Jay Chen
InvestorPartner at Afore Capital
San Francisco, California
Writes $500K – $1.2M checks · typically $750K
Experience
- ValonSoftware Engineercurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco, California, United States
- Afore CapitalProduct Partnercurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- StripeSoftware Engineer2020 — 2022San Francisco, California, United States
- UberSoftware Engineer2015 — 2019San Francisco, California
- FacebookSoftware Engineer2013 — 2015Menlo Park, Calfornia
- UCLA Department of Computer ScienceUndergraduate Researcher2012 — 2013Los Angeles, California
- MicrosoftSoftware Development Engineering Intern2012Redmond, Washington
Education
- UCLAB.S., Computer Science2010 — 2013
Skills & more
Unix6C++19C8Python16Linux (Ubuntu)5Microsoft Visual Studio2Windows1C#3Hadoop3Scala1Java12MapReduce5
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Colleagues at Afore Capital
Anamitra Banerji
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital
Derrick Li
Principal at Afore Capital
Elizabeth (Lizzie) Siegle
Scout at Afore Capital
Gaurav Jain
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital
Jack McClelland
Analyst at Afore Capital
Jackson Moses
Venture Partner at Afore Capital
Jared Luttrell
VP of Finance at Afore Capital
Joseph Cardini
Investor at Afore Capital
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Elizabeth (Lizzie) Siegle
Scout at Afore Capital
Gaurav Jain
Co-founder, Managing Partner at Afore Capital
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Jay Chen?
- Partner at Afore Capital
- Where does Jay Chen work?
- Jay Chen is Partner at Afore Capital.
- What check size does Jay Chen write?
- Jay Chen typically writes checks of $500K – $1.2M.
- Where did Jay Chen go to school?
- Jay Chen studied at UCLA (B.S., Computer Science).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Valon6
Also worked at Stripe174
Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmLuciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia CapitalPatrick CollisonCo-founder & CEO of StripeJohn CollisonCo-founder & President of StripeGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAI
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Also worked at Uber379
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