Richard Chan
Managing Partner at Berkeley Frontier Fund
Richard Chan
Managing Partner at Berkeley Frontier Fund
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2022 - Current
We’re a new breed of philanthropic VC designed to align incentives in the private markets for Berkeley’s public benefit. We aim to invest in the best Berkeley startups and provide a meaningful and sustainable revenue source for Berkeley.
Managing Partner
2012
Ironfire Ventures is a cross border fund with in house design and research services for our portfolio companies. We invest in startups from seed to series B in the Artificial Intelligence, Biotech, Marketplaces, and Enterprise Software categories.
Founder & CEO
2000 - 2013
Wine maker and wine distributor in Asia specialized in premium boutique California wine
Group Product Manager
2010 - 2012
Led China Innovation Group product planning and strategy. Own all core elements of product development including business, technology, and user experience.
Product Management
2005 - 2010
Product management for Bing. Led the strategy and product planning on social search, multimedia search, International GTM and brand launch.
Business Intelligence
1999 - 2002
Pioneer the first large scale data warehouse for Business Intelligence.
Senior Associate
1996 - 1999
Financial Audit and Tax planning services in Real Estate, Winery and Technology