# Ted Chan

> Ted Chan is a seed investor at Council of Better Business Bureaus backing Email and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Council of Better Business Bureaus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/council-of-better-business-bureaus)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/tchan
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/upwardmobility
- Website: https://x.com/upwardmobility
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bostonted

Ted Chan is a seed investor at Council of Better Business Bureaus in Boston focused on Email and Software. Ted Chan is the Chief Innovation Officer at Better Business Bureau.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $75k–$1.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Email | 3 | 50% |
| Software | 3 | 50% |
| Apps | 2 | 33% |
| Messaging | 2 | 33% |
| Coffee | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 83% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coffee Roast | Ratings, reviews, and recommedations for specialty coffee roasts. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| PowerInbox - DynamicMail business | PowerInbox - DynamicMail business automatically transform static email HTMLs into dynamic, interactive content so recipients get content that is updated for relevancy in real-time upon open. | $800K | Seed | Oct 06, 2011 |  |
| Jeeng | Jeeng is bringing the power of AI and data intelligence to digital publishers with our proprietary solutions for driving audience engagement and revenue. Our dynamic team of automation and data experts is delivering transformative data-driven engagement strategies to the fast-changing publishing industry.Our unique content personalizationsolution is the only one of its kind that leverages first-party, opt-in data to help publishers build loyal, engaged, 1:1 subscriber relationships. With our platform, publishers can end their reliance on the walled gardens of search and social media and move beyond cookies to more accurately curate content and ads and deliver them directly to subscribers at the right time, on the right channel.Named a Fast Growth Icon, an Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Company, a Crain’s Fast 50 and Red Herring 100 Winner, Jeeng fuels the multichannel messaging strategy for over 700 publishers, including The Atlantic, Crain’s Harper Collins, and Vox Media. With a proven track record for growth, we’ve seen a solid 165% CAGR over the last 5 years, and we invest heavily in R&D with over 50% of our global team working directly in technology development. | $1.1M | Seed | Aug 16, 2011 |  |
| Sankaty Learning Ventures | Sankaty Learning Ventures is still in stealth mode. | $75K | Seed | Jan 15, 2011 |  |
| Upward Mobility | Upward Mobility creates high quality educational content for professional development and test preparation, and makes it available through innovative mobile and web platforms. As of March of 2010, Upward Mobility had more than 350 mobile apps in the iTunes, Android, Palm and Blackberry app stores. | $25K | Debt Financing | Apr 15, 2009 |  |
| Jeeng (formerly PowerInbox) | Jeeng is bringing the power of AI and data intelligence to digital publishers with our proprietary solutions for driving audience engagement and revenue. The company's dynamic team of automation and data experts is delivering transformative data-driven engagement strategies to the fast-changing publishing industry.The company's uniquecontent personalization solution is the only one of its kind that leverages first-party, opt-in data to help publishers build loyal, engaged, 1:1 subscriber relationships. With Jeeng's platform, publishers can end their reliance on the walled gardens of search and social media and move beyond cookies to more accurately curate content and ads and deliver them directly to subscribers at the right time on the right channel.Named a Fast Growth Icon, an Inc. 500 Company, a Crain’s Fast 50, and a Red Herring 100 Winner, Jeeng fuels the multichannel messaging strategy for over 700 publishers, including The Atlantic, Crain’s Harper Collins, and Vox Media. With a proven track record for growth, they have seen a solid 165% CAGR over the last 5 years, and they invest heavily in R&D, with over 50% of their global team working directly in technology development. |  | Seed |  |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Ecosystem Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecosystem-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Correlation Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/correlation-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founder Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founder-collective) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Longworth Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/longworth-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Council of Better Business Bureaus

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1 contacts available at Council of Better Business Bureaus.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ted Chan | Chief Innovation Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ted-chan |

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## FAQ

### What does Ted Chan invest in?

Ted Chan invests primarily in Email, Software and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 6 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 Ted Chan's check size?

Ted Chan typically joins rounds of $75k–$1.1M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ted Chan participates in.

### When did Ted Chan last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ted Chan closed in Jan 2023. Shizune tracks 6 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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