Steve Chen

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Steve Chen was an internet entrepreneur and the co-founder and previous Chief Technology Officer of YouTube. Born in August 1978 in Taiwan. Raised in Taiwan, Chen and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 15.

After graduating from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chen worked at PayPal, where he met Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. In 2005, the three founded YouTube, a website designed to simplify video sharing online.

Chen was named one of the "The 50 people who matter now" by Business 2.0 magazine in 2006. That year, he and Hurley sold YouTube to Google, Inc. for $1.65 billion in stock.

Chen most recently co-founded AVOS Systems with YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
2
Steve Chen has made 2 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 9, 2019, when Printify raised $3M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Jan 20, 2021 Numbers Protocol Series Unknown $50K Blockchain Detail
May 9, 2019 Printify Seed $3M E-Commerce Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Steve Chen has 1 current jobs including Advisor at Numbers Protocol , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Numbers Protocol Advisor Detail