# Eric Chen

> Eric Chen is a seed investor at OVO Fund (Los Altos) backing Mobile and Software. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [OVO Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ovo-fund)
- Location: Los Altos, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 8%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericchen
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/gr8well
- Website: http://www.ujventures.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chen.eric

Eric Chen is a Co-Founder and Partner at OVO Fund. Eric previously worked at Uj Ventures as a Founder. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.Eric Chen is an experienced technology investor focusing on early stage Internet and enterprise IT opportunities in the US and China. Eric started Uj Ventures,an angel fund based in Palo Alto formed to incubate and fund seed stage opportunities. Uj Ventures has made 25 investments in technology startups including Palantir, RoboteX, Kiwi Crate, Context Logic and other promising startups. As a partner with venture capital firm WI Harper for five years, Eric led investments in technology companies that spanned both China and the US including ooma, Laszlo, PMC, and EditGrid. He is currently a Venture Partner with WI Harper and an advisor to Matrix Partners China.Eric has a wide-ranging background and is an entrepreneur in his own right. He co-founded an Internet startup, worked as an executive at a high growth technology company, incubated and launched a double bottom line investment fund in DC and pulled all-nighters on Wall Street as an investment banker.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$2.7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 23% |
| Software | 3 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 23% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 2 | 15% |

48 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 77% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 15% |
| Angel | 1 | 8% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Series C | 1 | 8% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 12 | 92% |
| Turkey | 1 | 8% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |
| Vietnam | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| t1 (aka t1 protocol) | t1 protocol cross-chain applications and scalability are facilitated by real-time proofs and immediate settlement. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 09, 2024 |  |
| BrightCrowd | BrightCrowd improves engagement among students and alumni through simple, digital community books. By focusing on more intimate networks, these books allow members of a specific class or group to share a bit about themselves and get a more personal view of their classmates. |  | Seed | Oct 11, 2016 |  |
| Cloudastructure | Cloud-controlled physical infrastructure providing enterprise solutions for Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS), Door Access Control as a Service (ACaaS), as well as integration with other sensors to support Internet of Things (IoT) applications.The Cloudastructure hardware utilizes state of art technology, delivered at a competitive pricethat beats industry standards and comes with zero maintenance or replacement costs with a life-time warranty. The Cloudastructure solution centralizes the management of access control with video monitoring and allows customers to scale geographically across multiple locations. The Cloudastructure platform delivers intelligence online and keeps critical data safely offsite. | $750K | Convertible Note | Aug 01, 2016 |  |
| PayJoy | PayJoy has brought credit to millions of under-served consumers in emerging markets worldwide by collateralizing their smartphone to jumpstart them into the modern credit system. The company, based in San Francisco, California, was founded in 2015, funded by top fintech investors including Greylock and USV, and is now profitable and growingquickly. | $2M | Seed | Aug 31, 2015 |  |
| Lixibox, Inc. | Lixibox, Inc. offers an e-commerce platform that helps beauty brands and suppliers distribute their products in the South Asian market through social influencers.The platform also sells beauty products which are selected and designed by beauty bloggers and YouTube users.Lixibox, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam. | $500K | Seed | May 15, 2015 |  |
| Spry Health | Spry health provides health care payers with real-time analytics to manage chronically ill patients, avoid preventable hospitalizations, and save money on the 5% of patients who drive 50% of health spending. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2015 |  |
| Gridspace | Gridspace was formed as a collaboration between SRI Speech Labs, the lab behind Siri, and a multidisciplinary team of designers and engineers. The company’s software makes it easy for contact centers and developers to quickly understand customer requests, synchronize agent responses, and drive successful outcomes. Legacy voice systems were notdesigned for modern speech services. Gridspace built a novel speech processing system in the house to enable low-latency speech analytics, live agent guidance, and natural-sounding, interwoven voice bots. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 16, 2015 |  |
| Rhumbix | Rhumbix develops a mobile platform designed for the construction craft workforce. It modernizes construction field operations, helping builders go paperless in the field, and improving how they measure and manage labor productivity to be more profitable. Rhumbix was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $1M | Seed | Mar 02, 2014 |  |
| Trusted Insight | Trusted Insight is an LP network that provides institutional investors with curated news, jobs, rankings, online and offline events, and a forum. With over 140,000 members on the platform controlling over $18 Trillion in assets, Trusted Insight is the fastest growing and most trusted alternative platform.30,000 institutional investors engagewith Trusted Insight each week. They are actively investing in alternative assets, primarily private equity, hedge funds, real estate and private companies. Founded by Alex Bangash, Trusted Insight started in 2010 and is venture-funded and revenue-producing. Its investors were the first investors or founders of Facebook, LinkedIn, Mint, Match.com, and Blackstone, among others. The company has offices in NYC and San Francisco. | $2.7M |  | Aug 21, 2013 |  |
| Trusted Insight | Trusted Insight is an LP network that provides institutional investors with curated news, jobs, rankings, online and offline events, and a forum. With over 140,000 members on the platform controlling over $18 Trillion in assets, Trusted Insight is the fastest growing and most trusted alternative platform.30,000 institutional investors engagewith Trusted Insight each week. They are actively investing in alternative assets, primarily private equity, hedge funds, real estate and private companies. Founded by Alex Bangash, Trusted Insight started in 2010 and is venture-funded and revenue-producing. Its investors were the first investors or founders of Facebook, LinkedIn, Mint, Match.com, and Blackstone, among others. The company has offices in NYC and San Francisco. | $2.7M | Seed | Aug 21, 2013 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Lauder Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lauder-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oakhouse Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oakhousepartners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vectr](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vectr) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [0x](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/0x-project) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About OVO Fund

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

OVO Fund is a seed stage venture capital firm that provides funding and support to startups at the earliest stages. We partner with exceptional teams with real technology looking to build transformative yet capital efficient businesses. OVO Fund leverages an extensive network of industry veterans, developed throughout our careers, to providefocused value-added capital to our entrepreneurs.

4 contacts available at OVO Fund.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Chen | Co-Founder and Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-chen-4 |
| Gianfranco Filice | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gianfranco-filice-531a |
| Eric Chen | Co-Founder and Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-chen-12 |
| Roli Saxena | LP | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roli-saxena |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Chen invest in?

Eric Chen invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Eric Chen's check size?

Eric Chen typically joins rounds of $500k–$2.7M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Eric Chen participates in.

### When did Eric Chen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Chen closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 13 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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