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About
Andrew Chan is a venture capital investor and software consultant based in Los Angeles who focuses on early-stage hard tech startups aiming to disrupt slow-moving legacy industries. He is Managing Partner at Atas VC and has held investing roles at Builders VC and Riot Ventures, along with a software advisory role at Veridian Technologies. Before his career in venture capital, he did scientific research at NASA JPL — where he built DEWPython for modeling icy ocean worlds — and at Nanyang Technological University studying sea level change. He holds a BS from the California Institute of Technology, where he double majored in Geophysics and English Literature.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Earned a BS from the California Institute of Technology with a double major in Geophysics and English Literature, writing a thesis titled 'What do We Talk About When We Talk About Love?' Graduated from Littleton High School as valedictorian and an IB Diploma recipient.
- Awards
- Was a National Merit Scholar and National AP Scholar.
- More
- Created DEWPython at NASA JPL and presented it at the 2021 Goldschmidt conference. Speaks English and Spanish.
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Experience
- Atas VCManaging Partnercurrent2024 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- Veridian TechnologiesCo-Foundercurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Los Angeles Venture AssociationVC Advisory Boardcurrent2021 — present
- Multiple CompaniesAngel Investorcurrent2020 — present
- Builders VCInvestor2021 — 2024
- Riot VenturesInvestor2020 — 2021
- NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryPlanetary Interiors and Geophysics Researcher2020Pasadena, California, United States
- Nanyang Technological UniversityResearch Fellow2019
- University of Colorado BoulderResearch Fellow2018
- University of Colorado Denver Department of BioengineeringIntern2015 — 2017
Skills & more
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Social MediaAnimal HusbandryPyTorchSolidWorksMicrosoft ExcelHTMLMicrosoft OfficeRJavaScriptMATLABMathematicaRecurrent Neural Networks (RNN)Languages Chinese · Spanish
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Deals · 3
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Investor
Kintsugi
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Andrew Chan?
- Andrew Chan is a venture capital investor and software consultant based in Los Angeles who focuses on early-stage hard tech startups aiming to disrupt slow-moving legacy industries. He is Managing Partner at Atas VC and has held investing roles at Builders VC and Riot Ventures, along with a software advisory role at Veridian Technologies. Before his career in venture capital, he did scientific research at NASA JPL — where he built DEWPython for modeling icy ocean worlds — and at Nanyang Technological University studying sea level change. He holds a BS from the California Institute of Technology, where he double majored in Geophysics and English Literature.
- Where does Andrew Chan work?
- Andrew Chan is Founder · Managing Partner at Atas VC.
- What companies has Andrew Chan invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Kintsugi.
- Where did Andrew Chan go to school?
- Andrew Chan studied at Caltech (Bachelor of Science - BS, Geophysics and English); Littleton High School (High School Diploma).
- What awards has Andrew Chan received?
- Was a National Merit Scholar and National AP Scholar.
Founder mafias
Caltech mafia153
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Builders VC mafia4
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Riot Ventures mafia2
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Same school
Also attended Caltech276
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Also attended Littleton High School2
Shared employers
Also worked at Los Angeles Venture Association4
Also worked at Riot Ventures9
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Also worked at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory121
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Also worked at Nanyang Technological University66
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