# Steve Chen

> Steve Chen is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Software and E-Commerce. See 69 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 69
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevechen2/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/stevechen
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Steve-Chen/118823544888101

Steve Chen is a seed investor 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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $350k–$12M |
| Series A | $3M–$20M |
| Series B | $6M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 14% |
| E-Commerce | 9 | 13% |
| Internet | 8 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 8 | 12% |
| Mobile Apps | 7 | 10% |

110 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 30 | 43% |
| Series A | 11 | 16% |
| Series B | 5 | 7% |
| Angel | 4 | 6% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 45 | 65% |
| Canada | 3 | 4% |
| Taiwan | 3 | 4% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 3% |
| Singapore | 2 | 3% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Moonlake AI | An artificial intelligence research lab building AI models for creating real-time interactive content | $28M | Seed | Oct 01, 2025 |  |
| Context | Context frees up teams to focus on higher-value strategies by drafting, analyzing, visualizing, and distributing work. | $11M | Seed | May 28, 2025 |  |
| E-Pal | 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 | Artue is pioneering the art industry's digital transformation. | $2.9M | Seed | May 09, 2024 |  |
| Beaubble | beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2024 |  |
| Apollo ID | Powering the future of hospitality & entertainment globally. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| Nest Wallet | Nest Wallet is a wallet created exclusively for traders, and all wallets are linked across mobile and extension. | $3.6M | Seed | Feb 20, 2024 |  |
| Beaubble | beauty + bubble = beaubble [byoo-buhl] |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| AppFlowy | 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 | 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 |  |

10 of 69 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Great Oaks Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/great-oaks-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SignalFire](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signal-fire) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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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 69 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 Steve Chen's check size?

Steve Chen typically joins rounds of $350k–$12M at Seed, $3M–$20M at Series A and $6M–$40M 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 Steve Chen participates in.

### When did Steve Chen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Steve Chen closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 69 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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