John B Chen
InvestorFounder & Managing Partner at Hive Ventures
Taiwan
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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John: together at Cisco
John: together at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
About
Technical leader and entrepreneur with deep experience across US and Chinese technology ecosystems, particularly in Big Data and AI. Started career as a software engineer at Silicon Valley startups and has built global products in distributed systems. Holds an MBA from CEIBS and a Computer Science degree from Cornell University.
Experience
- Hive VenturesFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2019 — presentTaipei City, Taiwan
- Acorn Campus TaiwanPrincipal2018 — 2019Taipei City, Taiwan
- iClick Interactive Asia LimitedExecutive VP of Technology2015 — 2018
- BuzzinateFounder and CTO2009 — 2015Shanghai, China
- Acorn Campus VenturesAssociate2007
- Symphoniq CorporationSenior Software Engineer2003 — 2007
- ANDA NetworksSoftware Engineer2002
- Optimight CommunicationsSoftware Engineer2001 — 2002
- Nortel NetworksQA Engineer2000
- CiscoQA Engineer1999
Skills & more
Java13JavaScript7.NET2PHP3Scala1Hadoop5Apache11Perl4Subversion3BlockchainCassandra2Storm
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KestrelDevOpsScalabilityCross-functional Team LeadershipStart-upsTechnical LeadershipEntrepreneurshipProduct ManagementBusiness DevelopmentMarketing StrategyBusiness StrategyBig DataLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is John B Chen?
- Technical leader and entrepreneur with deep experience across US and Chinese technology ecosystems, particularly in Big Data and AI. Started career as a software engineer at Silicon Valley startups and has built global products in distributed systems. Holds an MBA from CEIBS and a Computer Science degree from Cornell University.
- Where does John B Chen work?
- John B Chen is Founder & Managing Partner at Hive Ventures.
- What check size does John B Chen write?
- John B Chen typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did John B Chen go to school?
- John B Chen studied at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) (MBA); Cornell University (BS, Computer Science); Carnegie Mellon University.
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Also attended China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)55
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Also attended Cornell University1,397
Jenny LeeSenior Managing Partner at Granite AsiaNeeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftMichelle FernandesInvestor at Index VenturesMike ZakInvestor at CRV (Charles River Ventures)Micah RosenbloomGeneral Partner at Founder Collective
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Also attended Carnegie Mellon University728
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Shared employers
Also worked at iClick Interactive Asia Limited3
Also worked at Buzzinate1
Also worked at Nortel Networks123
Joanne ChenInvestor at Foundation CapitalRichard GrecoVenture Partner at IronGate Capital AdvisorsJiong MaInvestor at Phoenix Venture PartnersScott AronsonOperating Partner at StripesAndrew RadinInvestor at Inception Studio CapitalAaron FykeFounder and Managing Partner at Thin Line Capital
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