Jonathan Choi

Jonathan Choi is a venture capital investor and technologist, currently serving as Partner at Buckley Ventures in San Francisco. At Buckley, he focuses on early-stage investments in deep tech sectors including defense, advanced hardware, manufacturing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, SaaS, and materials science. His investment approach is grounded in a deep technical background and hands-on experience across some of the world’s most innovative organizations.

Before joining Buckley Ventures, Jonathan built his career through a variety of impactful technical roles. He began as a software engineer at Vungle, contributing to backend infrastructure prior to the company’s $750M acquisition. At Meta (Facebook), he served as a technical program manager focused on data center and network reliability, earning recognition as one of the top performers in his cohort. His work at NASA involved research in small satellite avionics and attitude-determination systems. He later joined DeepMagic as a machine learning engineer, where he developed gesture-recognition models for autonomous retail systems—technology that was eventually acquired by Standard AI.

In 2019, Jonathan conducted AI research at South Park Commons, working in collaboration with Google on projects involving fairness, federated learning, and differential privacy. This work further deepened his expertise in cutting-edge AI and data science topics.

Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from McGill University. His unique combination of technical depth, research experience, and investment acumen makes him a valuable partner to founders building transformative technology companies.

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