Investing Profile

Andy Chen(16)

VCInvestorTalent Operator
General Partner at Coatue Management
coatue.comPalo Alto, California
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Andy Chen's investing connections

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Connected to Sunil Nagaraj (Ubiquity Ventures).

Networks Andy is a member of
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Network
25 CONNECTIONS
University of California, San Diego Network
21 CONNECTIONS
University of California, San Diego Network
21 CONNECTIONS
University of California, San Diego Network
21 CONNECTIONS
Kleiner Perkins Network
12 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Coatue Partner
Investment Range
$250K - $20.0M
Sweet Spot
$10.0M
Investments On Record
29
Current Fund Size
$706.5M

Andy Chen is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Andy Chen's Investments On Record (14)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
Persona
Series DApr 2025$200M
Series CSep 2021$150M
Series BMay 2021$50M
Series AJan 2020$18M
Series AJun 2019
SeedNov 2018
SeedSep 2018
$420M
Co-investors: Nick Shalek (Ribbit Capital), Mark Goldberg (Index Ventures), Andreas Guldin (Emil Capital Partners), Kyle Harrison (Contrary Capital), Tony Xu, Curtis Lee, William Hockey, Dylan Field, Scott Belsky
Figma
Secondary MarketJul 2024
Series CFeb 2019$40M
Series CJan 2019
$330M
Co-investors: Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), Danny Rimer (Index Ventures), Ajay Vashee (IVP), John Lilly (Greylock), Dan Rose (Coatue), Sriram Krishnan (Andreessen Horowitz), Hao Huang (UpHonest Capital), Daniel Rumennik (AirAngels), Lachy Groom (LGF), Jeff Weiner (Next Play Ventures), Chris Howard (Fuel Capital), Paulina Szyzdek (Robert Bosch Venture Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Vinicius Alves (Base Partners), DJ Patil, Kevin Colas, Mike Krieger
Scale AI
Series FMay 2024$1B
Series EApr 2021$330M
Series CAug 2019$100M
$1.6B
Co-investors: William Reed (Spark Capital), Kris Fredrickson (Coatue), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Justin Kan (Goat Capital), John Curtius (Cedar Capital Group), Neil Mehta (Greenoaks Capital), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Greg Brockman, Guillermo Rauch, Drew Houston, Mike Krieger, Adam D'Angelo
Tome
Series BFeb 2023$43M
Series ASep 2021$26M
$75M
Co-investors: Michael Mignano (Lightspeed Venture Partners), Dan Rose (Coatue), Reid Hoffman (Greylock), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors)
Jetpack
SeedFeb 2023$10M
$11M
Co-investors: Erik Nordlander (GV (Google Ventures)), J J (GreaterGoodSociety)
Workstream
Series BSep 2022$60M
Series BAug 2021$48M
$120M
Co-investors: Lan Xuezhao (Basis Set Ventures), Chang Xu (Basis Set Ventures), Dan Rose (Coatue), Keith Rabois (Khosla Ventures), Joe Montana (Liquid 2 Ventures), Neil Sirni (Arrive), Jay Simons (Bond), Aneel Ranadive (Soma Capital), Stephen Francis (Arrive), Binh Tran (Ascend Vietnam Ventures), Joel Peterson (Peterson Partners), Sahin Boydas, Tony Xu, Frederic Kerrest, Bernard Arnault, Jenna Hannon, Theresa Johnson
Pocus
Series AJun 2022$23M
$23M
Co-investors: Meka Asonye (First Round Capital), Lenny Rachitsky (AirAngels), Allison Pickens (Allison Pickens Ventures, formerly The New Normal Fund), Packy McCormick (Not Boring Capital), Adam Blitzer, Barr Moses, Abhinav Asthana, Christina Cacioppo, Max Mullen, Scott Belsky, Ron Pragides
Magical
Series AJun 2022$35M
$41M
Co-investors: David Thacker (Greylock), Shahed Khan (Hyper), Max Altman (Saga), Jay Simons (Bond), Vinay Hiremath, Alex Lieberman, Dylan Field, Mathilde Collin, Scott Belsky, Ron Pragides

most interested in

I invest in a broad range of companies, from consumer, to enterprise, to fintech, to healthtech, and hardtech as well. At the very core my thesis is to invest in exceptional founders tackling expansive markets. If that's what you're building, I'd love to hear from you!

not interested in

Cold pizza

Andy Chen's Experience

Weapons Analyst Central Intelligence AgencyPresent
Partner Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersPresent
Partner Coatue ManagementPresent
Investor Distyl AI2023 - Present
Investor Magical2022 - Present
Investor Meticulous2022 - Present
Investor 🔮 Pocus2022 - Present
Investor Reliable Robotics Corporation2021 - Present
Board Member Tome2021 - Present
Investor jetpack.io2021 - Present
Investor Workstream2021 - Present
Board Member Stratify Technologies, Inc.2020 - Present
Angel Investor Mill2020 - Present
Investor Scale AI2019 - Present
Investor Figma2018 - Present
Investor Chime2018 - Present
Board Member Persona2018 - Present
General Partner Coatue Management2018 - Present
Angel Investor The Halal Guys Inc.2015 - Present
Angel Investor Fort Point Beer Company2015 - Present
Partner Kleiner Perkins2011 - 2018
Science, Technology, and Weapons Analyst Central Intelligence Agency2009 - 2011
Manager, Engineering Recruiting Riviera Partners2007 - 2009
Mechanical Engineer SensorMetrix2006 - 2007

Andy Chen's Education

University of California, San Diego B.S Mechanical Engineering
University of California, San Diego M.S. Applied Plasma Physics
University of California, San Diego MS Applied Plasma Physics
UC San Diego BS Mechanical Engineering, Theater, Political Science