Chris Thomas is a co-founder and partner at Assembly Ventures. See portfolio, sector focus and contact routes.
Chris Thomas is a co-founder and partner at Assembly Ventures, an early-stage mobility investor with offices in Detroit, Berlin, and Silicon Valley, and previously co-founded Fontinalis Partners, the Detroit Mobility Lab, and the Michigan Mobility Institute after serving in the U.S. Army and working at UBS. His investment thesis targets seed through Series B companies across land, air, sea, and space mobility sectors, with a particular focus on logistics, electrified mobility, and digital content within the broader mobility landscape. Assembly Ventures identifies Series A and B rounds as its “sweet spot,” though specific check sizes and whether Thomas typically leads or follows are not publicly detailed. Notable portfolio companies include Apptronik, CesiumAstro, Metropolis, Our Next Energy (ONE), Sortera Alloys, and Dephy, with Thomas serving as a board member at Metropolis and Digit and as a board observer at ONE and Sortera. Thomas holds a distinctive point of view centered on “Reindustrialize 2.0,” emphasizing the rebuilding of next-generation mobility and industrial companies, and he actively engages with startups globally as an Executive-in-Residenc
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