Richard Chen - AngelList

I invest in 5 startups @ $25K-$75K a year

How I like to add value

As a former entrepreneur I've advised founders on hiring, product development, and marketing; I also encourage companies to go beyond the local geographical market, if they're starting out in a small one.

What I'm looking for

Markets

Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Analytics, Android, Application Platforms, Big Data, Bridging Online and Offline, Cloud Computing, Consumer Internet, Consumers, Crowdsourcing, Digital Media, E-Commerce, Education, Enterprise Software, Enterprises, Financial Services, Information Technology, Local, Location Based Services, Marketplaces, Mobile, Retail Technology, SaaS, Small and Medium Businesses, Social Commerce, Social Media, iPhone

Locations

Asia, China, Earth, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, North America, Oakland, Oceania, Osaka, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Taiwan, Tokyo, United States

What I've done

Founder

OptoMail

Investor

500Friends , 9GAG , Aardvark , AllTrails , AngelPad , AppMakr , Bacon Salt , BizeeBee , Chai Labs , Dealbase , DesignerApparel , ElasticBox , Freshplum , GenJuice , Honestly.com , Hotel Tonight , Koding , LawPivot , Lefora , LendFriend , Liftopia , Magoosh , Midokura , MightyText , Minted , MyLikes , NOWBOX , Nowmov , Pen io , Phonezoo , Rixty , Socialize , Tesla Motors , Treatful , Twylah , WillCall , Yotify

Advisor

CompanyLine

Worked At

Barclays Global Investors

Google

Credentials

QUALIFIED

An accredited U.S. investor

REVIEWED

4 out of 4 recommended Richard

ACTIVE

22 confirmed investments in popular companies on AngelList

“Investors & founders, better sit down for this one: You can add signatures to PDF in OSX Preview (see #1) http://goo.gl/HSJVs”

4 months ago

Naval Ravikant It works but it's not very high quality. I use PDFPen... There are still some law firms and banks who won't accept it!

4 months ago · Richard Chen likes this

Vincent Turner or @HelloFax if you just need to get it to someone

4 months ago · Richard Chen likes this

Jesse Middleton Big fano of @HelloFax as well. It's quick and pretty good quality.

4 months ago

Investor

Minted
Investor

Freshplum

We solve software pricing.
Investor

Hotel Tonight
Investor

Liftopia

4 Reviews

1851 Followers

144 Following

Reviews

4 out of 4 people recommended Richard.

Very entrepreneur friendly. Great guy.

— Founder of a company Richard took an intro to
Available 24/7, quick to respond, immensely helpful.

— Founder of a company Richard invested in