# Tim Chen

> Tim Chen is a seed investor in Taipei backing Retail Technology, Gaming and Retail. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Taipei, Taiwan
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 33%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-chen-965852a5/

Tim Chen is a seed investor in Taipei focused on Retail Technology and Gaming. Tim Chen

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retail Technology | 2 | 67% |
| Gaming | 1 | 33% |
| Retail | 1 | 33% |
| Sports | 1 | 33% |
| Wellness | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pakistan | 1 | 33% |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Darabase | Darabase is the AR Outdoor Media Company, a turnkey platform and solution for brands, advertisers and retailers wanting to run immersive Augmented Reality Outdoor Media, layered on the real world.We augment existing outdoor media screens and billboards, deliver permission-based AR campaigns in iconic locations and provide scale geographiccoverage through our "Run of World" AR inventory network.We help retailers use AR to drive footfall and sales and enable property companies to monetise their estate, while monitoring what AR content is being placed and viewed in their locations. | $963.8K | Seed | Mar 07, 2022 |  |
| QisstPay | QisstPay provides a Buy Now, Pay Later (interest-free installments) platform to merchants in Pakistan. With no markup fees, interest, or hassle, QisstPay is paving the way for installments in Pakistan. | $15M | Seed | Sep 29, 2021 |  |
| NI0 | NIO mission is to through hard work and healthful choices, you can overcome the distractions of the daily grind and outperform the competition. NIO Training is the next level wellness sports tape system that moves beyond prevention and elevates athletic achievement and nutrition. | $500K | Seed | Apr 30, 2018 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [First Check Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-check-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fox Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fox-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [RS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/root-and-shoot-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Taronga Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/taronga-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Trill Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trill-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tim Chen invest in?

Tim Chen invests primarily in Retail Technology, Gaming and Retail startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Pakistan. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Tim Chen's check size?

Tim Chen typically joins rounds of $500k–$15M 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 Tim Chen participates in.

### When did Tim Chen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tim Chen closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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