Investing Profile

John Chen(81)

VCInvestor
General Partner at Fika Ventures
fika.vcLos Angeles, California
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16 Investors

Connected to Kevin Lee (New Food CPG Co.), Nikhil Basu Trivedi (Footwork), Eva Ho (Fika Ventures), and 13 other investors on Signal.

Networks John is a member of
Google Network
475 CONNECTIONS
Harvard University Network
402 CONNECTIONS
Box Network
22 CONNECTIONS
TechCrunch Network
22 CONNECTIONS
Box Network
22 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Fika Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$1M - $10.0M
Sweet Spot
$3.0M
Investments On Record
6
Current Fund Size
$76.4M

John Chen is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

John Chen's Investments On Record (4)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
MaxHome
SeedSep 2025$5M
$5M
Spinwheel
Series AJun 2025$30M
$41M
Co-investors: Ashu Garg (Foundation Capital), Gaurav Tuli (F-Prime Capital Partners), Ana Cristina Gadala-Maria (QED Investors), Laura Bock (QED Investors), David Jegen (F-Prime Capital Partners), Joanne Chen (Foundation Capital), Tx Zhuo (Fika Ventures), Arjan Schütte (Core Innovation Capital)
Siro
SeedOct 2023$4M
Series AOct 2023$14M
$68M
Co-investors: Anna Khan (CRV), Wayne Hu (SignalFire), Damir Becirovic (Index Ventures), Ravi Belani (Extensity (IPO'd, then acq by Geac)), Songe LaRon (Squire), Dave A. Salvant (Squire), Michael Stoppelman (Xtripe Angels), Ding Zhou, Steve King
DevZero
Series AJan 2023$21M
SeedJan 2022$5M
$26M
Co-investors: Somar Somasegar (Madrona Ventures), Sid Trivedi (Foundation Capital)

John Chen's Experience

Chief Financial Officer Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR)Present
Domestic Policy The White House Present
Investor Emergence Capital PartnersPresent
Board Observer SimpleLegalPresent
Board Observer CrunchbasePresent
Fellow Google Present
General Partner Fika VenturesPresent
Partner Fika VenturesPresent
Principal Fika VenturesPresent
Investor Emergence CapitalPresent
Board Observer & Series A Investor CrunchbasePresent
Chief of Staff to the CEO BoxPresent
Columnist TechCrunchPresent
Special Projects, Office of the CEO Box2012 - 2014
Fellow Google2012 - 2012
Domestic Policy The White House2011 - 2011

John Chen's Education

Harvard University B.A. Government
Tustin High School