# Chi-Hua Chien

> Chi-Hua Chien is a Series A investor at Goodwater Capital backing Apps and Mobile Apps. See 47 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 47
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 47%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/chchien
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/chchien
- Website: https://x.com/chchien

Chi-Hua Chien is a Series A investor at Goodwater Capital in San Francisco focused on Apps and Mobile Apps. Chi-Hua Chien is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner of Goodwater Capital. Chi-Hua Chien attended the Stanford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 9 | 19% |
| Mobile Apps | 7 | 15% |
| Software | 6 | 13% |
| FinTech | 5 | 11% |
| Mobile | 4 | 9% |

61 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 10 | 21% |
| Series B | 9 | 19% |
| Series C | 7 | 15% |
| Seed | 3 | 6% |
| Series D | 2 | 4% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stash | Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissionsto help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments. | $146M | Series H | May 12, 2025 |  |
| Yope | Yope app is the social "Google Photos" for Gen Z, designed for sharing and chatting, not just storage. | $4.7M | Seed | Feb 24, 2025 |  |
| Howbout | Howbout is the shared calendar app made for friends. Keep up with what they’re up to and find when they’re free to make plans together. | $8M | Series A | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Stori | Stori Card is a digital financial platform provider focused on serving the underserved customers The company focused on promoting financial inclusion in Mexico by providing middle- and emerging middle-class customers with access to a credit card as well as other financial products | $105M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 06, 2024 |  |
| Stash | Stash develops a personal finance application to combine banking, investing, and advice into one platform. Its application's services include personal investment accounts, retirement accounts, and custodial accounts for minors. It also provides the option to buy fractional shares of stocks, bonds, and funds with no add-on trading commissionsto help users save small sums of money and make micro-investments. | $40M | Convertible Note | Oct 13, 2023 |  |
| Monzo | Monzo (previously Mondo) is a bank for people who live their lives on their smartphones and is targeted at people who want to get things done in a click and who don’t see the need for branches and cheque books. The platform is focussed on building the best current account in the world and ultimately working with a range of other providers so thatMonzo can be an intelligent hub for your entire financial life. | $575M | Series H | Feb 08, 2022 |  |
| Facily | Facily is a social commerce marketplace in Latin America. The platform focuses on low-ticket items, delivering great prices and differentiated logistics to lower income neighbourhoods, leveraging learnings from China. Facily offers a unique experience by bringing the opportunity to buy together with friends directly from producers andmanufacturers, having fun playing with freemium features. Facily also promotes community buying by leveraging local leaders and influencers. | $135M | Series D | Dec 23, 2021 |  |
| Stori | Stori Card is a digital financial platform provider focused on serving the underserved customers The company focused on promoting financial inclusion in Mexico by providing middle- and emerging middle-class customers with access to a credit card as well as other financial products | $125M | Series C | Nov 11, 2021 |  |
| Jerry | Jerry is an AI, ML, and bot-powered car ownership app that saves customers time and money on car expenses. With its first product, Jerry redesigned and disrupted the century-old car insurance process, turning stacks of pages and hours of calls into a handful of clicks. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Palo Alto, California. | $75M | Series C | Aug 10, 2021 |  |
| Jerry | Jerry.AI provides an AI- and machine-learning-based platform that compares car and home insurance options and helps users purchase coverage through a mobile app and web experience. The service shops insurance with multiple carriers, manages policy switching, and supports refinancing of auto loans. Jerry.AI also offers car maintenance reminders,repair cost estimates, and a driving score program that rewards safe driving. The company operates as a licensed insurance broker in all US states and Washington, D.C., and emphasizes limited data sharing through its DataLock Guarantee. | $75M | Series C | Aug 10, 2021 |  |

10 of 47 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Thrive Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thrive-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [T. Rowe Price](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/t-rowe-price) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Union Square Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/union-square-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Accel](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Goodwater Capital

VC Fund · Burlingame, United States

Goodwater empowers exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for the better. They believe consumer technology is a force on earth, shaping culture and transforming the global economy at unprecedented speed and scale. They invest in promising entrepreneurs to solve pressing problems. As a combined force, Goodwater companies are aglobal force for change, poised to measurably improve billions of lives.

5 contacts available at Goodwater Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chi-Hua Chien | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chi-hua-chien |
| Eric Sung | VP of Product and Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-sung |
| Zhi Lin | VP. Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zhi-lin |
| Benjamin Painter | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-painter-dfe2 |
| Coddy Johnson | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coddy-johnson-5e3c |

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## FAQ

### What does Chi-Hua Chien invest in?

Chi-Hua Chien invests primarily in Apps, Mobile Apps and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 47 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Chi-Hua Chien last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Chi-Hua Chien closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 47 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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