Andrew Chen (investor)

Chen attended the University of Washington, where he graduated with a bachelor of science in applied mathematics.

Andrew Chen is an advisor and investor for technology startups and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Chen has advised and/or invested in companies including AngelList, Barkbox, Boba Guys, Dropbox, Front, Gusto, Kiva, Product Hunt, Tinder, and Workato. His primary nvestment areas are legal technology, information technology, fintech, and computer software.

Andrew Chen is an investor and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).

Chen attended the University of WashingtonUniversity of Washington, where he graduated with a bachelor's of degreescience in applied mathematics with a focus on economics.

In 2018, Andrew Chen became a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he focuses on investing in consumer technologies.

From 2015 to 2018, Chen led the Rider Growth product team for Uber.

From 2009-2015, Andrew Chen was the CEO and co-founder of a consumer app company, Stealth.

From 2003 to 2006, Chen worked as the director of product marketing for AudienceScience.

From 2002 to 2003, Chen worked as an analyst for Mohr Davidow Ventures. Chen came back to Mohr Davidow Venture in 2007 for less than a year, as an entrepreneur-in-residence.

Andrew Chen has personally invested in the following companies: Polymer, Atrium, Aspen, Cleanify, Connectifier, Splitwise, Product Hunt, Sendwithus, LaunchBit, and Cardpool. He has made exits with the

In 2009, Chen founded a start-up that remained in stealth mode throughout its existence. It raised seed and series A funding rounds from the Horowitz Andreessen Angel Fund, Mitch Kapor, Index Ventures, Ignition Partners, and Tom Bedecarre of WPP Ventures. In 2014, the stealth start-up team soft-landed at Uber after launching consumer apps that garnered tens of millions of active users through AOL, Facebook, and Android. Chen started leading Uber's Rider Growth product teams in 2015. In May 2018, Chen began working as a general partner at a16z. He helped raise Games Fund One, a $660 million fund focused on investing in video game studios and artificial intelligence (AI) platforms. Chen is the author of The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects (2021).

Chen has invested in companies including Practice, StartPlaying, Bounce, Ramen VR, Pietra, Sandbox VR, Snackpass, Polymer, Hipcamp, Substack, and Envoy.

Andrew Chen has personally invested in the following companies: Polymer, Atrium, Aspen, Cleanify, Connectifier, Splitwise, Product Hunt, Sendwithus, LaunchBit, and Cardpool. He has made exits with the

Andrew Chen is an advisor and investor for technology startups and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Chen has advised and/or invested in companies including AngelList, Barkbox, Boba Guys, Dropbox, Front, Gusto, Kiva, Product Hunt, Tinder, and Workato. His primary nvestment areas are legal technology, information technology, fintech, and computer software.

Investment area: legal technology, information technology, fintech, computer software.

Andrew Chen has personally invested in the following companies: Polymer, Atrium, Aspen, Cleanify, Connectifier, Splitwise, Product Hunt, Sendwithus, LaunchBit, and Cardpool. He has made exits with the following companies: Product Hunt, LaunchBit, Connectifier, and Cardpool.

Quote: “Fitting a product to market is hard, and even if you feel like you're failing, you really aren't. It turns out that every startup has to go through this, but not every startup survives.”

Investment area: legal technology, information technology, fintech, computer software.