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Iris Choi

Iris Choi

Partner·Floodgate

Menlo Park, CA
LinkedIn Bio source

Bio

Professional summary

Iris Choi is a Partner at Floodgate. Her official profile says she drives corporate relationships and works closely with portfolio companies on business development and financings. Before joining Floodgate, she spent ten years in investment banking, most recently at Goldman Sachs, where her work focused on mergers and acquisitions. She worked with CEOs of consumer internet, enterprise software, and digital media companies, including Disney, SanDisk, Sabre Holdings, Yahoo!, and Activision. Earlier, she advised broadband service providers in Europe and had exposure to early-stage venture capital in the early 2000s. She holds a BA from Harvard and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Investment focus

Stage, sector, and overall fit

Stage

pre-seedseedearly stage

Sector

consumer internetenterprise softwaredigital mediatechnology startups

Thesis

Portfolio company business development, corporate relationships, and financingsConsumer internet, enterprise software, and digital mediaEarly-stage technology startups

Notable companies

Selected portfolio companies the partner has backed

The Walt Disney CompanySanDiskSabre HoldingsYahoo!Activision

How to approach

Framing and angles for outreach

Pitch framing

Best fit for founders who need strategic help around partnerships, business development, financing strategy, or eventual exit readiness.

Partneralization hooks

  1. 1Emphasize how strategic corporate relationships or financing milestones are key to the company’s next phase.
  2. 2Highlight any M&A, enterprise partnership, or media/consumer internet relevance.

Background

Career, education, and skills

Career history

  • FloodgatePartnerPresent

Education

  • University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Skills

Venture CapitalSeed Investing

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AIConsumerEarly-stage pre-seed/seedEnterprisePattern-breaking founders
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climate techearly-stage startupsfounder researchhard techsocial impact

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