Chiu Chau
InvestorFounderVenture Partner at TSVC · Founder at Opentrons
New Jersey
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
FoundedOpentrons · YC
About
Focuses on biotech and health tech with hardware.
Founder at OpentronsYC W16
Intro paths
YC
Chiu went through Y Combinator (Winter 2016) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Chiu can intro founders to Opentrons's investors below.
Opentrons's investors · 13
EQUIAMSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checksFifty YearsSan Francisco · $250K – $2M checksFuture VenturesLos Altos · $1M – $10M checksKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checks · since 2021Lerer HippeauNew York · $500K – $2M checks · since 2021MetaplanetTallinn · $500K – $10M checksMillennium New HorizonsSilicon ValleyMillennium Technology Value PartnersBelgradeSoftBank GroupTokyo · since 2021SoftBank Vision FundLondonTSVCSilicon Valley · $1M checksVectors AngelY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2016
Co-founders at Opentrons
NW
Nicholas WagnerFounder
WC
Will CanineFounder/CPO
LM
Leslie MitchellDirector
JA
James AtwoodExecutive Officer, Director
Experience
- OpenShelfCoFounder, Mechaniccurrent2023 — presentNew York, United States
- Self-employedHackercurrent2021 — present
- Opentrons Labworks Inc.CTO2018 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
- OpentronsCo-founder, CEO2014 — 2018brooklyn, NY
- BioSample SolutionsFounder2010 — 2014
- BioArrayVP Eng1998 — 2010
- Tamarack Scientific Co.Eng1996 — 1998
- POCManager1994 — 1996
- ISAEng1991 — 1994
- Quantronix CorporationEng1986 — 1990
- Lenteceng1986 — 1989
Colleagues at TSVC
Network7
Carl Wang
Partner at TSVC
Charles Shao
General Partner at TSVC
Chun Xia
Founding Partner at TSVC
Cindy Zhang
Venture Partner at TSVC
David Duan
Venture Partner at TSVC
Derek Wang
Partner at TSVC
Eugene Zhang
Founding Partner at TSVC
Investors connected to Chiu in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Chiu Chau work?
- Chiu Chau is Venture Partner at TSVC and Founder at Opentrons.
- What check size does Chiu Chau write?
- Chiu Chau typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies did Chiu Chau found?
- Chiu Chau founded Opentrons.
Founder mafias
Y Combinator mafia8,732
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TSVC mafia5
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OpenShelf mafia3
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