Meet Our Newest Investing Team Members: Ivory Tang and Shayan Shafii

We’re excited to welcome two incredible investors to the Chemistry team: Ivory Tang and Shayan Shafii. Both bring a mix of technical chops, operating experience, and a real passion for working with early-stage founders.

Ivory Tang
Ivory joins us from Cartesia, where she was the first growth hire and played a key role in scaling the company. Prior to that, she founded a Y Combinator-backed startup in the voice agent space and conducted robotics research at MIT CSAIL. She holds dual degrees in Math and Computer Science from MIT, along with a Business degree from MIT Sloan - all completed concurrently. Ivory is also an active angel investor, with early bets in Mercor, SF Compute, and Composite. Outside of work, she enjoys long runs, poker, and cooking.

Shayan Shafii
Shayan brings deep experience across both product and investing. He was an early member of the Product Management team at Rubrik, where he helped drive growth through the company’s IPO. Most recently, he was an investor at Scale Venture Partners, focusing on cybersecurity, infrastructure, developer tools, and AI. Shayan earned dual degrees in Computer Science and Business from the University of Michigan. Outside of work, he can often be found at a local concert in the Mission District.

We’re thrilled to have Ivory and Shayan on board. They’ve already hit the ground running so if you are building in any of the spaces above, feel free to reach out.

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