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Shin Chen

Summer Associate at Race Capital

San Francisco, California

Overview 

Shin Chen is a seasoned investor with a focus on data, infrastructure, and AI/ML, currently working as a Summer Associate at Race Capital. With an MBA from UC Berkeley, Shin has experience as an Angel Investor at The Council, a Venture Fellow at Berkeley SkyDeck, and has co-founded ventures like PeekPeek and Miniso Ghana.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2024 - Current

    Love being surrounded by brilliant minds and being the dumbest person in the room, so I started 1943 to bring AI/ML researchers, industry experts, and founders together to share insights and learn from them.

  • Angel Investor

    2024

    Despite Berkeley tuition breathing down my neck, I started backing startups with my own money to show conviction. broke, but believing.

  • Investor

    2024 - 2025

    Race backs bold founders from pre-seed to Series A, focused on enterprise and infra. Shoot me a note at Shin@race.capital if you're building something exciting!

Race Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on all things infrastructure

  • Venture Fellow

    2023 - 2024

    Started my venture journey

SkyDeck Berkeley is a research university accelerator that serves as an apex startup launchpad for affiliated entrepreneurs.

  • Co-Founder

    2021 - 2023

    Moved back to Taiwan after COVID, had an existential crisis (as one does), and decided to take a leap again - ended up building interactive VR tours for UCLA, UCI, Hilton Group, and more.

PeekPeek provides an interactive Virtual Reality website for 24-hour telepresent.

  • Co-Founder

    2018 - 2021

    After three years in Ghana with nowhere to shop, I decided to fix it. Ran market research, convinced investors, raised the money, and brought Miniso to Ghana. Led the whole market entry.

  • Area Trade Lane Manager - West Africa

    2016 - 2018

    Flew across 6 West African countries, teamed up with amazing local crews, and managed 90+ business accounts powering $1.5B in mega infrastructure projects.

  • Sales Executive

    2015 - 2016

    Rode a big truck across Ghana selling tires to mines, factories, ports, and gas sites. Slept in shipping containers, dodged goats, and watched Africa transform up close. Wild and unforgettable, best decision in my life.

Maxxis International is an automotive company that manufactures tires.

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