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Clarence Chio

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President, CEO, and Director at Coverbase

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedCoverbase

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Tim GuleriunlockedClarence: together at Shape Security (2015–2017)
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×2Clarence: together at O'Reilly Media
Clarence: together at SanDisk

President, CEO, and Director at Coverbase

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Coverbase's investors · 5

Canapi VenturesNew York · since 2025FikaCulver City · $1M – $10M checks · since 2025Fika VenturesCulver City · $250K – $2M checks · since 2026Pear VCSan Francisco · $150K – $4M checks · since 2026TTV CapitalAtlanta · $250K – $7M checks · since 2026

Co-founders at Coverbase

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Zi Chong KaoSecretary and Director
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Kao ZCFounder

Experience

  1. CoverbaseCofounder & CEOcurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. University of California, BerkeleyAdjunct Professor, Security & Machine Learningcurrent2019 — present
  3. Unit21Cofoundercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Unit21Cofounder, CTO / President2018 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
  5. O'Reilly MediaAuthorcurrent2017 — presentSebastopol, California
  6. Forbes Technology CouncilCouncil Member2021 — 2023
  7. MacroStudent (Macro Engineering Fellowship)2022https://0xmacro.com/engineering-fellowship
  8. Shape SecuritySenior Software Engineer2014 — 2017San Francisco Bay Area
  9. OracleSecurity Consultant2015 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
  10. Tech startupsTechnical Advisor2016San Francisco Bay Area
  11. Intel CorporationCommunity Speaker2014 — 2015San Francisco Bay Area
  12. ZazzleSoftware Engineer2013 — 2014Redwood City
  13. SanDisk®Software Engineer2012 — 2013601 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, California, 95035
  14. Ministry of Community Development Youth and SportsPublic Policy Specialist2012Singapore
  15. Center on Interfacial Engineering in Microelectromechanical Systems, Stanford UniversityResearcher2011Stanford University
  16. Ministry of Home Affairs, SingaporePublic Policy Specialist2010New Phoenix Park, 28 Irrawaddy Road, Singapore 329560

Skills & more

web34Solidity3Ethereum2Smart Contracts1CryptocurrencyJava23C++46C42JavaScript16HTML3Python59Linux5
+8 moreEclipsePHPProgrammingVisual StudioCSSComputer ScienceData StructuresTrumpet

Languages Chinese · English · German

  • Triplebyte Certified Generalist Software Engineer — Triplebyte

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Clarence Chio?
President, CEO, and Director at Coverbase
Where does Clarence Chio work?
Clarence Chio is President, CEO, and Director of Coverbase.
What companies did Clarence Chio found?
Clarence Chio founded Coverbase.
Where did Clarence Chio go to school?
Clarence Chio studied at Stanford University (Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science); Stanford University (Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science); Hwa Chong Institution.

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