# Richard Chen

> Richard Chen is a seed investor at 1confirmation (San Francisco) backing Mobile and Software. See 25 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [1confirmation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1confirmation)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 25
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenrich
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rchen
- Website: http://www.rchen.net
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/richchen

Richard Chen is a seed investor at 1confirmation in San Francisco focused on Mobile and Software. Richard Chen

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $630k–$3.3M |
| Series A | $3M–$13M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 10 | 40% |
| Software | 8 | 32% |
| Apps | 4 | 16% |
| SaaS | 4 | 16% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 16% |

62 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 15 | 60% |
| Angel | 3 | 12% |
| Series A | 3 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 4% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 19 | 76% |
| Japan | 2 | 8% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| Singapore | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rated | Rated offers data on validators and node operators, which makes it easier for users to compare and contrast their performance. | $12.8M | Series A | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| Rated | Rated offers data on validators and node operators, which makes it easier for users to compare and contrast their performance. | $2.5M | Seed | Sep 08, 2022 |  |
| Sloika | Sloika is an NFT marketplace giving photographers full creative control, from setting limited edition runs to choosing resale royalty fees. It makes tools for the photographers' workflows, from limited editions and royalty fees to usage rights and creative roadmaps. The company was founded in 2021. | $2M | Seed | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| Farel | At Farel, we’re building the Operating system for next-generation airlines, that streamlines critical operations, automates resource-intensive back-office processes, and boosts airline revenue through supercharged ancillary and e-commerce opportunities. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Aug 28, 2020 |  |
| Maslo | Maslo is a new category defining technology. The platform captures and processes unstructured signals like audio, video, and biomarkers to infer mental states, behaviors, and change in people over time. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Nov 19, 2019 |  |
| Kinnek | Kinnek is a single platform for small businesses that makes discovering and transacting with suppliers easier than ever before. Kinnek was started in 2012 in New York City when co-founders Rui Ma and Karthik Sridharan noticed that small business owners were stuck in a rut when it came to how they bought things for their businesses. Theycouldn't just walk into a typical store or shop on the usual consumer-focused websites, because their requirements were more customized. They needed customized equipment, customized machinery, supplies in customized quantities- and they didn't have the massive resources necessary to have a dedicated team of purchasing managers to handle all that complexity. | $10M | Series A | Sep 15, 2014 |  |
| MakeLeaps | MakeLeaps is online invoicing software for freelancers and businesses in Japan. Create beautiful invoices and optionally include your company logo and hanko. We can even print and send your invoice anywhere in Japan for only ¥199. Create a free account today. | $600K | Angel | Aug 28, 2014 |  |
| MobileAction | Mobile Action is the leading solution for driving organic app growth and analyzing app marketplace intelligence. Mobile Action has tracked over 25 billion downloads, $15 billion in app revenue, and has over 95,000 apps connected directly to their platform. The product suite consists of Rankings & Leaderboards, App Intelligence, and StoreIntelligence. With over 95,000 mobile apps connected to the App Intelligence platform, Mobile Action generates highly precise app download and revenue estimates for the Store Intelligence platform. These reports empower app publishers and financial professionals to make informed decisions on app strategy and investment decisions. | $805K | Seed | Jul 23, 2014 |  |
| Stitch | Stitch helps salespeople close more deals and be more responsive. They are building the best mobile-first, sales productivity platform. Their first product is a mobile email application for salespeople. With Stitch, salespeople can communicate faster by having the right information, insights, and tools at their fingertips. In today’s highlycompetitive world, they believe it’s not only possible, it’s essential, to be as effective and responsive on the go as when sitting in front of a desk. In sales, being responsive means delivering immediate and complete answers to prospects’ questions. They enable salespeople to respond NOW, not later, to every mobile email. | $3.3M | Seed | Apr 24, 2014 |  |
| BriteHub | BriteHub’s software helps bridge old legacy systems into a cloud-based interface that will advance companies and build a strong foundation for the new-age tech savvy workforce that is the next generation of employees. Today, supply chains are managed through a streamlined RFQ to quote to purchase order-tracking system. This interface allows fororganized messaging between internal and external stakeholders. Files are stored, shared, and viewable with an in-browser 3D viewer. Engineering change orders and version control are tracked and connected directly with the purchase order they relate to. BriteHub features continue to evolve and lead the way in supply chain management and collaboration. | $640K | Convertible Note | Jan 15, 2014 |  |

10 of 25 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [TriplePoint Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triplepoint-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cherry Crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cherry-crypto) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Placeholder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/placeholder-55ca) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Semantic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/semantic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About 1confirmation

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

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5 contacts available at 1confirmation.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Frank Hourigan | Partner, Head of Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-hourigan-16d9 |
| Kofi Kufuor | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kofi-kufuor-ee75 |
| Mike Tomaino | PARTNER | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-tomaino-d883 |
| Nick Tomaino | Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nick-tomaino |
| Richard Chen | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/richard-chen-76dc |

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Chen invest in?

Richard Chen invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 25 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 Richard Chen's check size?

Richard Chen typically joins rounds of $630k–$3.3M at Seed and $3M–$13M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Richard Chen participates in.

### When did Richard Chen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Chen closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 25 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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