Pace Capital

Early-stage venture firm, founded 2019, based in New York City.

Profile

• Style: high-conviction / low-volume — makes only a few investments per year and only leads rounds (typically Series A, occasionally Seed).
• Check size: ~$3–12M. Generalist by sector.
• Funds: Fund I = $150M\ast \ast (2019);\ast \ast$400M across funds by 2023 (Fund II closed late 2021).
• Co-founders / GPs:
  • Chris Paik — ex-Thrive Capital partner (backed Twitch, Unity, Patreon).
  • Jordan Cooper.

Fundraise Relationship (init.inc)

• Status: suggested intro target — not yet contacted. Kushal Thaman named “grace kasten pace capital” in an iMessage list of possible intros on 2026-05-25. No intro has been made and no conversation has taken place. ^[single-source: iMessage analysis 2026-05-28]
• The named contact is Grace Kasten — see her page (note: she may have recently left Pace).

Related

• Grace Kasten (the named contact)
• Kushal Thaman (who suggested the intro)