Peter Zhe Chen
InvestorPartner at Alphaist Partners Venture
Beijing
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
About
Peter Zhe Chen is a partner at Alphaist Partners focused on early-stage venture investment. He has background experience in research and development, product development, and innovation, with a portfolio that includes companies across robotics, audio technology, and related sectors such as Wuji Tech, Fish Audio, Mammotion, AgileX Robotics, and Horizon Robotics.
Experience
- Alphaist PartnersPartnercurrent2025 — present
- 5Y CapitalManaging Director2017 — 2025
- Qiming Venture PartnersMBA Intern2017
- GoogleSenior Software Engineer2015 — 2016Mountain View, California
- BlackBerrySensor Software Developer II2012 — 2015Waterloo, Ontario
- BlackBerryRadio Software Developer2008 — 2012Waterloo, Ontario
- TagTalkCofounder2013 — 2014Waterloo, Ontario
Skills & more
Product DevelopmentMobile TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceInternet of ThingsEntrepreneurshipVenture CapitalSignal Processing22Digital Signal Processors29Algorithms17Wireless4C22Matlab13
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Embedded SoftwareEmbedded SystemsC++PythonLanguages Chinese · English
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Peter Zhe Chen?
- Peter Zhe Chen is a partner at Alphaist Partners focused on early-stage venture investment. He has background experience in research and development, product development, and innovation, with a portfolio that includes companies across robotics, audio technology, and related sectors such as Wuji Tech, Fish Audio, Mammotion, AgileX Robotics, and Horizon Robotics.
- Where does Peter Zhe Chen work?
- Peter Zhe Chen is Partner at Alphaist Partners Venture.
- What check size does Peter Zhe Chen write?
- Peter Zhe Chen typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- Where did Peter Zhe Chen go to school?
- Peter Zhe Chen studied at Harvard Business School (Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management); University of Waterloo (Master’s Degree, Electrical Engineering); McGill University (Bachelor’s Degree, Honours Electrical Engineering).
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