# Jefferson Chen

> Jefferson Chen is a pre-seed investor at ADVANCE.AI (Beijing) backing Shoes and Apparel. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [ADVANCE.AI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advance-ai)
- Location: Beijing, China
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffersonchen/

Jefferson Chen is a pre-seed investor at ADVANCE.AI in Beijing focused on Shoes and Apparel. Jefferson Lanjie Chen is the Co-Founder, Group Chairman & CEO at Advance Intelligence Group.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$2.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shoes | 1 | 20% |
| Apparel | 1 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 2 | 40% |
| Indonesia | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Novelship | Novelship is a marketplace for buyers and sellers of limited-edition sneakers, apparel, and collectibles from the world's most popular and cutting-edge brands such as Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, Supreme, and Kaws. Novelship serves the sneaker and streetwear community with authentic products by carefully curating and professionally authenticatingevery item in its collection. | $10M | Series B | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| SkorLife | SkorLife Platforms provides credit history or credit score. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Sep 04, 2022 |  |
| Novelship | Novelship is a marketplace for buyers and sellers of limited-edition sneakers, apparel, and collectibles from the world's most popular and cutting-edge brands such as Nike, Air Jordan, Yeezy, Supreme, and Kaws. Novelship serves the sneaker and streetwear community with authentic products by carefully curating and professionally authenticatingevery item in its collection. | $10M | Series A | Apr 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 |  |
| 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 | Aug 31, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [East Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/east-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [iGlobe Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iglobe-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Taurus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taurusventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [XA Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xoogler-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About ADVANCE.AI

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

ADVANCE.AI is a data-driven financial technology company with multiple offices in the APAC region. In our quest to build a better financial world, one of our key goals is to revolutionize the credit system by creating a more holistic, accurate, and democratic alternative to existing credit scoring methods.ADVANCE.AI is built and backed byexperienced and successful entrepreneurs and investors in Singapore, China, and US who are from top-tier schools like Stanford, CMU, UIUC, Tsinghua, Fudan, SJTU, NUS, and NTU with rich industrial experiences from Goldman Sachs, Farallon Capital, Two Sigma, Amazon, Accenture, Tencent, Baidu, and HSBC.

5 contacts available at ADVANCE.AI.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jefferson Chen | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jefferson-chen |
| Chun Dong Chau | Chief Scientific Officer & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chun-dong-chau |
| David Chen | Chief Product Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-chen-ca8b |
| Dong Shou | Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dong-shou |
| Robbie Yan | Chief Intelligence Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robbie-yan |

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## FAQ

### What does Jefferson Chen invest in?

Jefferson Chen invests primarily in Shoes, Apparel and Fashion startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Jefferson Chen typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jefferson Chen participates in.

### When did Jefferson Chen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jefferson Chen closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 5 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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