Investing Profile

Steve Chen

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Co-founder, Partner at Modernist

San Francisco, California

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University of California, Berkeley Network

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University of California, Berkeley Network

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University of California, Berkeley Network

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Current Investing Position

Modernist Partner

Investment Range

$10K - $500K

Sweet Spot

$100K

Investments On Record

Steve Chen is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Steve Chen's Investments On Record (59)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Moonlake AI	SeedOct 2025$28M	$28M
Co-investors: Naval Ravikant (Sm4rt Predictive Systems), Shaun Johnson (AIX Ventures), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Mohammad Islam (Threshold Ventures), Jared Leto
Context	SeedMay 2025$11M	$33M
Co-investors: Trevor McFedries (Dapper Labs), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Jack Altman (Lattice Ventures), Benoit Marrel (Breega), Adam D'Angelo, Sam Altman, Tess Rinearson
E-Pal	Series UnknownSep 2024$30M	$30M
Co-investors: Thomas Vu
Artue	SeedMay 2024$3M	$3M
Apollo ID	Pre SeedMar 2024$3M	$3M
Co-investors: Matt Sechrest (Sky9 Capital), Nathan Doctor (Infinite Capital)
Nest Wallet	SeedFeb 2024$4M	$4M
Co-investors: Jamie Lin (AppWorks), Kevin Lin (Lifelike Capital), Gabby Dizon (Infinity Ventures Crypto), Sebastien Borget
Beaubble	SeedJan 2024$2M Pre SeedNov 2021$2M	$6M
Co-investors: Irene Au (Khosla Ventures), Jungju (Jay) Kim (Collaborative Fund (Collab Fund)), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Benjamin Ling (Bling Capital), Matt Cheng (Cherubic Ventures)
AppFlowy	SeedNov 2023$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Tom Preston-Werner (Preston-Werner Ventures), Preetha Parthasarathy (SAP.iO fund), Bob Young (PrecisionHawk), Amr Awadallah (Cloudera, Inc.), Matt Mullenweg (Audrey Capital)

Steve Chen's Experience

Co-founder, Partner Modernist2015 - Present

Co-founder MyCuteFriend2013 - Present

Founder, Owner 5A5 Steak Lounge2008 - Present

Founder The Bradley Group2004 - Present

Founder, Managing Partner Alist1997 - Present

Software Engineer PayPalPresent

Engineering Manager eBayPresent

YouTube GooglePresent

Member Committee of 100Present

Entrepreneur in Residence GooglePresent

Chief Technology Officer Nom Labs, Inc.Present

Board Member Asian Pacific FundPresent

Board Member SharpPresent

CTO & Co-Founder YouTubePresent

Co-Founder Actacom - Meester in ITPresent

Co-Founder, Partner ModernistPresent

Founder, Managing Partner Accenture/EpylonPresent

Founder Accenture/EpylonPresent

Founder, Owner 5A5 SteakloungePresent

Co-founder, Partner Modernist Venture ClubPresent

Co-Founder Accenture/EpylonPresent

Senior Consultant/Director Accenture/EpylonPresent

Co-founder & CEO GoPlanitPresent

Founder GoodPeoplePresent

Founder 7squarePresent

Founder HackCancerPresent

Steve Chen's Education

University of California, Berkeley BA Economics

University of California - Berkeley bachelors, bachelor of arts business

University of California, Berkeley BA econ, business

University of California, Berkeley

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