KC

Kelly Chen

Deep Tech Investor, Board Member

London, England

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $3,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Skills

Bloomberg
Trading
Financial Modeling
Data Analysis
Derivatives
Fixed Income
Valuation

Education

Work Experience

  • Founding Team

    2023

    Inaugural €1B deep tech VC backing ambitious founders in both public and private sectors to secure the future for the Alliance's 1B citizens. Our focus areas include energy, AI, defence, climate, industrials, space, health, and biotechnology. NIF is the first multi-sovereign-backed fund and operates as a standalone VC, leading both early stage investments and fund-of-funds. NIF brings together a founding team with over 6 decades of deep tech investing, alongside a Board of Directors and Limited Partners at the highest levels of government, venture capital, innovation and defence.

2024

  • Investor + Board Observer

    2024

    Lightest high-performance advanced composite structures for aerospace, automotive, and defense - at unprecedented scale and efficiency.

  • Partner

    2017 - 2023

    With $4B AUM, DCVC backs early stage entrepreneurs applying deep tech to transform giant industries. Our portfolio spans geospatial infrastructure, risk transformation, computational care, robotics, and AI, with a focus on pushing the global frontier of technology. I enjoy working on problems arising from fundamental population and labor driven shifts. I am especially excited about teams building revolutionary tech in AI, robotics, manufacturing, logistics, sustainability, and future of work.

2023 - 2023

  • Investor + Board Member

    2023 - 2023

    Groundbreaking computer vision + robotics to reinvent the economics of recycling, tackling the 2 billion tons of municipal waste annually.

2020 - 2023

  • Investor + Board Member

    2020 - 2023

    Advanced robotics and autonomy to revolutionize online grocery

2020 - 2023

  • Investor + Board Observer

    2020 - 2023

    Purpose-built advanced mobility, perception, autonomous navigation, and manipulation in logistics

2017 - 2023

  • Investor + Board Member

    2017 - 2023

    Computer vision technology that tackles the number one concern in eldercare, resulting in 70% fewer ER visits and 40% fewer falls

2021 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2022

    Transforms clinical wound care management, resulting in 48% less nurse time and 300% faster healing rate

2020 - 2022

  • Investor + Board Observer

    2020 - 2022

    Uniquely creates 100% process-emissions-free regulated cement (OPC), which traditionally accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions

2019 - 2022

  • Investor + Board Observer

    2019 - 2022

    Computer vision platform tackles the $30B+ of annual textile manufacturing waste, allowing remediation of textile defects at production, 100% traceability and near 0% defect