Where did Dave Chen go to school?

Dave Chen studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MM); University of California, Berkeley.

Dave Chen

Investor

Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Equilibrium Capital · Strategic Advisor at Voyager Capital

Portland, Oregon, United States

Find your path to Dave

181 people in our graph share verified history with Dave — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Jothy RosenbergunlockedDave: together at GeoTrust (1999–2000)

×2Dave: together at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

×8Dave: together at Mentor Graphics

Dave: together at Solectron

About

Dave Chen is CEO of Equilibrium, a global investment firm focused on sustainability-driven alternative strategies for institutional investors. The firm invests in and operates controlled environment agriculture, sustainable food, and waste-to-energy assets, while building scaled portfolios of climate adaptation and carbon transition infrastructure. Chen is also involved in graduate-level teaching and academic research in sustainable finance and climate adaptation.

Experience

Equilibriumceocurrent2008 — presentportland. san francisco. london
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Managementadjunct professor of financecurrent2009 — present
Nvoicepay, a FLEETCOR CompanyBoard Member2010 — 2019
Federal Reserve Bank of San Franciscochairman of the portland branch board of SF federal reserve bank2005 — 2012San Francisco Bay Area
OVP Venture PartnersGeneral Partner1999 — 2007
HNC SoftwareBoard Member1999 — 2002san diego
GeoTrustceo, founder1998 — 2000
Mentor GraphicsVP Marketing1990 — 1993
McKinsey & CompanyAssociate1984 — 1986
Solectronmanager1978 — 1984Milpitas, California, United States

Skills & more

SaaS1Enterprise Software1Strategy52Strategic Planning6Public Speaking3Mentoring1Venture Capital38Investments29Teaching1Business Development6Sustainability12Mergers & Acquisitions31

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Start-upsFinanceMarketingBusiness StrategyNew Business DevelopmentEnergyEntrepreneurshipPrivate EquityCorporate DevelopmentPortfolio ManagementInvestment StrategiesStrategic Partnerships

From Dave's professional profile.

Colleagues at Equilibrium Capital

Andrew Turner

Board Member at Equilibrium Capital

Annie Vu

Staff Accountant at Equilibrium Capital

Bill Campbell

Senior Advisor, Special Projects at Equilibrium Capital

Casey Delaney

Senior Vice President, Financial Operations at Equilibrium Capital

Jared Sperry

Principal, Portfolio Operations at Equilibrium Capital

Michaele Gobel

Chief Financial Officer at Equilibrium Capital

Nick Houshower

Managing Director, Investments & Portfolio Management at Equilibrium Capital

Ryan Ensor

Fund Accounting Manager at Equilibrium Capital

Frequently asked questions

Who is Dave Chen?: Dave Chen is CEO of Equilibrium, a global investment firm focused on sustainability-driven alternative strategies for institutional investors. The firm invests in and operates controlled environment agriculture, sustainable food, and waste-to-energy assets, while building scaled portfolios of climate adaptation and carbon transition infrastructure. Chen is also involved in graduate-level teaching and academic research in sustainable finance and climate adaptation.
Where does Dave Chen work?: Dave Chen is Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Equilibrium Capital.
Where did Dave Chen go to school?: Dave Chen studied at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management (MM); University of California, Berkeley.

Founder mafias

McKinsey & Company mafia900

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Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management mafia315

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Kunal BahlExecutive ProgramFounded Snapdeal Cristina JunqueiraMBAFounded Nubank Takeshi TakahashiFounded Aculys Pharma +2 Remco van ZantenMBAFounded Zalando +2 Mark CrumblishMBAFounded Profit Inc +2 David RipleyMBAFounded Glidera +2

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Voyager Capital mafia9

Also came through, then founded or led a company.

Tony AudinoCo-Founder & Managing DirectorFounded Peoplepath +1 Alice ReimerStrategic AdvisorFounded the51 Ray MuzykaAdvisory Board MemberFounded Bioware Bruce ChizenVenture PartnerFounded Adobe Gerri SinclairStrategic AdvisorFounded Centre for Digital Media Julien RomanettoAdvisorFounded Arianee

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Same school

Also attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management1,134

Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite Asia Kunal BahlCo-founder of Snapdeal; co-founder of Titan Capital Cristina JunqueiraCo-founder of Nubank Andy FligelSenior Managing Director at Intel Capital David Clark GuillermoInvestments at Impact America Fund Giuseppe DonvitoPartner at P101 Ventures

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Also attended University of California, Berkeley2,000

Steve WozniakCo-founder of Apple Aravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AI Ali GhodsiCo-founder & CEO of Databricks Abraham BachrachCo-founder & CTO of Skydio Trevor OelschigInvestment Team at General Catalyst Anthony LinHead of Intel Capital, Corporate Vice President at Intel Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Nvoicepay, a FLEETCOR Company3

Miles KilburnManaging Partner at Mosaik Partners E. Miles KilburnInvestor at Mosaik Partners John EwertExecutive Officer at Eclypsium

Also worked at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco20

Anita PramodaExecutive Advisor at TCV Brad WiskirchenInvestor at EPIC VENTURES Marissa Ramirez de ChanlatteFellow, Robotics & Computer Vision at Prime Movers Lab Dan SkaffCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Radicle Impact Jeff RunnfeldtChief Investment Officer, Multi-Manager Group at Fortress Investment Group Heather RedmanManaging Partner at Flying Fish Ventures

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Also worked at HNC Software6

Xuhui ShaoPartner at Foothill Ventures Ann ReganManaging Director at Gilead Group Charles NichollsFounder at Simplicitydx Thomas Forest FarbExecutive Officer, Director at Thrivebio Tim GraceCEO & President at Point Predictive Drew HyattChief Executive Officer at Veep

Also worked at GeoTrust1

Jothy RosenbergFounder & Executive Chairman at Dover Microsystems