Andy Chen
InvestorManaging Partner at Outcast Ventures · General Partner at Coatue Management
San Francisco
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505 people in our graph share verified history with Andy — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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Andy: together at Persona
Andy: together at UC San Diego
About
Previously launched and co-led Coatue's venture practice as a General Partner, investing seed through Series A in companies like Figma, Scale AI, Chime, Distyl and Persona. Earlier was a Talent Partner at Kleiner Perkins where he founded the KPCB Fellows Program, an early employee at Riviera Partners, and a nuclear weapons analyst at the CIA.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningConsumerData & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Experience
- Outcast VenturesCo-founder & Managing Partnercurrent2026 — present
- The Halal Guys Inc.Angel Investorcurrent2015 — present
- FigmaInvestor2018 — 2025
- Scale AIInvestor2019 — 2025
- ChimeInvestor2019 — 2025
- Distyl AIBoard Member2023 — 2025
- PersonaBoard Member2018 — 2025
- MiterBoard Member2022 — 2025
- MeticulousInvestor2022 — 2025
- LightfieldBoard Member2021 — 2025
- AvenInvestor2019 — 2025
- CoatueGeneral Partner2018 — 2025
- Kleiner PerkinsPartner2011 — 2018Menlo Park, CA
- Central Intelligence AgencyScience, Technology, and Weapons Analyst2009 — 2011Langley, Virginia
- Riviera PartnersManager, Engineering Recruiting2007 — 2009
- SensorMetrixMechanical Engineer2006 — 2007
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship75Venture Capital6Recruiting59Start-ups99Business Development28Strategy26Product Management14Cloud Computing13Business Strategy10E-commerce7Analytics7Engineering4
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Colleagues at Outcast Ventures
Network5
Marc AndreessenScout
Co-founder & General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
Elad GilScout
Solo general partner investing through Gil Capital
Mamoon HamidScout
Partner at Kleiner Perkins
Napoleon TaScout
Partner at Founders Fund
Peter LevineScout
General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Andy Chen?
- Previously launched and co-led Coatue's venture practice as a General Partner, investing seed through Series A in companies like Figma, Scale AI, Chime, Distyl and Persona. Earlier was a Talent Partner at Kleiner Perkins where he founded the KPCB Fellows Program, an early employee at Riviera Partners, and a nuclear weapons analyst at the CIA.
- Where does Andy Chen work?
- Andy Chen is Managing Partner at Outcast Ventures.
- What does Andy Chen invest in?
- Andy Chen invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Fintech, SaaS.
- Where did Andy Chen go to school?
- Andy Chen studied at UC San Diego (MS, Applied Plasma Physics); UC San Diego (BS, Mechanical Engineering).
Same school
Also attended UC San Diego446
Elad GilSolo general partner investing through Gil CapitalMark SusterManaging Partner at Upfront VenturesChester NgGeneral Partner at AtomicBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorHouman HaghighiPartner, Business & Corporate Development at Menlo VenturesFreya Svedberg-KeatingInvestor at Medicxi
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Shared employers
Also worked at The Halal Guys Inc.2
Also worked at Scale AI95
Alexandr WangCo-founder of Scale AI; Chief AI Officer at MetaLucy GuoCo-founder of Scale AI; founder & CEO of PassesWilliam HockeyCo-founder of Plaid; founder & CEO of ColumnBrad PorterFounder & CEO of Collaborative RoboticsCat WuInvestor at Index VenturesMike VolpiInvestor at Index Ventures
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