Investing Profile

Simon Chan

VCInvestor
Managing Partner at FirsthandVC
firsthand.vcNew York
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31 Investors

Connected to Pete Flint (NFX), Chris Farmer (SignalFire), Dave McClure (Practical Venture Capital), and 28 other investors on Signal.

Networks Simon is a member of
NewCo Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Top-Patents Network
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Current Investing Position
FirsthandVC Managing Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
33

Simon Chan is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Simon Chan's Investments On Record (33)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
EVE
Pre SeedNov 2025$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Ravi Belani (Extensity (IPO'd, then acq by Geac))
Blazel
Pre SeedJul 2025$10M
$10M
Co-investors: Charles Hudson (Precursor Ventures), Mark Fernandes (Sierra Ventures), Anamitra Banerji (Loop AI - Delivery Intelligence Platform), Itamar Novick (Recursive Ventures (ICCA Labs)), Clint Chao (Rafay Systems)
lunar.dev
SeedNov 2023$6M
$6M
Co-investors: Andy McLoughlin (Uncork Capital), Aaron Applbaum (Kinetica)
Objective
SeedOct 2023$13M
$13M
Co-investors: Jean Sini (Canvas Ventures), Frances Schwiep (Two Sigma Ventures), Villi Iltchev (Two Sigma Ventures), Patrick Malatack (Matrix Partners India)
AskFora
Pre SeedSep 2023$2M
$2M
Co-investors: Rudina Seseri (Glasswing Ventures)
LastMile AI
SeedSep 2023$10M
$10M
Co-investors: Darian Shirazi (Gradient Ventures), Guillermo Rauch
Parallax
SeedSep 2023$5M
$24M
Co-investors: Lawson DeVries (Grotech Ventures), James Pavlik (Baird Capital), Natty Zola (Matchstick Ventures), Ryan Broshar (Confluence Capital Partners), Balaji Srinivasan
Trebellar
SeedJul 2023$4M
$4M
Co-investors: Semil Shah (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Scott Hartley (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Anna Barber (Everywhere Ventures (The Fund)), Tommy Leep (Jetstream)

Simon Chan's Experience

CEO & Founder Biogen IdecPresent
CEO & Co-Founder Tutor123.com (Acquired)Present
CEO & Co-Founder Biogen IdecPresent
CEO & Founder IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique)Present
CEO & Co-Founder IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique)Present
Angel Investor / LP IRCAM (Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique)Present
Chair & Founder AI Agent ConferencePresent
CEO & Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
CEO & Co-Founder Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Angel Investor / LP Center for Rural Health LeadershipPresent
Software Engineer, Core Technology, Retail E*TRADE from Morgan StanleyPresent
CEO & Founder Molecular RealityPresent
CEO & Co-Founder Molecular RealityPresent
Angel Investor / LP Molecular RealityPresent
Founding Partner FirsthandVCPresent
CEO & Co-Founder NewCoPresent
Angel Investor / LP NewCoPresent
CEO & Founder NewCoPresent
CEO & Founder Top-PatentsPresent
CEO & Co-Founder Top-PatentsPresent
Angel Investor / LP Top-PatentsPresent
Angel Investor / LP Seed and Pre-Seed StartupsPresent
PEF Chapter Lead - NYC PEF CommunityPresent
Producer & Founder AI Agent ConferencePresent
Managing Partner FirsthandVCPresent
Founder stealthPresent
General Partner Firsthand.vcPresent
CEO and Co-founder SalesforcePresent
Software Engineer, Core Technology, Retail E*TRADE FinancialPresent
CEO & Founder Tutor123.com (Acquired)Present
CEO & Founder Crossia (Exited with profit)Present
CEO & Co-Founder Zoth.comPresent
CEO and Co-founder PredictionIO (Acquired by Salesforce) -> Einstein PlatformPresent
Venture Partner Shasta VenturesPresent
Executive In Residence (Investing) Sierra VenturesPresent
General Partner Firsthand AlliancePresent
EIR Sierra Ventures2020 - 2021

Simon Chan's Education

University College London, U. of London Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Machine Learning, Computer Science
Fred C Beyer High School Master of Science - MS (Incomplete) Management Science & Engineering
University of Michigan B.S.E. Computer Science
Stanford University Master of Science - MS (Incomplete) Management Science & Engineering
UCL Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Machine Learning, Computer Science