John Chen

Partner

2021 - Current

Principal

2020 - 2021

Fika Ventures is a LA-based boutique seed fund focused on b2b software, fintech, and healthcare IT. While we live in and love LA, we invest all over the country!

Columnist

2018

Covering the future of work and culture. https://techcrunch.com/author/john-chen/

Investor

2014 - 2018

Emergence Capital is the leading venture capital firm focused on the enterprise cloud. Notable investments include Zoom, Salesforce, Box, Yammer, Veeva, and Gusto. I worked on our investments in CrunchBase, SimpleLegal, LogDNA, Project44, Guru, DroneDeploy and Blend Labs.

Board Observer & Series A Investor

2015 - 2018

CrunchBase is the leading platform to discover innovative companies and the people behind them. Founded in 2007, CrunchBase began as a simple database to track startups covered on TechCrunch. Today, CrunchBase delivers market insights to millions of users and businesses around the world. The CrunchBase Dataset is constantly expanding through contributions from our community of users, investment firms, and network of global partners.

Chief of Staff to the CEO

2012 - 2014

Since 2005, Box has made it easier for people to securely share ideas, collaborate and get work done faster. Today, more than 41 million users and 85,000 businesses—including 69% of the Fortune 500—trust Box to manage content in the cloud.

Fellow

2012 - 2012

Built products to help citizens understand elections data in the US and abroad.

Domestic Policy

2011 - 2011