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Andrew Chen

andrewchen.substack.com / a16z

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $100,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $10,000,000.00

Work Experience

  • General Partner

    2018

    Investing at the intersection of Tech x Gaming, including AI, VR/AR, 3D, gamified apps, etc https://a16z.gg/

  • Author, THE COLD START PROBLEM

    2019 - 2022

    The Cold Start Problem launched in 2021 as a top 50 bestselling audiobook and top 500 hardcover on Amazon. Featured in Financial Times, Forbes, CNBC, the Tim Ferris podcast, and more. https://coldstart.com

2015 - 2018

  • Growth

    2015 - 2018

    I led Uber's Rider Growth product teams! (Plus tours of duty on NACS, driver growth, growth platform, etc.) #superpumpedness

2009 - 2014

  • Founder

    2009 - 2014

    Co-founded consumer startup that raised seed/A from Horowitz Andreessen Angel Fund, Mitch Kapor, Index Ventures, Ignition Partners, Tom Bedecarre/WPP Ventures and others. Team soft-landed at Uber after building and launching fast-growing consumer apps with multiple viral loops with k-factor>1 resulting in 10s of millions of active users, growing on AOL IM, Facebook, and Android platforms

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