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Shin Chen

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About

My career started with a simple question: why not? Why not skip the safe route and chase something wildly different? Right after college, I moved from Taiwan to Ghana with no network and built from zero, launching e-commerce ventures and eventually founding startups across Africa, Asia, and the U.S. That same curiosity brought me to the Bay Area and into venture capital. I’m drawn to founders tackling hard problems and I’m happiest when I’m in the trenches with them. I love working with founders and I always go all in for the people bold enough to build what others think is impossible.

Experience

PrincipalE14 Fund
Jul 2025 to Aug 2026
Seed InvestorElorian AI
Jan 2026
Pre-seed InvestorPhysion Labs
Dec 2025
Staff AffiliateMIT Media Lab
Jul 2025 to Aug 2026
Angel InvestorOrbifold AI
Jul 2024
InvestorRace Capital
Jun 2024 to May 2025
Venture FellowBerkeley SkyDeck
Oct 2023 to May 2024
Seed InvestorEigen AI (Now part of Nebius)
Aug 2025
Co-FounderMiniso Ghana
Nov 2018 to Oct 2022
Area Trade Lane Manager - West AfricaA.P. Moller - Maersk
Dec 2016 to Nov 2018
Sales ExecutiveMaxxis International
Aug 2015 to Jul 2016

Education

University of California, Berkeley
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2023 to 2025
China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
2017