Number of Portfolio Companies 52
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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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 and

Jawed 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.

Number of Investments 54
Steve Chen has made 54 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Nest Wallet on Feb 20, 2024, when Nest Wallet raised
$3.6M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Feb 20, 2024
Nest Wallet
—
Seed Round - Nest Wallet
$3.6M
Nov 16, 2023
AppFlowy
—
Seed Round - AppFlowy
$6.4M
Jul 19, 2023
Karat Financial
—
Series B - Karat Financial
$40M
Nov 11, 2022
Cityfurnish
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Series A - Cityfurnish
$2.5M
Sep 28, 2022
Jubilee Media
—
Seed Round - Jubilee Media
$1.1M
Mar 21, 2022
GGWP
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Seed Round - GGWP
$12M
Dec 17, 2021
Otoklix
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Series A - Otoklix
$10M
Nov 1, 2021
Beaubble
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Pre Seed Round - Beaubble
—
Sep 21, 2021
HomeCourt
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Series B - HomeCourt
$25M
Aug 30, 2021
KiwiDrop
No
Pre Seed Round - KiwiDrop
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Number of Exits 
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Steve Chen has exits. Their most notable exits are WishWePay, and Vibely.
  • Wish Wish is an e-commerce shopping app, putting a digital shopping mall of affordable goods directly in the pockets of consumers worldwide.
  • WePay WePay is an online payment service company that provides secure and comprehensive APIs designed for ISVs and SaaS providers.
  • Vibely Next-gen communities led by creators.
  • Spool Spool enables users to save articles and videos to their computer, tablet and mobile phone for future online or offline access.
  • Space Monkey Space Monkey provides a subscription-based data storage solution enabling users to store data from any device.
  • RethinkDB RethinkDB is an open-source distributed NoSQL database storing JSON documents and scaling data for applications.
  • ReadyForZero ReadyForZero creates online financial software for actively managing personal debt and credit.
  • Lowkey The home for watching and creating short gaming videos
  • DramaFever DramaFever is an online video site for the distribution of international televised content, including movies, documentaries and TV shows.
  • Crocodoc Crocodoc is used in converting Microsoft Office and PDF documents to HTML5, and enabling users to view and collaborate with any web app.
Number of Past Jobs 6
Steve Chen has had 6 past jobs including Co-Founder & CTO at Nom.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Nom
Co-Founder & CTOSep 2014Apr 2017
Google Ventures
Entrepreneur in Residence20142016
AVOS Systems
Co - FounderMay 2010May 2014
YouTube
Co - Founder & CTOJun 2005Oct 2006
PayPal
Software EngineerNov 1999May 2005
eBay
Engineering ManagerDec 2003Mar 2005
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 4
Steve Chen is the Advisor at Numbers Protocol.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
SparkLabs Taiwan
Advisor—Sep 29, 2020
451 Media Group
Digital Media Strategist——
Google Ventures
Advisor——
TID
advisor——
Number of Events 2
Steve Chen has participated in 2 events. They most recently attended, or will attend, Startup Grind Global Conference 2019 on Feb 23, 2019.
Number of News Articles 405
Funding Round•Feb 20, 2024
Nest Wallet raised $3,600,000 / Seed from Ascensive Assets and 13 other investors
Funding Round•Nov 16, 2023
AppFlowy raised $6,400,000 / Seed from Amr Awadallah and 14 other investors
Funding Round•Jul 19, 2023
Karat Financial raised $40,000,000 / Series B from Biz Stone and 15 other investors
Funding Round•Nov 11, 2022
Funding Round•Sep 28, 2022
Jubilee Media raised $1,100,000 / Seed from 500 Global and 7 other investors
News•Jun 1, 2022
The Nathan Sanders Group — 7 YouTube Stats & Fun Facts
Funding Round•Mar 21, 2022
GGWP raised $12,000,000 / Seed from BITKRAFT Ventures and 10 other investors
Funding Round•Dec 17, 2021
Otoklix raised $10,000,000 / Series A from AC Ventures and 5 other investors
Funding Round•Nov 1, 2021
Beaubble raised an undisclosed amount / Pre Seed from Bling Capital and 7 other investors