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John Chen
Managing Partner at Hive Ventures
Taipei City, Taipei City
Overview
John Chen is the Founder and Managing Partner at Hive Ventures, with a background in technical leadership and entrepreneurship. With experience in founding and leading successful tech startups, he specializes in investing in Series A and seed-stage companies in sectors such as IoT, Web3/Blockchain, and AI.
John has a diverse technical skill set including Java, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, and experience working with notable companies such as iClick Interactive Asia Limited and Symphoniq Corporation. His current role involves providing strategic guidance and support to startups, showcasing his expertise in cross-functional team leadership and business development.
Work Experience
Founder and Managing Partner
2019 - Current
Principal
2018 - 2019
Executive VP of Technology
2015 - 2018
Founder and CTO
2009 - 2015
Associate
2007 - 2007
Venture capital firm for early-stage life science and technology companies
Senior Software Engineer
2003 - 2007
Software Engineer
2002 - 2002
ANDA Networks develops carrier-class Ethernet equipment for worldwide fiber and copper-based access networks.
Raised $82,500,000.00 from Venrock, Highland Capital Partners and Crimson Investment.
Software Engineer
2001 - 2002
QA Engineer
2000 - 2000
Nortel Technology is to developed next-generation technologies, for both service provider and enterprise networks.
QA Engineer
1999 - 1999
Cisco DevNet is your source for everything developer at Cisco Systems.