# Tony L. Chen

> Tony L. Chen is a seed investor in San Francisco backing Software and B2B. See 5 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Oct 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonylchen
- X (Twitter): http://www.twitter.com/misterchen

Tony L. Chen is a seed investor in San Francisco focused on Software and B2B. Mr. Tony L. Chen is a Partner at ZPark Venture. Mr. Chen is the Co-founder at Avery Street Capital. Mr. Chen holds an M.B.A. from MIT Sloan School of Management, and a B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| SaaS | 1 | 20% |
| Hardware | 1 | 20% |
| GreenTech | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 80% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Symbl.ai | Rammer.ai is an early-stage, venture-backed startup that is democratizing access to conversational intelligence for developers. They have developed the only platform that uses machine learning to analyze conversations in real-time proactively. The company aims to eliminate the complexity of building and maintaining conversational understandingsystems so that developers can focus on building delightful and productive experiences, using Rammer’s underlying technology.It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. | $4.7M | Seed | Oct 30, 2020 | https://symbl.ai |
| Moxxly | Moxxly takes the guesswork out of modern motherhood through beautiful, connected devices. Moxxly’s first product is a smart, stylish, and high performing breast pump system that enables today’s mobile mom to pump wherever she is, with her shirt on, while receiving real-time data about her breastmilk supply. Moxxly is female-founded, SanFrancisco-based, and a proud alum of PCH International's Highway 1 hardware incubator as well as a current participant in Stanford's StartX accelerator. |  | Seed | Jun 15, 2015 | http://www.moxxly.com |
| Ecovent | Ecovent provides an application that enables its users to control room temperature remotely. Most homes have only one thermostat, so they operate as a house with only one light switch. Everything is either all on or off. That leaves some rooms boiling hot while others are freezing cold. It also leads to heating and cooling empty rooms. It’suncomfortable, and it’s inefficient.Ecovent fixes that for the over 200 million Americans with forced-air heating and cooling systems. They’ve built a system of wireless vents and sensors which enables homeowners to Get room-by-room temperature control, save energy by automatically directing airflow to the rooms that need it most, choose custom temperature levels for different floors, rooms, or times of day, control home heating and cooling anywhere from a mobile phone, tablet or web app and install the whole system hours without special tools or invasive construction.Ecovent was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. | $605K | Seed | Dec 24, 2014 | https://www.ecoventsystems.com |
| Reaction | Reaction, Inc. is an innovative product company that designs and manufactures hardware and software to (re)meet a basic human need: shelter. | $500K | Seed | Jun 15, 2014 | http://www.reactioninc.com |
| Reaction | Reaction, Inc. is an innovative product company that designs and manufactures hardware and software to (re)meet a basic human need: shelter. | $500K |  | Mar 15, 2014 | http://www.reactioninc.com |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Incisive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/incisive-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [79 Studios](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/79-studios) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Amazon Alexa Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amazon-alexa-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [#Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Coughdrop Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coughdrop-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crosscut Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crosscut-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Tony L. Chen invest in?

Tony L. Chen invests primarily in Software, B2B and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Tony L. Chen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tony L. Chen closed in Oct 2020. Shizune tracks 5 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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