Ethan Choi

Ethan Choi is a Partner at Khosla Ventures, focusing on growth-stage companies.3 He recently co-led an $88 million Series C investment in Cyberhaven, a data security company specializing in protecting enterprise data in the AI economy.124

Prior to joining Khosla Ventures, Choi was a partner at Accel, where he focused on growth investments in AI, enterprise software, e-commerce, and fintech infrastructure companies. He has been involved with investments in companies such as Klaviyo, Pismo, 1Password, Nuvemshop, and commercetools.3

Choi's background includes:

• Education: Studied information systems and economics at the University of Sydney, followed by a two-year church mission, and then earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Brigham Young University.3
• Previous experience: Worked at Spectrum Equity, where he made investments in companies like Lynda.com, ExamSoft, PicMonkey, Headspace, and Lucid Software.3

Choi has expressed enthusiasm for Cyberhaven's approach to addressing new data security risks introduced by AI, particularly the dangers of "shadow AI" where employees might input confidential data into AI services.12