Investing Profile

David Chen(2)

Investor
Early stage investor at Working on Something New
San Francisco, California
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Current Investing Position
Working on Something New Investor
Investment Range
$10K - $50K
Sweet Spot
$25K
Investments On Record
10

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David Chen's Investments On Record (6)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Contrario
SeedMay 2026$2M
$2.5M
Co-investors: Harj Taggar (Y Combinator)
Guardant Health
Series EMay 2017$360M
Series DJan 2016$100M
Series CFeb 2015$50M
$550M
Co-investors: Samir Kaul (Khosla Ventures), Pejman Nozad (Pear VC), Matthew Rizzo (OrbiMed), Sujay Jaswa (WndrCo LLC), Ling Wong (Sea Lane Ventures), Bobby Yazdani (Cota Capital), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Chris Schaepe (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Kyle Kurpinski (Tencent Holdings), Laszlo Bock, Farzad Nazem, Frank Malek
Evariant
Series CMay 2016
Series CNov 2015$42M
Series BMay 2014$18M
$60M
Co-investors: Chris Schaepe (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout)
Clever
Series BDec 2014$30M
$43M
Co-investors: Bryan Schreier (Sequoia Capital), Mike Maples (Floodgate), Kevin Rose (True Ventures), Jeff Clavier (Uncork Capital), Mitchell Kapor (Kapor Capital), Ullas Naik (Streamlined Ventures), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Alexis Ohanian (Curated), Ben Parr (Theory Forge Ventures), Stephanie Palmeri (NextView Ventures), Deborah Quazzo (GSV Acceleration), Ravi Mhatre (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Harj Taggar (Y Combinator), Aayush Phumbhra (Nectar), John Katzman (2U), Matt Macinnis (Various), Yuri Milner (DST Global), Ashton Kutcher (Sound Ventures), Clint Korver (Ulu Ventures), Miriam Rivera (Ulu Ventures), Paul Buchheit (Y Combinator), Paul Graham, Sam Altman
Acupera, Inc.
Series AAug 2014$4M
$4M
Elementum
Series BFeb 2014$50M
$67M
Co-investors: Jerry Yang (AME Cloud Ventures), Dave Duffield (Workday), Mike McNamara (Eclipse Ventures), Jerry Yang (Hardware Club), Chris Schaepe (Kamanu Ventures & Lightspeed Venture Partners Scout), Aaron Levie, Farzad Nazem

David Chen's Experience

Founding Partner Protoscale Capital2017 - Present
Early stage investor Working on Something New2017 - Present
Engineering ruby labsPresent
Summer Associate Mckinsey & CompanyPresent
Advisor Ondo FinancePresent
Co-founder, VP Product ruby labsPresent
Engineering IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Co-founder, VP Product IT CRUX Mobile Apps SolutionsPresent
Engineering AdmobPresent
Early Stage Investor Working on Something NewPresent
Partner Lightspeed Venture Partners2012 - 2017
Product Manager Facebook2011 - 2012
Co-founder, VP Product AdMob2009 - 2011
Co-founder, VP Product Triangulate2009 - 2011
PhD Harvard University2003 - 2009
Summer Associate McKinsey & Company2008 - 2008
Engineering AdMob2007 - 2008
Product Management Digital Chocolate2006 - 2006

David Chen's Education

Harvard University PhD Science, Technology & Management
Harvard University doctorates, doctor of philosophy management
Harvard University BA/MS Computer Science
Harvard University master of science, masters, bachelors, bachelor of arts computer science

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