/person/chris-paik)[Tim Cook](https://millionrounds.com/person/tim-cook) About this episode Semil Shah sits down with Lightspeed Partner and host Michael Mignano for a quarterly conversation about AI and its evolving impact on startups, VCs, and incumbents. They also discuss Chris Paik’s essay “The End of Software,” tech cleanses, Apple’s WWDC, and the difference in thinking between LCs,… More on the show's page Listen on Apple PodcastsThe show's page Episodes of [the shows we follow](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts), matched by name. Not them? [Tell us](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?person=chris-paik). ## Find people like Chris Filter every partner and angel by firm, kind, market and whether we watched them invest. Free with an account. Search people[How we know what we know](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)