Chip Hazard
Co-founder & General Partner
Flybridge
Chip Hazard is a Co-founder and General Partner at Flybridge whose stated interests include AI infrastructure, developer platforms, and agentic business applications.
Bio
Professional summary
Jesse Middleton is a General Partner at Flybridge. The firm lists his investment interests as Future of Work, Native AI Applications, and Serial Entrepreneurs. Flybridge says he identified the remote-work shift well before COVID and was an early WeWork executive who helped scale the company to 4,000 employees across multiple continents. The firm also describes him as an angel investor with a 16x portfolio MOIC and says his recent focus has turned to full-stack AI-native applications. Jesse became a General Partner at Flybridge in 2016 and has led or contributed to investments including Arcee, CarEdge, Chief, HiFi, Imperfect Foods, Splice, and Teal.
Investment focus
Stage, sector, and overall fit
Stage
pre-seedseedpost-Series A follow-on
Sector
future of worknative AI applicationsfull-stack AI-native applicationsserial entrepreneurs
Thesis
Future of WorkNative AI applicationsSerial entrepreneurs
Notable companies
Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed
ArceeCarEdgeChiefHiFiImperfect FoodsSpliceTealWeWork
How to approach
Framing and angles for outreach
Pitch framing
Best fit for founders building AI-native workflow products or companies reshaping how people work, collaborate, or build communities.
Personalization hooks
- 1Frame the company as a full-stack AI-native application rather than a thin AI feature.
- 2Reference future-of-work or collaboration transformation if relevant.
Recent signals
What the partner has said or done recently
Flybridge profile states his recent focus has turned to full-stack AI-native applications.
Background
Career, education, and skills
Career history
- Flybridge Capital PartnersGeneral Partner~2016 - Present
- WeWorkFounding TeamPrior
Skills
Seed InvestingAI InvestingFuture of WorkCompany Building
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