PZ

Peter Zhe Chen

Tech Investor at 5Y Capital 五源资本

Beijing

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  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Managing Director

    2017

    AI, Robotics, Metaverse, Open Source and various tech driven investment Portfolios include: HAI ROBOTICS , XYZ Robotics, Lightellience, AgileX Robotics, Qingtian Trucks,Xpeng HT Aero,Yahaha,Xverse,XMov,GraphOrigin,DirectDriveTech,Deltron,etc.

  • MBA Intern

    2017 - 2017

    Summer intern in TMT sector

2015 - 2016

  • Senior Software Engineer

    2015 - 2016

    Led development of context-aware sensor software for next-generation Google Glass and new wearable devices. • Introduced activity recognition engine that provides always-on context awareness with lower power consumption and longer battery life than original Google Glass, enabling new user cases in fitness and health application. • Designed new wearable product concept and successfully pitched to higher management for further prototyping. • Investigated bone conduction transducer fitting issues on wearables and patented novel sensor fusion algorithms.

2008 - 2015

  • Sensor Software Developer II

    2012 - 2015

    Led development of sensor service and algorithms on Android and BlackBerry 10 system. • Developed sensor software stack that significantly reduced the efforts to support multiple hardware architectures. • Invented unintended touch avoidance system that eliminated thousands of device returns caused by such issue. • Designed and launched Advanced Interaction features as vital product differentiation feature in BlackBerry 10. • Invented camera-sensor fusion algorithms that improved auto-focus performance and outperformed competitors. • Innovating in mobile and sensor domain with multiple patents filed and granted.

  • Radio Software Developer

    2008 - 2012

    Working in DSP Algorithms group at BlackBerry. Responsible for researching and designing advanced radio algorithms, prototyping in C language and MATLAB as well as developing radio functions on a DSP. • Designed and developed ingenious software-defined radio algorithms for BlackBerry smartphone. • Achieved significant cost saving and industry leading performance for 100M BlackBerry shipped since 2008. • Invited to join a taskforce of CTO office to prototype a digital memory system to explore new business model.

2013 - 2014

  • Cofounder

    2013 - 2014

    Led the three-people startup (tagtalk.ca) to develop NFC-enabled gift tag solution with personalized greeting. • Delivered multiple product lines and fully functional app within three months of project launch. • Collaborated with designers and manufactures on outsourcing new artistic design and product scaling. • Launched crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter with wide media coverage and local incubator support.