Shin Chen
Summer Associate at Race Capital
San Francisco, California
Overview
Work Experience
Investor
2025 - Current
We’re an early-stage VC born out of the MIT Media Lab. We back founders who are rewriting the rules in AI/ML, robotics, automation, and more. Always excited to meet teams working on big, ambitious ideas - if you’re building something cool, shoot me a message - shin@e14fund.com
Host
2024
a community of 300+ AI/ML researchers from top institutions and labs. 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.
Investor
2024 - 2025
Race backs founders from pre-seed to Series A, focused on enterprise and infra.
Race Capital is an early-stage venture capital fund focused on all things infrastructure
Venture Fellow
2023 - 2024
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, and decided to build again - we created 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.