Steve Chen
Angel Investor @ Lux Capital
San Francisco, United States
Steve Chen is a seed investor at Lux Capital in San Francisco focused on Software and E-Commerce. Steve Chen was an internet entrepreneur and the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of YouTube. Born in August 1978 in Taiwan. Raised in Taiwan, Chen and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 15.After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chen worked at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley andJawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube, a website designed to simplify video sharing online.Chen was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0 magazine in 2006. That year, he and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.Chen most recently co-founded AVOS Systems with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley.
- Total investments:
- 70
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 6%
Last updated:
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Industries Steve Chen invests in
Stages Steve Chen invests in
Countries Steve Chen invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $350k–$12M
- Series A
- $3M–$20M
- Series B
- $6M–$40M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 10 (14%)
- E-Commerce 9 (13%)
- Internet 8 (11%)
- Information Technology 8 (11%)
- Mobile Apps 7 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 30 (43%)
- Series A 11 (16%)
- Series B 5 (7%)
- Angel 4 (6%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (6%)
Country
- United States 45 (64%)
- Canada 3 (4%)
- Taiwan 3 (4%)
- Indonesia 2 (3%)
- Singapore 2 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| An artificial intelligence research lab building AI models for creating real-time interactive content | $28M / Seed / Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Context frees up teams to focus on higher-value strategies by drafting, analyzing, visualizing, and distributing work. | $11M / Seed / May 28, 2025 | ||
| E-Pal is the Best-in-class social network for gaming enthusiasts, gamers pay for skill and interest-based matching with skillful ePals. | $30M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 05, 2024 | ||
| Artue is pioneering the art industry's digital transformation. | $2.9M / Seed / May 09, 2024 | ||
| beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] | Seed / Mar 31, 2024 | ||
| Powering the future of hospitality & entertainment globally. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Nest Wallet is a wallet created exclusively for traders, and all wallets are linked across mobile and extension. | $3.6M / Seed / Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] | Seed / Jan 01, 2024 | ||
| AppFlowy provides an open source collaborative work management tool that enables users to create apps that suit offers built on a community-driven toolbox, including templates, plugins, themes, and more. | $6.4M / Seed / Nov 16, 2023 | ||
| Forge is fast, automatic, always-on game capture. Users can download Forge for free. It costs nothing and there are zero ads, just gaming entertainment. | $11M / Seed / Oct 18, 2023 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Lux Capital
Lux Capital focuses on sectors such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, space, and energy, backing businesses that apply scientific research to commercial applications. It provides capital alongside strategic input on product development, company building, and long-term positioning. The firm works with technical founders and research-driven teams to translate complex innovations into scalable businesses. It evaluates opportunities based on the underlying science, potential for industry impact, and feasibility of execution over extended time horizons.
Lux Capital Contacts
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Adam Kalish
General Partner
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Alex Nguyen
Principal
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Brandon Reeves
Partner
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Deena Shakir
General Partner
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Ian Peikon
Venture Partner
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FAQ
What does Steve Chen invest in?
Steve Chen invests primarily in Software, E-Commerce and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 70 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Steve Chen invest in?
Steve Chen typically joins rounds of $350k–$12M at Seed, $3M–$20M at Series A and $6M–$40M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Steve Chen's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Steve Chen took part in.
How do I contact Steve Chen?
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When did Steve Chen last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Steve Chen closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 70 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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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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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