# Lawrence Chu

> Lawrence Chu is a seed investor at Goodwin Procter (Palo Alto) backing FinTech and Software. See 13 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Goodwin Procter](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwin-procter)
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 13
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrencechuattorney

Lawrence Chu is a seed investor at Goodwin Procter in Palo Alto focused on FinTech and Software. Lawrence Chu - Partner and Leader of West Coast Tech M&A Practice @ Goodwin Procter

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $835k–$5.7M |
| Series A | $7M–$13M |
| Series B | $28M–$28M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 3 | 23% |
| Software | 3 | 23% |
| Fashion | 2 | 15% |
| Insurance | 2 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 15% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 54% |
| Series A | 3 | 23% |
| Series B | 2 | 15% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 62% |
| Portugal | 1 | 8% |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 8% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| KLIPY | Klipy offers a free API for GIFs, Clips, Stickers, Memes and AI content enabling platforms to boost user engagement and drive revenue. With advanced localization, KLIPY ensures content stays relevant across regions, from Tokyo to Toronto, tailoring Trending lists and search results to diverse audiences.Check out our features here -https://klipy.com/developers to get 100% free lifetime access to KLIPY's API and start boosting your revenue and user engagement. Ping us at hi@klipy.com | $3.8M | Seed | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| KLIPY | Klipy offers a free API for GIFs, Clips, Stickers, Memes and AI content enabling platforms to boost user engagement and drive revenue. With advanced localization, KLIPY ensures content stays relevant across regions, from Tokyo to Toronto, tailoring Trending lists and search results to diverse audiences.Check out our features here -https://klipy.com/developers to get 100% free lifetime access to KLIPY's API and start boosting your revenue and user engagement. Ping us at hi@klipy.com | $1.2M | Seed | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| TheyDo | TheyDo is a platform for workflow management, implementation, patient journey mapping, and CX management services. TheyDo helps people and companies to work faster, better, and more organized with customer journeys. TheyDo is designed to manage journeys across teams, products and geographies, and everything takes place in a unified journey-centricframework. | $12.7M | Series A | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Aspen Digital | Aspen Digital is an innovative technology-driven digital & crypto asset management platform co-founded in 2021 by Everest Ventures Group and TTB Partners. Aspen provides a comprehensive and user-friendly solution for professional investors and money managers, from High-Net-Worth Individuals, family offices, to securities brokerages, externalasset managers, private bankers and investment advisors. Through a single account, Aspen provides a complete digital assets product shelf including trading execution, yield enhancement products, automated investment strategies, and offers comprehensive portfolio reporting, industry research & market insights, and custody solution. For more information visit https://www.aspendigital.co/ |  | Series A | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Folden Lane | Folden Lane offers a more beautiful, functional, and sustainable alternative to traditional storage and organization products. Folden Lane manufactures storage baskets with fully collapsible designs that can be shipped flat-packed, resulting in 55% less packaging and an 85% reduction in carbon emissions compared to traditional baskets. Every FoldenLane basket is crafted using world-class production techniques, time-tested materials, and stringent quality, craft, and aesthetic standards. | $835K | Seed | Nov 24, 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. | $28M | Series B | May 17, 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. | $28M | Series B | May 17, 2021 |  |
| Northflank | The comprehensive developer platform to build and scale microservices, jobs and managed databases with a powerful UI, API & CLI. | $2.6M | Seed | Jul 07, 2020 |  |
| Solid Financial Technologies, Inc | Solid's platform enables banks & companies to offer embedded banking, payments, and card products, in a safe, secure & compliant way. | $5.7M | Seed | Apr 29, 2020 |  |
| CASAFARI | CASAFARI brings transparency to chaotic property markets by building a clean and complete real estate database. The company's proprietary technology allows agents to collect, clean, match duplicates, and evaluate every property coming to the market and to source the best investment opportunities in real-time. | $5.3M | Seed | Sep 10, 2019 |  |

10 of 13 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Sturgeon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sturgeon-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Caucasus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caucasus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Intuition Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intuition-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Red Swan Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/red-swan) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rockpool Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockpool-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Goodwin Procter

VC Fund · Boston, United States

Goodwin is committed to promoting diversity in our law firm and in the legal profession. They are also committed to an inclusive environment in which each employee can excel and thrive. Diversity and inclusion are core to their business and their values, and their Chairman-led Inclusion Advisory Committee ensures that we make their efforts in thisarea a top priority.

5 contacts available at Goodwin Procter.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Daniel Lang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-lang-ny |
| Eric Goldstein | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-goldstein-3 |
| Gregor Klenk | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gregor-klenk |
| Kristopher Brown | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kristopher-brown |
| Lawrence Chu | Partner and Leader of West Coast Tech M&A Practice | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lawrence-chu |

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## FAQ

### What does Lawrence Chu invest in?

Lawrence Chu invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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 Lawrence Chu's check size?

Lawrence Chu typically joins rounds of $835k–$5.7M at Seed, $7M–$13M at Series A and $28M–$28M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Lawrence Chu participates in.

### When did Lawrence Chu last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lawrence Chu closed in Jun 2026. 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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