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Patrick Chung

Investor

General Partner at Xfund

Palo Alto, California

Writes $50K – $500K checks · typically $3M

About

Patrick Chung founded ZEFER in the dot‑com era, was Sam Altman's first investor, led a conversation with him at Harvard, and bases work in Boston to tap its university ecosystem.

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Patrick Chung @patrickchung

Harvard Business School just posted this video of our @xfund fireside chat with Aravind Srinivas! https://t.co/KFmMDKc5cA

Apr 28, 2025 · ♥ 3 · ⇄ 1

Patrick Chung @patrickchung

“These ends will not be achieved by assertions of power, unmoored from the law, to control teaching and learning at Harvard and to dictate how we operate.” https://t.co/ArYFdMes07

Apr 14, 2025 · ♥ 1 · ⇄ 1

Patrick Chung @patrickchung

“We don't think three years ahead because AI is so fast-moving... the first three months this year have moved faster than the last two years... nobody saw DeepSeek coming.” (and then, @AravSrinivas named Shiv his favorite Roy sibling--the one he’d choose to take over Perplexity). https://t.co/3bQWB0IIDy

Apr 10, 2025 · ♥ 2

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningFintechHealthtechSaaSSector Agnostic

Experience

XfundManaging General Partnercurrent2012 — presentwww.xfund.com
New Enterprise AssociatesHead of Consumer investing practice, Head of Seed investing practice2005 — 2014Menlo Park, California, United States

Education

Harvard UniversityA.B., Environmental Science
Harvard Business SchoolM.B.A.
Harvard Law SchoolJ.D.
University of OxfordM.Sc., Environmental Science
Upper Canada CollegeHigh School Diploma

Skills & more

Strategy70Venture Capital99Corporate Development82Mobile Devices46Investments34Private Equity50Strategic Partnerships30Entrepreneurship99Growth Capital6Due Diligence15Financial Modeling9Mergers & Acquisitions23

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Start-upsValuationBusiness StrategyAcquisition IntegrationE-commerceExecutive ManagementEmerging MarketsInvestment BankingAngel InvestingSaaSJoint VenturesBusiness Development

From Patrick's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard University1,171

Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Chris DixonFounder & Managing Partner of a16z crypto at Andreessen Horowitz Sarah TavelVenture Partner at Benchmark Danny RimerPartner at Index Ventures Laela SturdyManaging Partner at CapitalG Ryan IsonoDeal Partner at Felicis Ventures

+ 1,165 more

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer Capital Tim DraperFounder of Draper Associates Mike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at Floodgate Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended Harvard Law School126

Keith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla Ventures Kenneth ChenaultInvestment Team at General Catalyst David GoldenManaging Partner, Revolution Ventures Tracy Van GrackChief Communications Officer at Revolution Sid ShenaiVenture partner at Madrona and co-founder and CEO of Proof Diagnostics Rufus KingInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

+ 120 more

Also attended University of Oxford687

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at Greylock Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia Heritage Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter Capital Dominic JacquessonInvestor at Index Ventures Erin Price-WrightInvestor at Index Ventures Jan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 681 more

Shared employers

Also worked at New Enterprise Associates113

Scott SandellExecutive Chairman & Chief Investment Officer at NEA Crystal HuangInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Matt SacksInvestor at Lightbank Jai SajnaniInvestor at Khosla Ventures Ajay VasheeInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Micherice TaoInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)

+ 107 more

Deals · 2

23andMeBoard seat

via Xfund · filed Sep 2017 · $250M raise

PhiloBoard seat

via Xfund · filed Jan 2017 · $4.2M raise

Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.

Colleagues at Xfund

Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts, and Sciences at MIT at Xfund

Andrew Williamson

Managing Partner, Cambridge Innovation Capital at Xfund

Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management at Xfund

Brandon Farwell

General Partner at Xfund

Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy and Professor of Physics, Harvard University at Xfund

Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School at Xfund

Managing Director Emeritus, DFJ at Xfund

Senior Director of the HBS Rock Center for Entrepreneurship and HBS Foundry, Harvard Business School at Xfund

Network1

Partner at C3 Ventures

Investors connected to Patrick in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.