# Jeff Morris Jr.

> Jeff Morris Jr. is the founder and managing partner of Chapter One, a pre-seed and seed-stage venture firm with ~$130M AUM. A former VP of Product Revenue at Tinder where he built Tinder Gold and helped add $8B+ to Match Group's market cap, he has seed-invested in 13 unicorns including Mercury, Supabase, Compound Finance, Dapper Labs, and Superhuman. He writes the 'New Internet' Substack and is known as 'the product person on your cap table.'

- **Role:** Founder & Managing Partner at Chapter One
- **Organizations:** Chapter One, Match Group / Tinder, Zaarly, United Talent Agency, FTI Global Consulting, Lambda School, General Assembly
- **From:** Menlo Park, California, USA
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** BA, English and Political Science (double major), UCLA, MFA, Film Producing, USC Peter Stark Producing Program, MBA, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Front End Web Development (coding bootcamp), General Assembly
- **Known for:** Built Tinder Gold and Tinder Boost, making Tinder the #1 top-grossing app in the App Store, Contributed to adding $8B+ to Match Group's market cap, Seed investor in 13 unicorns including Mercury, Supabase, Lyft, Superhuman, Compound Finance, Dapper Labs

## Career timeline

- **2009-2011** — MFA at USC Peter Stark; wrote screenplay 'Wild Animals' that entered development at Sony Pictures as 'Where Kingdoms Collide'
- **2011** — Joined FTI Global Consulting in Silicon Valley (Media & Technology)
- **2011** — Submitted legendary 'I'll pay you to hire me' cover letter to Zaarly at 1:30am; relocated to Kansas City in 12 hours as Growth Marketing Lead
- **2013** — Made first angel investment in Jetlore (Stanford AI startup)
- **2013-2014** — Attended General Assembly coding bootcamp; became Front End Web Developer consultant
- **2014** — Discovered YouTube creators at United Talent Agency
- **2015** — Released three #1 products on Product Hunt, including Slack Chats (80,000+ users)
- **2015-2019** — VP of Product Revenue at Tinder; built Tinder Gold and Tinder Boost, making Tinder the #1 top-grossing app in the App Store and adding $8B+ to Match Group's market cap
- **2016** — Launched AngelList syndicate with ~500 LPs; became scout for Index Ventures
- **2017-2018** — Founded Chapter One venture fund; raised Fund I at $9.5M across 50+ companies
- **2018** — Launched 'New Internet' Substack newsletter (December 9, 2018)
- **2019-2020** — Director of Growth at Lambda School
- **2020** — Launched Product Club accelerator within Chapter One ($100K for 5% equity, 3 companies/cohort)
- **2021** — Chapter One Fund II launched; LPs include Sequoia, a16z, Kleiner Perkins, Bain Capital, Greylock
- **2021-2022** — Ran Page Zero crypto fund; invested in The Graph, Dapper Labs, Compound Finance; ~25x paper returns
- **2022** — Jamesin Seidel joins Chapter One as General Partner
- **2024-2025** — Chapter One Fund III activation; managing ~$130M AUM
- **2025** — Chapter One invests in Glue (Series A, October 2025)
- **2026** — Chapter One portfolio company Upcraft exits (February 2026)

## Achievements

- Built Tinder Gold and Tinder Boost, making Tinder the #1 top-grossing app in the App Store
- Contributed to adding $8B+ to Match Group's market cap
- Seed investor in 13 unicorns including Mercury, Supabase, Lyft, Superhuman, Compound Finance, Dapper Labs
- Founded Chapter One with ~$130M AUM across multiple funds
- Page Zero crypto fund achieved ~25x returns on paper
- Raised Fund I of $9.5M deployed across 50+ early-stage companies
- Built Slack Chats directory to 80,000+ users before Tinder
- Released three #1 products on Product Hunt
- Launched Product Club accelerator investing in 3 companies per cohort
- LPs at Chapter One include Sequoia, a16z, Kleiner Perkins, Bain Capital, Greylock, Bessemer, Index
- Had Sony Pictures development deal for screenplay 'Where Kingdoms Collide'

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Chapter One portfolio company Upcraft exits
- **2025-10** — Chapter One invests in Glue at Series A
- **2025-05** — Published essay arguing AI agents are becoming decision-makers in enterprise software procurement
- **2025-04** — Reflected publicly on challenge of maintaining authentic social media voice as full-time VC
- **2025-01** — Chapter One Fund III activation; managing ~$130M AUM

## Links

- Website: https://www.chapterone.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmorrisjr/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jmj
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeffmorrisjr/

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Last updated: 2026-04-26