Where did Christopher Ruiz Chiu go to school?

Christopher Ruiz Chiu studied at UC Santa Barbara (B.A. Sociology, Economics); General Assembly (Data Science); UC Santa Barbara (Research Seminar and International Business).

Christopher Ruiz Chiu

Investor

Partner and Head of India at Spiral Ventures · Head of Product at NFX

San Francisco, California, United States

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About

Christopher Ruiz Chiu is Partner and Head of India at Spiral Ventures, a Singapore-based Japanese venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India. He previously worked with Dream Incubator in Singapore and India on strategy consulting, M&A, and venture capital investment for Japanese companies, and earlier led fixed income technology and analytics projects at Nomura/Lehman in Japan and India. He holds an INSEAD MBA, is a CFA charterholder, and has professional proficiency in Japanese (JLPT Level 1).

Experience

NFXHead of Product & Datacurrent2025 — present
Self-employedAdvisor & Investorcurrent2023 — present
Cash AppProduct Lead2022
Varo BankProduct Lead2021
Rakuten RewardsDirector of Product Management2018 — 2021
Rakuten RewardsSenior Product Manager2016 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
Wanderful MediaLead Product Manager2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
Y Media LabsProduct Manager2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
GoogleProject Manager, Google+2012 — 2013Mountain View
SolutionSetSenior Product Consultant2011 — 2012Palo Alto, CA
LogitechInternal Auditor2010 — 2011

Skills & more

Google Adwords2SQL1PythonMicrosoft Office1Microsoft Excel3User BehaviorProduct DesignSoftware Product ManagementProduct RequirementsConsumer ProductsUX Research1Product Development1

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FundraisingProduct StrategyUser AcquisitionGrowth HackingRetention improvementA/B TestingMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Strategic PartnershipsGo-to-Market StrategyMobile PaymentsRevenue & Profit GrowthCustomer Engagement

Languages English · German · Spanish

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) — Scrum Alliance

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Colleagues at Spiral Ventures

Anissa Dyah Setyowati

Principal (Southeast Asia) at Spiral Ventures

Chiharu Goto

Director/CFO at Spiral Ventures

Chiharu Gotoh

Chief Compliance Officer at Spiral Ventures

Irawan Ganda

Partner and Head of Southeast Asia at Spiral Ventures

Sujit Kunte

Partner and Head of India at Spiral Ventures

Sujit Kunte, CFA

Investor at Spiral Ventures

Takeo Takahashi

Representative in Japan at Spiral Ventures

Yuji Horiguchi

CEO at Spiral Ventures

Frequently asked questions

Who is Christopher Ruiz Chiu?: Christopher Ruiz Chiu is Partner and Head of India at Spiral Ventures, a Singapore-based Japanese venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups in Southeast Asia and India. He previously worked with Dream Incubator in Singapore and India on strategy consulting, M&A, and venture capital investment for Japanese companies, and earlier led fixed income technology and analytics projects at Nomura/Lehman in Japan and India. He holds an INSEAD MBA, is a CFA charterholder, and has professional proficiency in Japanese (JLPT Level 1).
Where does Christopher Ruiz Chiu work?: Christopher Ruiz Chiu is Partner and Head of India at Spiral Ventures.
Where did Christopher Ruiz Chiu go to school?: Christopher Ruiz Chiu studied at UC Santa Barbara (B.A. Sociology, Economics); General Assembly (Data Science); UC Santa Barbara (Research Seminar and International Business).

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Also attended General Assembly131

TinaInvestments & Portfolio Services Team Member at Clear Ventures DavidInvestor at MGV.VC Michael BairdInvestor at Green Flag Sabine QuetantMarketing at Collide Capital Phil JacobSenior Associate at Rampersand Allison LightGTM at General Partnership

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Also attended Palo Alto High School34

Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Jocelyn GoldfeinInvestor at Zetta Venture Partners Skylar DorosinPrincipal at NVP Capital Scott PettyGP & Senior Advisor at Signal Peak Ventures Leela SrinivasanCEO, Parity at Bull City Venture Partners Aliza KnoxAdvisor at iGlobe Partners

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Shared employers

Also worked at Cash App15

Valerie Osband MahoneyInvestor at NFX Asher BantockHead of Research at SignalFire Patrick MurraySenior Director of Strategic Growth at MissionOG Dustin MoringInvestor at Mischief Sarah ArmstrongCFO at Celestia Foundation James LoftusManaging Partner at PayPal Ventures

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Also worked at Varo Bank10

Karen WhiteInvestment Team at 8VC James HerbertVenture Partner at Navitas Capital Asmau AhmedSenior Leadership, Google X at Astia Odile RoujolFounder at Fab Co-Creation Studio Ventures Spencer RascoffGeneral Partner at 75 & Sunny Craig BattinFounder at Airship

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Also worked at Rakuten Rewards1

Noah AuerhahnFounder at Uncommon Therapeutics

Also worked at Wanderful Media1

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