# Clarence Chio

> Clarence Chio is a pre-seed investor at Coverbase (San Francisco) backing Credit and Banking. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Coverbase](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coverbase)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cchio
- Website: https://x.com/cchio
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cchio

Clarence Chio is a pre-seed investor at Coverbase in San Francisco focused on Credit and Banking. Clarence Chio is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coverbase. He previously worked at Forbes Technology Council as a Council Member. Clarence Chio attended Stanford University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credit | 1 | 33% |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Data Mynt | B2B2C web3 fintech platform | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Data Mynt | B2B2C web3 fintech platform | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Rocket Academy | Rocket Academy has developed two courses to date: Coding Basics, an introductory course for beginners to learn the basics of coding; and Software Engineering Bootcamp (SEB), which prepares students for a career in software engineering. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AngelList Quant Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist-quant-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ATX Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atx-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DigiFinex](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digifinex) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Digitata Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digitata-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Coverbase

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Coverbase is an AI-native procurement orchestration platform that unifies vendor intake, risk assessments, contract analysis, and ongoing supplier monitoring into a single intelligent workflow. Designed for regulated and security-conscious enterprises, it automates due diligence, validates control evidence, and ensures compliance across every stageof the procurement lifecycle. By combining AI-driven risk analysis, document intelligence, and workflow automation, Coverbase helps organizations move faster, reduce manual effort, and make secure, data-backed purchasing decisions.

3 contacts available at Coverbase.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Clarence Chio | Co-Founder and CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clarence-chio |
| Gus Cuddy | Founding Frontend Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gus-cuddy |
| Zi Chong Kao | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zi-chong-kao |

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## FAQ

### What does Clarence Chio invest in?

Clarence Chio invests primarily in Credit, Banking and FinTech startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Clarence Chio last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Clarence Chio closed in Aug 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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