John Chen Overview
John Chen General Information
Biography
Mr. John Chen serves as Partner at Fika Ventures. He served as Board Observer at Crunchbase. He served as an Associate at Emergence Capital Partners. He is passionate about cloud technologies that transform industries and enable teams and organizations to work together and collaborate more effectively. Prior to joining Emergence, he served as Special Assistant to Aaron Levie at Box, a pre-IPO startup focused on providing secure ways for businesses and organizations to share content and improve collaboration on any device. Box is used by 27 million people and 240,000 businesses - including 99% of the Fortune 500. At Box, he drove numerous strategic initiatives in sales, marketing and business development including the launch of Box.org, which serves over a thousand nonprofits including The World Bank, Teach for America, and Kiva. Prior to Box, he worked on open government products and initiatives on Google's Politics & Elections products team, and domestic policy at The White House under the Obama Administration. He earned his B.A. at Harvard University, where he served as Chief Financial Officer for the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, the largest annual student conference in Asia.
Contact Information
Address
- 9696 Culver Boulevard
- Suite 204
- Culver City, CA 90232
- United States
John Chen Positions (1)
Firm name | Firm type | Title | Location | Industry | Since |
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Fika Ventures | Investor | Partner | Culver City, CA | Venture Capital |
John Chen Lead Partner on Deals (1)
John Chen has been the lead partner on 1 deal. Their latest deal was with Crunchbase, a media and information services (b2b) company. The deal was made for on 30-Oct-2019.
Company | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Deal Status | Industry | Location |
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Crunchbase | 30-Oct-2019 | Later Stage VC (Series C) | Completed | Media and Information Services (B2B) | San Francisco, CA |
John Chen Network (22)
Board Members (5)
Name | Company | Representing | Location | From |
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Kevin Spain | Crunchbase | Emergence (Financial Services) | San Francisco, CA | |
Michael Yang | Crunchbase | Self | San Francisco, CA | |
Crunchbase | Alignment Growth | San Francisco, CA | ||
Crunchbase | Emergence (Financial Services) | San Francisco, CA |
Portfolio Executives (10)
Name | Company | Role | Deal date | Location |
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Marcus Lo | Crunchbase | Chief Financial Officer & Head of Finance and Operation | 30-Oct-2019 | San Francisco, CA |
Kelly Scheib | Crunchbase | Chief People Officer | 30-Oct-2019 | San Francisco, CA |
Crunchbase | Chief Executive Officer | 30-Oct-2019 | San Francisco, CA | |
Crunchbase | Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Growth Officer | 30-Oct-2019 | San Francisco, CA | |
Crunchbase | Chief Technology Officer | 30-Oct-2019 | San Francisco, CA |
Fund Team Members (7)
Name | Investor | Fund | Fund Location |
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Brian Jacobs | Emergence (Financial Services) | Emergence Capital Partners Fund IV | San Francisco, CA |
Kevin Spain | Emergence (Financial Services) | Emergence Capital Partners Fund IV | San Francisco, CA |
Emergence (Financial Services) | San Francisco, CA | ||
Emergence (Financial Services) | San Francisco, CA | ||
Emergence (Financial Services) | San Francisco, CA |
John Chen Affiliated Funds (1)
Fund | Investor | Fund Type | Status | Vintage | Size | Dry Powder | IRR | IRR Quartile |
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Emergence Capital Partners Fund IV | Emergence (Financial Services) | Venture Capital - Early Stage | Closed | 2015 |
John Chen FAQs
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Who is John Chen?
Mr. John Chen serves as Partner at Fika Ventures.
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How much does John Chen typically invest?
John Chen's median deal size is
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What is John Chen’s main position?
John Chen’s primary position is Partner.
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