Steve Chen portfolio

Steve Chen has 8 portfolio companies on record at Recent Funding.

Type: Angel investor.

Portfolio on Recent Funding: 8.

Deals, last 12 months: 0.

Capital in their rounds: $93M.

Latest deal: Karat Financial · Jul 19, 2023.

About this page

It is an angel investor. Its most recent investment on record is Karat Financial's $70M Series B+ round in July 2023, alongside Notable Capital, Upper90, Pentas Ventures and 6 others. By category, its portfolio leans toward Lending and credit (2) and Fintech (2). It has co-invested with SignalFire, Union Square Ventures and Notable Capital, most often SignalFire (2 rounds).

What Steve Chen invests in

Lending and credit · 2 · 25%
Fintech · 2 · 25%
Developer tools and cloud · 2 · 25%
Consumer and social · 2 · 25%
Crypto payments · 1 · 13%
Crypto social and consumer · 1 · 13%
Legal and compliance · 1 · 13%
Data and analytics · 1 · 13%

Steve Chen recent investments

Company	Round	Date	Alongside
KKarat Financial	Series B+ · $70M	Jul 19, 2023	Notable Capital, Upper90, Pentas Ventures +6
CCollective	Series A · $20M	May 12, 2021	Sam Yam, Somrat Niyogi, Sound Ventures +7
PPlanetScale	Seed · $3M	Dec 1, 2018	Ross Mason, Raymond Stata, South Park Commons +6

How Steve Chen invests

Stage	Deals	Capital in rounds
Series A	1 33%	$20M
Seed	1 33%	$3M
Series B+	1 33%	$70M

Year	Deals	Capital in rounds
2018	1 33%	$3M
2021	1 33%	$20M
2023	1 33%	$70M

Steve Chen portfolio companies

KKarat Financial$70MSeries B+ · Jul 2023
CCollective$20MSeries A · May 2021
PPlanetScale$3MSeed · Dec 2018
ZZestybacker
GGluwabacker
CCrocodocbacker
VVibelybacker
RReadyForZerobacker

Company	Round with Steve Chen	Total raised	Latest raise
KKarat Financial Lending and credit	Jul 19, 2023 Series B+ · $70M	$96M	Jul 19, 2023 Series B+
CCollective Legal and compliance	May 12, 2021 Series A · $20M	$78.65M	Jul 11, 2023 round
PPlanetScale Data and analytics	Dec 1, 2018 Seed · $3M	$105M	Nov 16, 2021 Series B+
ZZesty Logistics and mobility	backer	undisclosed	—
GGluwa	backer	undisclosed	—
CCrocodoc Developer tools and cloud	backer	undisclosed	—
VVibely Consumer and social	backer	undisclosed	—
RReadyForZero Stablecoins	backer	undisclosed	—

Most frequent co-investors

Similar investors

Investors whose portfolios on Recent Funding center on the same category (Lending and credit).

How this is counted

Share is of the 3 rounds on Recent Funding that name Steve Chen. Rounds with no announced date are left out of the year split, and "round" is a round whose stage is not on file.

Portfolio companies are the companies on Recent Funding with a round that lists Steve Chen, which is a subset of its real portfolio. API: /api/v1/investors/steve-chen (get a free API key). More: the most active VC firms and new venture capital funds.