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Chi-Hua Chien

Investor

Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital

Palo Alto, California

Writes $50K – $10M checks · typically $2.5M

About

Chi‑Hua Chien monitors portfolio metrics daily and weekly to coach founders on product and growth in real time, focusing on consumer utilities as everyday infrastructure and Asia expansion like Musical.ly/TikTok.

Invests in

ConsumerE-commerceFintechHealthtechSocial

Experience

  1. Goodwater CapitalCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2014 — present
  2. Weee!Early Stage Investor & Board Membercurrent2016 — presentFremont, California, United States
  3. StashEarly Stage Investor & Board Membercurrent2016 — presentNew York, United States
  4. Monzo BankEarly Stage Investor & Board Advisorcurrent2017 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
  5. FeverGrowth Stage Investor & Board Membercurrent2022 — presentMadrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
  6. TikTokEarly Stage Investor & Advisorcurrent2016 — presentShanghai, China
  7. charity: waterBoard Membercurrent2013 — presentNew York, New York
  8. SpotifyVenture Growth Stage Investor & Advisorcurrent2011 — presentStockholm, Sweden
  9. TwitterVenture Growth Stage Investorcurrent2010 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  10. Chegg Inc.Early Stage Investor & Board Advisorcurrent2008 — presentSanta Clara, California, United States
  11. FacebookSeries A Investorcurrent2005 — presentPalo Alto, California, United States
  12. PhotomathEarly Stage Investor & Board Advisorcurrent2017 — presentZagreb, Croatia
  13. DoshEarly Stage Investor & Board Membercurrent2017 — presentAustin, Texas, United States
  14. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersGeneral Partner2007 — 2014
  15. Accel PartnersAssociate, Venture Advisor2002 — 2007
  16. GoogleCorporate Development2005
  17. CoremetricsDirector of Marketing, Interim CFO, Office of the President2001 — 2004

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, 20062004 — 2006
  2. Stanford UniversityMS, Industrial Engineering1999 — 2000
  3. Stanford UniversityAB, Economics1995 — 1999
  4. Stanford UniversityBS, Industrial Engineering1995 — 1999

Skills & more

Social Networking15Digital Media20Start-ups70Online Advertising14Venture Capital58Corporate Development6Online Marketing5Strategic Partnerships22Mobile Applications21Entrepreneurship45Analytics11E-commerce11
+5 moreMarketingMobile InternetProduct MarketingProduct ManagementStrategy

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Shared employers

Deals · 6

sp0n, Inc.Board seat

via Goodwater Capital · filed Jan 2025 · $42.5M raise

StashBoard seat

via Goodwater Capital · filed Oct 2022 · $52.6M raise

NoHo HealthBoard seat

via Goodwater Capital · filed Jul 2018 · $19M raise

DoshBoard seat

via Goodwater Capital · filed Dec 2017 · $4.9M raise

WeeeBoard seat

via Goodwater Capital · filed May 2016 · $8M raise

ZumperBoard seat

via Goodwater Capital · filed Jun 2015 · $6.4M raise

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Colleagues at Goodwater Capital

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