Nelson Chu
Managing Director @ Kinetic Ventures
Atlanta, United States
Nelson Chu is a seed investor at Kinetic Ventures in Atlanta focused on Mobile and iOS. Nelson Chu is the Managing Director at Kinetic Ventures. He attended Harvard Business School, Virginia Tech, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 67%
Last updated:
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Industries Nelson Chu invests in
Stages Nelson Chu invests in
Countries Nelson Chu invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 2 (67%)
- iOS 1 (33%)
- SaaS 1 (33%)
- Android 1 (33%)
- Banking 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (33%)
- Series A 1 (33%)
- Series C 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Kobiton
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Kobiton is a mobile testing platform that accelerates the delivery and testing of mobile apps. It offers manual and automated testing on real devices, in the cloud, or on-premise.The company provides mobile app developers with access to real iOS and Android devices, allowing them to run manual or automated scripts, and identify issues inreal-time. With Kobiton, developers enjoy complete control over the entire mobile experience (multi-touch, GPS, camera, etc.), automatically generated activity logs, and highly detailed automation reports that are always accessible to the entire team.Kobiton was incorporated by Josh Lieberman and Vu Lam in 2016 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. It has additional offices in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. | $5.2M / Series A / Aug 21, 2019 | |
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Kobiton
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Kobiton is a mobile testing platform that accelerates the delivery and testing of mobile apps. It offers manual and automated testing on real devices, in the cloud, or on-premise.The company provides mobile app developers with access to real iOS and Android devices, allowing them to run manual or automated scripts, and identify issues inreal-time. With Kobiton, developers enjoy complete control over the entire mobile experience (multi-touch, GPS, camera, etc.), automatically generated activity logs, and highly detailed automation reports that are always accessible to the entire team.Kobiton was incorporated by Josh Lieberman and Vu Lam in 2016 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. It has additional offices in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. | $3M / Seed / Sep 25, 2018 | |
Cardlytics
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Cardlytics uses purchase-based intelligence to make marketing more relevant and measurable. They partner with more than 1,500 financial institutions – including Bank of America and PNC – to run their banking rewards programs that promote customer loyalty and deepen banking relationships. In turn, they have a secure view into where and whenconsumers are spending their money. They use these insights to help marketers identify, reach and influence likely buyers at scale, as well as measure the true sales impact of marketing campaigns. Headquartered in Atlanta, Cardlytics has offices in London, New York, Chicago and San Francisco. | $18.5M / Series C / Aug 16, 2010 |
Co-Investors
BIP Capital
1 deal together
Technology Ventures Corporation
1 deal together
About Kinetic Ventures
Kinetic Ventures is a leading venture capital investor in high growth, industry defining communications, information and power/clean technology companies. For over two decades they have partnered with outstanding entrepreneurs to build world-class enterprises. Kinetic is gratified to be partners with many remarkable entrepreneurs in thecreation of industry defining companies like Ciena, VerticalOne, Corvis, Cerent, Peace Software, Broadware, APX, Calix, Altierre and SmartSynch.Kinetic Ventures VIII, capitalized by corporate pension, endowment and family office investors primarily invests in early stage companies. They also selectively invest in seed and growth stage opportunities. Areas of focus for the fund include:- Communications. Solutions that bring greater speed, functionality, usability or accessibility to voice, data and video networks.- Information Technology. Solutions that deliver greater efficiency, collaboration, security and functionality to users.- Power/Clean Technology. Solutions for the power and related industries that take advantage of the ongoing and rapid evolution in communications, information and energy technologies.
Kinetic Ventures Contacts
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Nelson Chu
Managing Director
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Cam Lanier
Senior Director
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Campbell B. Lanier
Senior Director
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Carol Deslandes
Owner
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Claudia Pagano
Fund Administrator
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FAQ
What does Nelson Chu invest in?
Nelson Chu invests primarily in Mobile, iOS and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Nelson Chu last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Nelson Chu closed in Aug 2019. 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.
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