Eric Chen Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 58

  • Portfolio
  • 25

  • Exits
  • 34

Exits

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
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • Los Altos, CA
  • United States
+1 (650)

Eric Chen Investments (58)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
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
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

Investments by Industry

Investments by Year

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Eric Chen Co-Investors (121)

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Eric Chen FAQs

  • Who is Eric Chen?

    Eric Chen is an angel Investor who has made 58 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Eric Chen?

    Eric Chen is an angel investor.

  • What does Eric Chen do?

    As an angel investor, Eric Chen invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • 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.

  • 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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