About
Zao Chen is a Principal on Craft Ventures' investment team focused on software companies, with particular interest in data infrastructure, AI infrastructure, and developer tools. He has served as Interim VP Finance at Supabase and Interim VP Finance & BizOps at Onehouse, and previously worked in growth equity at Georgian and in M&A at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Experience
- Craft VenturesPrincipalcurrent2024 — present
- SupabaseInterim VP Finance2024 — 2025
- OnehouseInterim VP Finance2024 — 2025
- GeorgianInvestor2021 — 2024
- Bank of America Merrill LynchInvestment Banking2019 — 2021
Skills & more
Public Speaking23Teamwork24Microsoft Excel19Time Management12Leadership14PowerPoint5Customer Service4Microsoft Word4Research4Microsoft Office6Accounting4Event Planning3
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CommunicationTeam LeadershipManagementMicrosoft PowerPointLanguages Chinese · English
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Colleagues at Craft Ventures
Aaron Cort
Operating Partner, Marketing & Growth at Craft Ventures
Bil Harmer
Advisor, Infosec at Craft Ventures
Bill Lee
Venture Partner at Craft Ventures
Brian Murray
Partner and COO at Craft Ventures
Bryan Rosenblatt
Partner at Craft Ventures
Caroline Brayson
Operating Partner, Communications & Marketing at Craft Ventures
Cassie Chao Leemans
Operating Partner, Talent at Craft Ventures
Dan Moor
Investor at Craft Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Zao Chen?
- Zao Chen is a Principal on Craft Ventures' investment team focused on software companies, with particular interest in data infrastructure, AI infrastructure, and developer tools. He has served as Interim VP Finance at Supabase and Interim VP Finance & BizOps at Onehouse, and previously worked in growth equity at Georgian and in M&A at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
- Where does Zao Chen work?
- Zao Chen is Principal at Craft Ventures.
- Where did Zao Chen go to school?
- Zao Chen studied at University of Waterloo (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Biotechnology).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Supabase15
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Also worked at Onehouse3
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