Ian Chiu
InvestorManaging Partner at Owl Ventures
San Francisco Bay Area
Writes $5M – $50M checks · typically $25M
FoundedDeepHowSkilltrade
About
Ian Chiu focuses on edtech, using digitized learning's exhaust data to boost completion and outcomes, promoting simulation/virtual labs to expand access and cut costs, and championing AI in education.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFintechFuture of WorkHealthtech
Experience
- Owl VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DeepHowBoard Membercurrent2023 — present
- Thrive GlobalBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- LingoAceBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- ClassBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- Interplay LearningBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
- WorkeraBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- DegreedBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- Woebot HealthBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- UBITSBoard Observercurrent2021 — present
- BenchPrepBoard Observercurrent2019 — present
- Greenlight Financial TechnologyInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- StashInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- MasterClassInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity)Advisory Board Membercurrent2020 — present
- LeLe Ketang (乐乐课堂)Board Member2018 — 2025
- 三节课信息咨询(北京)有限公司Board Observer2019 — 2024
- GladeoAdvisory Council Member2019 — 2023
- Civitas LearningBoard Member2015 — 2018
- Dude SolutionsBoard Member2014 — 2018
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMaster of Business Administration (MBA)
- Stanford UniversityMS, Industrial Engineering
- Stanford UniversityBS, Industrial Engineering
Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,187
Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board memberPeter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkSteve JurvetsonCo-founder of Future VenturesDavid SzeAdvisory Partner at GreylockKatherine BoyleGeneral Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (American Dynamism)Hunter WalkCo-founder & Partner at Homebrew
+ 1,181 more
Also attended Stanford University1,726
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
+ 1,720 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Thrive Global9
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsAbby Miller LevyManaging Partner & Co-Founder at Primetime PartnersMegan KellyPartner at Threshold VenturesBá MinuzziFounder and General Partner at Babel VenturesCourtney ReumCo-Founder and Partner at M13Barbara Kunde MinuzziManaging Partner at Ausum Ventures
+ 3 more
Also worked at Greenlight Financial Technology5
Also worked at Warburg Pincus LLC64
Luna SchmidInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Aftab MathurManaging Director at Temasek at Golden Gate VenturesLawrence BettinoManaging Director at Dot CapitalAndrew ScottSenior Finance Manager at GreycroftMiloni Madan PreslerInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Eugene "Gene" PodsiadloSenior Strategic Advisor, Special Limited Partner at AI Capital
+ 58 more
Also worked at National Basketball Association (NBA)18
Ted LeonsisFounder & Partner, Revolution Growth at RevolutionCharlie BuffaVice President, Sales at Mainsail PartnersAaron RyanFounder of Belden Avenue Advisors at 1809 CapitalJames FongChief Executive Officer, Jaunt China at Orbit StartupsBenjamin ZirmanInvestor at Maccabee VenturesKevin JohnsonFounder and Managing Partner at Black Capital
+ 12 more
Deals · 3
DeepHowBoard seat
via Owl Ventures · filed May 2025 · $5M raise
SkilltradeBoard seat
via Owl Ventures · filed Dec 2024 · $5M raise
DegreedBoard seat
via Owl Ventures · filed Feb 2023 · $50.9M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Owl Ventures
Allison Orzell
Senior Executive Assistant at Owl Ventures
Amit A. Patel
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Owl Ventures
Andrew Solomon
Vice President at Owl Ventures
Ashley Bittner
Principal at Owl Ventures
Brian Henspeter
Finance Manager at Owl Ventures
Chad Zimmerman
Investor at Owl Ventures
Emily Bennett
Partner at Owl Ventures
Emily Luck
Senior Associate, Impact & Portfolio Services at Owl Ventures










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