Investing Profile

Andy Chen(17)

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Co-Founder and GP @ Outcast Ventures. Alumni: Coatue, Kleiner Perkins, CIA
outcastventures.comSan Francisco, California
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Andy Chen's investing connections

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1 Investor

Connected to Sunil Nagaraj (Ubiquity Ventures).

Networks Andy is a member of
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Network
25 CONNECTIONS
University of California, San Diego Network
21 CONNECTIONS
University of California, San Diego Network
21 CONNECTIONS
Kleiner Perkins Network
12 CONNECTIONS
Coatue Management Network
11 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Outcast Ventures Investor
Investment Range
$500K - $2.0M
Sweet Spot
$1M
Investments On Record
29

Andy Chen is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Andy Chen's Investments On Record (14)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Persona
Series DApr 2025$200M
Series CSep 2021$150M
Series BMay 2021$50M
Series AJan 2020$18M
Series AJun 2019
SeedNov 2018
SeedSep 2018
$420M
Co-investors: Nick Shalek (Ribbit Capital), Napoleon Ta (Founders Fund), Kyle Harrison (Contrary Capital), Mark Goldberg (Chemistry VC), Andreas Guldin (Emil Capital Partners), William Hockey, Dylan Field, Scott Belsky, Tony Xu, Curtis Lee
Figma
Secondary MarketJul 2024$700M
Series CFeb 2019$40M
Series CJan 2019
$1B
Co-investors: John Lilly (Greylock), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Avichal Garg (Electric Capital), Peter Levine (Andreessen Horowitz), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Andrew Reed (Sequoia Capital), Dan Rose (Coatue), Ajay Vashee (IVP), Hao Huang (UpHonest Capital), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Lachy Groom (LGF), Mamoon Hamid (Kleiner Perkins), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Terrence Rohan (Otherwise Fund), Vinicius Alves (Base Partners), Adam Nash (Daffy), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Paulina Szyzdek (Robert Bosch Venture Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Mike Krieger, DJ Patil, Kevin Colas
Scale AI
Series FMay 2024$1B
Series EApr 2021$330M
Series CAug 2019$100M
$1.6B
Co-investors: Daniel Levine (Accel), Lucas Swisher (Coatue), William Reed (Spark Capital), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), Kris Fredrickson (Verified Capital), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Neil Mehta (Greenoaks Capital), Bryan Rosenblatt (Craft Ventures), Ilya Sukhar (Matrix), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Mike Volpi (Hanabi Capital), Greg Brockman, Guillermo Rauch, Drew Houston, Scott Belsky, Adam D'Angelo, Mike Krieger, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Cheever
Tome
Series BFeb 2023$43M
Series ASep 2021$26M
$75M
Co-investors: Bipul Sinha (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Dan Rose (Coatue), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors)
Jetpack
SeedFeb 2023$10M
$11M
Co-investors: Erik Nordlander (GV (Google Ventures)), J J (GreaterGoodSociety)
Workstream
Series BSep 2022$60M
Series BAug 2021$48M
$120M
Co-investors: Anna Khan (CRV), Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Chang Xu (Basis Set Ventures), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Dan Rose (Coatue), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Hans Tung (Notable Capital (formerly GGV Capital)), Stephen Francis (Arrive), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Jay Simons (Bond), Binh Tran (Ascend Vietnam Ventures), Max Levchin (Scifi Vc), Joel Peterson (Peterson Partners), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Claire Hughes Johnson, Mathilde Collin, Arash Ferdowsi, Theresa Johnson, Bernard Arnault, Sahin Boydas, Jenna Hannon, Tony Xu, Frederic Kerrest
Pocus
Series AJun 2022$23M
$23M
Co-investors: Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Meka Asonye (First Round Capital), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Max Mullen, Ron Pragides, Scott Belsky, Barr Moses, Abhinav Asthana, Christina Cacioppo, Akshay Kothari, Adam Blitzer
Magical
Series AJun 2022$35M
$41M
Co-investors: David Thacker (Greylock), Jack Altman (Alt Capital), Shahed Khan (Hyper), Max Altman (Saga), Jay Simons (Bond), Dylan Field, Mathilde Collin, Scott Belsky, Alex Lieberman, Vinay Hiremath, Chris Murphy, Ron Pragides

most interested in

I invest in a broad range of companies, from consumer, to enterprise, to fintech, to healthtech, and hardtech as well. At the very core my thesis is to invest in exceptional founders tackling expansive markets. If that's what you're building, I'd love to hear from you!

not interested in

Cold pizza

Andy Chen's Experience

Partner Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersPresent
Weapons Analyst Central Intelligence AgencyPresent
Partner Coatue ManagementPresent
Investor Distyl AI2023 - Present
Investor Magical2022 - Present
Investor Meticulous2022 - Present
Investor 🔮 Pocus2022 - Present
Investor jetpack.io2021 - Present
Investor Reliable Robotics Corporation2021 - Present
Investor Workstream2021 - Present
Board Member Tome2021 - Present
Board Member Stratify Technologies, Inc.2020 - Present
Angel Investor Mill2020 - Present
Investor Scale AI2019 - Present
Investor Figma2018 - Present
Investor Chime2018 - Present
Board Member Persona2018 - Present
General Partner Coatue Management2018 - Present
Angel Investor Fort Point Beer Company2015 - Present
Angel Investor The Halal Guys Inc.2015 - Present
Partner Kleiner Perkins2011 - 2018
Science, Technology, and Weapons Analyst Central Intelligence Agency2009 - 2011
Manager, Engineering Recruiting Riviera Partners2007 - 2009
Mechanical Engineer SensorMetrix2006 - 2007

Andy Chen's Education

University of California, San Diego B.S Mechanical Engineering
University of California, San Diego M.S. Applied Plasma Physics
UC San Diego BS Mechanical Engineering, Theater, Political Science