Kelly Coyne

Kelly Coyne is the Founder and managing partner at Chalet Capital, an early stage venture fund focused on artificial intelligence and robotics. The founding partner of Grit Ventures, Kelly was previously a career operator and has grown multiple start-ups from conception to over $100M valuations; she is a leading go-to-market expert for early stage deep tech. After earning her MBA from Oxford University, Kelly served at the helm of several early-stage hardware companies (Lily, Mimosa, Candl) and advised many others. Kelly has broad technology experience, but specializes in guiding robotics, AI, AR/VR and computer vision companies from concept to launch. She has tremendous experience managing successful betas, developing use cases, connecting products to the right customers, and leading successful product launches. She has also seen some of the extreme pitfalls of deep tech start-ups – this unique knowledge helps her guide new companies to success.