RC

Richard Chan

Managing Partner at Berkeley Frontier Fund

San Francisco Bay Area

Invests in

Work Experience

  • Managing Partner

    2022

    We’re a new breed of philanthropic VC designed to align incentives in the private markets for Berkeley’s public benefit. We aim to invest in the best Berkeley startups and provide a meaningful and sustainable revenue source for Berkeley.

  • Managing Partner

    2012

    Ironfire Ventures is a cross border fund with in house design and research services for our portfolio companies. We invest in startups from seed to series B in the Artificial Intelligence, Biotech, Marketplaces, and Enterprise Software categories.

Vintners Group

2000 - 2013

  • Founder & CEO

    2000 - 2013

    Wine maker and wine distributor in Asia specialized in premium boutique California wine

2005 - 2012

  • Group Product Manager

    2010 - 2012

    Led China Innovation Group product planning and strategy. Own all core elements of product development including business, technology, and user experience.

  • Product Management

    2005 - 2010

    Product management for Bing. Led the strategy and product planning on social search, multimedia search, International GTM and brand launch.

AltaVista

1999 - 2002

  • Business Intelligence

    1999 - 2002

    Pioneer the first large scale data warehouse for Business Intelligence.

  • Senior Associate

    1996 - 1999

    Financial Audit and Tax planning services in Real Estate, Winery and Technology