# Ethan Choi

> Ethan Choi is a Partner at Khosla Ventures leading the firm's Growth Fund, where he writes checks between $15M and $70M into cloud infrastructure, SaaS, enterprise, and consumer internet companies from Seed through Series C. Before joining Khosla in 2024, he was a Partner at Accel, where he backed Klaviyo (now NYSE: KVYO), 1Password, and Pismo (acquired by Visa). His investing philosophy pivoted from metrics-first to founder-first — he now spends 90% of his diligence energy on the people rather than the numbers. A former LDS missionary who spent two years in South Korea, Choi is an unusually direct voice on AI's disruption of white-collar work and the coming robotics inflection point.

- **Role:** Partner at Khosla Ventures
- **Organizations:** Khosla Ventures, Accel, Spectrum Equity
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Information Systems and Economics (partial), University of Sydney, Bachelor's in Accounting, Brigham Young University (BYU)
- **Known for:** Led growth investment in Klaviyo, which IPO'd on the NYSE (ticker: KVYO), Board member at 1Password during its growth to multi-billion-dollar valuation, Backed Pismo, acquired by Visa

## Career timeline

- **2010-2012** — Two-year LDS missionary service in South Korea; pivoted from technology to business
- **2012** — Graduated from BYU with a degree in Accounting
- **2012-2018** — Investor at Spectrum Equity; backed Lynda.com (acquired by LinkedIn), ExamSoft, PicMonkey, Headspace, Lucid Software
- **2018-2024** — Partner at Accel; led growth investments including Klaviyo (NYSE: KVYO), 1Password, Pismo (acquired by Visa), Nuvemshop, commercetools
- **2024-present** — Partner at Khosla Ventures leading the Growth Fund; investing in OpenAI, Glean, Vercel, Ramp, Abridge, Cyberhaven, ClickHouseDB

## Achievements

- Led growth investment in Klaviyo, which IPO'd on the NYSE (ticker: KVYO)
- Board member at 1Password during its growth to multi-billion-dollar valuation
- Backed Pismo, acquired by Visa
- Joined Khosla Ventures as Partner to lead the firm's Growth Fund in 2024
- Built investment portfolio including OpenAI, Ramp, Glean, Vercel, and Abridge
- Led investment in Cyberhaven, which raised $230M

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Active investments continuing through Khosla Ventures Growth Fund with 16+ recorded investments
- **2025-12** — Predicted robotics will have a 'GPT-3 moment' in 2026, with leading robotics models demonstrating human-level intelligence applied to the physical world
- **2025-12** — Forecasted large-scale white-collar protests against AI, ahead of blue-collar workers
- **2026-04** — Email verified as active at Khosla Ventures (ec@khoslaventures.com)
- **2024-01** — Joined Khosla Ventures as Partner to lead Growth Fund

## Links

- Website: https://khoslaventures.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanchoi
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/EthanChoi7

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Last updated: 2026-05-09