# Richard Chan

> Richard Chan is a startup investor at Ironfire Ventures (Harrogate). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ironfire Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ironfire-capital)
- Location: Harrogate, United Kingdom
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rchan/

Richard Chan is a serial entrepreneur and seasoned veteran in the technology industry with a global footprint. Richard has a diverse background where he got his CPA license with PwC, co-founded three startups in Silicon Valley, and led product management and business intelligence at Altavista and Microsoft. Since joining Microsoft in 2005, Richardled the market research and worldwide brand launch for Bing, pioneered the development of social search and applied AI in multimedia search. Before joining Ironfire Ventures, Richard was a mentor at Microsoft Ventures in Beijing and led the China Innovation Group. Since founding Ironfire Ventures in 2013, Richard has invested in over 70 early stage companies. As a food and wine enthusiast, Richard founded a wine distribution business bringing premium California wine to Hong Kong and maintained a food blog with over 1000 entries. Richard received his bachelor and MBA degree from UC Berkeley.

## About Ironfire Ventures

VC Fund · Central, Hong Kong

Ironfire Ventures is a cross-border fund with in-house design and research services for our portfolio companies. We invest in startups from seed to series B in AI/ML, Lifestyle (consumption upgrades), Marketplaces, and Enterprise Software categories.

5 contacts available at Ironfire Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Dylan Chiu | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dylan-chiu |
| Francis Ng | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/francis-ng |
| Jacky Chan | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacky-chan |
| Reed Shaffner | Associate Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reed-shaffner |
| Richard Chan | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-chan |

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