Where does Alic Chen work?

Alic Chen is Managing Partner at Blue Bear Ventures.

What check size does Alic Chen write?

Alic Chen typically writes checks of $100K – $400K.

Where did Alic Chen go to school?

Alic Chen studied at University of California, Berkeley (PhD, Mechanical Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (M.S., Mechanical Engineering); The Johns Hopkins University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering).

Alic Chen

Investor

Managing Partner at Blue Bear Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Writes $100K – $400K checks

Find your path to Alic

316 people in our graph share verified history with Alic — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Paul JennyunlockedAlic: together at UC Berkeley (2007–2008)

×6Alic: together at UC Berkeley

×2Alic: together at The Johns Hopkins University

×3Alic: together at National Institutes of Health

About

Co-founded CITRIS Foundry after earning a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from UC Berkeley in 2012. Has advised or invested in 50+ science and technology startups that have cumulatively raised over $500M.

Invests in

BiotechClimate TechDeep TechHardwareHealthtechNew Materials

Experience

Transitions FirstManaging Partnercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
Blue Bear VenturesGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
CITRIS FoundryCo-Founder & Advisorcurrent2019 — presentBerkeley, CA
CITRIS FoundryCo-Founder & Partner2013 — 2019Berkeley, CA
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) @ UC BerkeleyResearch & Development Manager2012 — 2015Berkeley, CA
UC BerkeleyPost-doctoral Researcher2012 — 2013Berkeley, CA
UC BerkeleyGraduate Student Researcher2007 — 2011Berkeley, CA
National Institutes of HealthResearcher2009National Institutes of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Bethesda, MD
Johns Hopkins UniversityResearch Assistant2005 — 2007Depts. of Mechanical Eng., Electrical Eng. & Biomedical Eng., Baltimore, MD
ITRIEngineering Intern2006Medical Electronics & Device Technology Center, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
MicrosoftSoftware Design Engineering Intern2005Developer & Platform Group, Hong Kong, China

Skills & more

Solidworks2Matlab7HTML2CSS2Labview7SolidWorks2Project Management7Early-stage Startups4Entrepreneurship Education53D Printing3Rapid Prototyping3Simulations6

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Finite Element AnalysisMicrofabricationScanning Electron MicroscopyPrinted ElectronicsMEMSBiomedical ApplicationsMechanical EngineeringBusiness Strategy

Languages Chinese · English

From Alic's professional profile.

Colleagues at Blue Bear Ventures

Deepak Gupta

Managing Partner at Blue Bear Ventures

Linda Maduwura

CFO at Blue Bear Ventures

Marianne Abib-Pech

Venture Partner at World Fund

Patrick Scaglia

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Blue Bear Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Alic Chen?: Co-founded CITRIS Foundry after earning a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from UC Berkeley in 2012. Has advised or invested in 50+ science and technology startups that have cumulatively raised over $500M.
Where does Alic Chen work?: Alic Chen is Managing Partner at Blue Bear Ventures.
What does Alic Chen invest in?: Alic Chen invests in Biotech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Hardware, Healthtech, New Materials.
What check size does Alic Chen write?: Alic Chen typically writes checks of $100K – $400K.
Where did Alic Chen go to school?: Alic Chen studied at University of California, Berkeley (PhD, Mechanical Engineering); University of California, Berkeley (M.S., Mechanical Engineering); The Johns Hopkins University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering).

Same school

Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

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Also attended The Johns Hopkins University442

Dave JohnsonCo-founder & CEO of Dash Bio Nicole GaudelliEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Wes NicholsPartner at March Capital Partners Demi ObayomiPrincipal at Sapphire Ventures Jun JeonInvestor at Khosla Ventures Nicole FraenkelInvestor at Khosla Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at CITRIS Foundry1

Aaron GyureFounder at Kwikkart

Also worked at UC Berkeley469

Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of Databricks Raquel UrtasunFounder & CEO of Waabi Arhaan A.Deeptech Fellow at Clear Ventures Kevin Wijayaインドネシア法人代表 (Indonesia Office Representative) at CyberAgent Capital Paul JennyBoard Chair at CincyTech Michael PerezDeputy General Counsel at Mucker Capital

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Also worked at National Institutes of Health93

Jun JeonInvestor at Khosla Ventures Uri LopatinInvestor at Khosla Ventures Max ColbertPhysician-Entrepreneur at Medical Excellence Capital Leela SrinivasanCEO, Parity at Bull City Venture Partners Victoria GraceFounding partner of Colle Capital Partners, an opportunistic early-stage technology venture fund Ashok SrinivasanChief Science Advisor at AIF

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Also worked at Johns Hopkins University110

Nicole GaudelliEntrepreneur in Residence at GV (Google Ventures)Jun JeonInvestor at Khosla Ventures Lindsay MontiGeneral Counsel and CCO at JMI Equity Linda CuretonBoard Member at Maryland TEDCO Paula AndreuInvestor at Kfund Aagam ShahPrincipal at Sands Capital Ventures

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