Chris DeWolfe
About Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an American technology entrepreneur based in the Los Angeles area. Crunchbase lists his location as Los Angeles and describes him as based in Beverly Hills. He studied finance at the University of Washington and holds an MBA from USC Marshall School of Business. Before Myspace he started an e-mail marketing company, ResponseBase.
He co-founded Myspace in 2003 and was its CEO until 2009, according to Wikipedia. Crunchbase dates his Myspace role from August 2003 to March 2009. News Corp acquired Myspace in 2005. In 2010 he co-founded the mobile game developer Jam City, and Crunchbase shows him as its CEO until January 2023.
He is now Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Salt AI, according to PitchBook and Tracxn. Crunchbase also lists him as Co-Founder and CEO of Plai Labs since January 2023. PitchBook lists him as an advisor to Troy Capital Partners and a board member of Woven Digital.
Public data shows one angel investment. Crunchbase, PitchBook and Tracxn all record his investment in the media company Uproxx. It was a Series A on December 11, 2014. Tracxn gives the round size as $18M, with IVP and Advancit Capital among the co-investors. He did not lead the round. Uproxx was acquired in August 2018, which is the one exit attached to his investor profile.
Crunchbase also lists him as a board member of Uproxx Media Group and Jaypore, and as an advisor to AppOnboard. These are advisory roles. They are not recorded as investments.
No angel investments by DeWolfe in AI companies appear in public databases. His AI involvement is operating work. He co-founded Salt AI in 2023 with Jim Benedetto. Tracxn describes it as an AI workflow platform for building, sharing and scaling workflows, including ones that use Stable Diffusion and large language models.
The public record is too thin to define a thesis. His single recorded investment was a Series A in U.S. media. No source states his preferred stage, sectors, geographies or check size, and he has made no public statements about what he looks for. Founders considering a pitch should treat his operating experience in consumer internet, mobile gaming and AI tooling as the main available context.
- Uproxx: media platform covering entertainment and culture, based in Culver City. He invested in its Series A in December 2014, and it was acquired in August 2018.
- crunchbase.com/person/chris-dewolfe
- pitchbook.com/profiles/investor/226052-83
- tracxn.com/d/people/chris-dewolfe/__9eiHyVmPysaTCE3Mn1AvH7rUfHiaQx0WQW
- tracxn.com/d/companies/salt-ai/__clg7jmS_n_TVoWy-fF7ktWDOGlNhOK3-GaJ_K
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeWolfe
- ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/chris-dewolfe
- linkedin.com/in/chrisdewolfe
Investing activity
Chris DeWolfe has made 1 investment according to Crunchbase across 1 portfolio company, and has seen 1 exit and founded 3 companies.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Chris DeWolfe
Is Chris DeWolfe an active angel investor?
PitchBook lists him as an active angel and says he is seeking new investments. Only one investment is on record, the Uproxx Series A in 2014.
What is Chris DeWolfe's check size?
No check size is public. Tracxn lists an $18M Uproxx round, but that is the whole round, not his share.
What has Chris DeWolfe built?
He co-founded Myspace in 2003 and Jam City in 2010. He later co-founded Salt AI, an AI workflow platform, in 2023.
Does Chris DeWolfe invest in AI startups?
No AI angel investments are publicly recorded. He is a co-founder and Co-CEO of Salt AI, so he works in the sector as an operator.
Where is Chris DeWolfe based?
Crunchbase lists Los Angeles, California, and describes him as based in Beverly Hills. LinkedIn also shows Beverly Hills.
How can founders contact Chris DeWolfe?
He has a public LinkedIn profile and an X account at x.com/Chris_DeWolfe. No personal website or pitch process is listed.
Is Chris DeWolfe an angel investor?
Yes. Chris DeWolfe invests personally as an angel. Crunchbase counts 1 investment and 1 exit.
How can founders reach Chris DeWolfe?
Founders on Lounge can see Chris DeWolfe's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Chris DeWolfe to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.