Eric Chen Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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58
- Portfolio
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25
- Exits
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34

Eric Chen General Information
Description
Mr. Eric Chen is the Founder & serves as Managing Partner at OVO Fund. Mr. Chen is an Angel Investor. He founded UJ Ventures. Previously, he served as a Venture Partner at WI Harper Group. As the founder of OVO Fund, Eric invests and works with scrappy, persistent, visionary, and high-integrity entrepreneurs with a chip on their shoulders to build the next generation of technology companies. OVO is a pre-seed fund that backs "scary" early-stage opportunities. Eric has made over 150 investments in technology startups, including Palantir, Payjoy, Sourcegraph, Juniper Square, RelateIQ, Everlaw, Addepar, Signifyd and other promising startups. Prior to OVO, Eric helped start a real estate investment fund and e-commerce and enterprise software startups. He is currently a lecturer at Stanford GSB, teaching a startup studio class. Eric Chen received his MBA and BS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University. When he's not supporting founders, you can find him wing foiling, playing pick-up basketball, or checking his Whoop recovery score.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- Los Altos, CA
- United States
Eric Chen Investments (58)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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T1 Protocol | 09-Sep-2024 | Seed Round | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | ||
Plume Network | 15-Jul-2024 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Prisma Finance | 01-Jan-2024 | Financial Software | Out of Business | |||
Side (Financial Software) | 21-Jul-2023 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
NobleAI | 24-Jun-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Omni Network | 09-Feb-2022 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Clockwise | 18-Jan-2022 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Contango | 01-Dec-2021 | Financial Software | Generating Revenue | |||
PayJoy | 23-May-2019 | Early Stage VC | Consumer Finance | Generating Revenue | ||
CSC Generation | 01-Jan-2019 | Later Stage VC | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue |
Eric Chen Exits (34)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Prisma Finance | 17-Feb-2025 | Out of Business | |
Cloudastructure | 30-Jan-2025 | ||
BrightCrowd | 01-Apr-2024 | ||
KiwiCo | 01-Oct-2023 | ||
Man Crates | 01-Jan-2023 | ||
Spry Health | 13-Jan-2021 | ||
Augmedix | 06-Oct-2020 | ||
Palantir Technologies | 30-Sep-2020 | ||
ZingBox | 20-Sep-2019 | Merger/Acquisition | |
People.co | 01-Jul-2019 | Out of Business |
Eric Chen Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Eric Chen Co-Investors (121)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Mirza Uddin | 4 |
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Spartan Group |
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Eric Chen FAQs
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Who is Eric Chen?
Eric Chen is an angel Investor who has made 58 investments.
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What kind of investor is Eric Chen?
Eric Chen is an angel investor.
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What does Eric Chen do?
As an angel investor, Eric Chen invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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What has Eric Chen invested in?
Eric Chen has made numerous investments in companies like T1 Protocol, Plume Network, and Prisma Finance within the Financial Services and Financial Software industries.
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What has Eric Chen invested in recently?
Eric Chen's latest investment was on 09-Sep-2024 in T1 Protocol, a company within the Financial Services industry.
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