Eric Chen
Co-Founder and Founding Partner @ OVO Fund
Palo Alto, United States
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.
- Total investments:
- 18
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
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Industries Eric Chen invests in
Stages Eric Chen invests in
Countries Eric Chen invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$2.7M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 3 (17%)
- Software 3 (17%)
- Information Technology 3 (17%)
- E-Commerce 2 (11%)
- Enterprise Software 2 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (56%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (11%)
- Angel 1 (6%)
- Series A 1 (6%)
- Series C 1 (6%)
Country
- United States 12 (67%)
- Turkey 1 (6%)
- Germany 1 (6%)
- Vietnam 1 (6%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| t1 protocol cross-chain applications and scalability are facilitated by real-time proofs and immediate settlement. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Agile Robots is an intelligent robot system development and application service provider, dedicated to the development and application of intelligent robot systems. The core products include 7-degree-of-freedom lightweight arm and general-purpose robot controller. , robot vision system, etc. | $220M / Series C / Sep 09, 2021 | ||
| Wage is an app-based marketplace platform for micro-jobs. Through the platform, users can post jobs and search for candidates. Users need to post pictures or videos of the task with description. Through the app, employers can communicate with service providers. Its app is compatible with both Android and iOS platform. | $1.5M / Seed / Jan 01, 2021 | ||
| Aether Technologies Inc offers two apps, Aether P2P and Aether Pro, the former a peer-to-peer, serverless global community platform, and the latter a Discord-like private groups tool to create invite-only workspaces and communities. | Pre-Seed / Jan 05, 2019 | ||
| Bringing unprecedented material efficiency, speed and design freedom to the construction space. | $3.3M / Seed / Jul 10, 2018 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Bringing unprecedented material efficiency, speed and design freedom to the construction space. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 21, 2016 | ||
| PayJoy is a mission-first credit provider dedicated to helping under-served customers in emerging markets to achieve financial stability and success. Our patented technology for secured credit provides an on-ramp for new customers to enter the credit system. Through PayJoy’s point-of-sale financing and card offerings, customers gain access to amodern quality of life. PayJoy’s credit also allows our customers to seize opportunities as micro-entrepreneurs, and acts as insurance for tough times. Through our cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI, we have served nearly 20 million customers and lent nearly $4B as of 2026 while achieving solid profitability and growth. | $2M / Seed / Aug 31, 2015 | ||
| 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 | ||
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Co-Investors
About OVO Fund
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.
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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 18 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.
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When did Eric Chen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Eric Chen closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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