Tony L. Chen
Investor & Operator / Intersection of Luxury, Lifestyle & Technology
San Carlos, California
Overview
Work Experience
Chairman of the Board
2020 - Current
Investor
2022
Omni Bev is a manufacturer of coffee.
Investor
2021
Advisor & Investor
2020
Stage 2 Capital is a go-to-market venture capital fund that primarily invests in early-stage B2B software companies.
Advisor
2018
Advisor
2017
The world’s leading service provider in personal video and photo digitization
Raised $36,443,574.00 from Andy Choi and Roxio.
Investor & Board Member
2017
Verbit is a comprehensive verbal intelligence platform for speech-intensive industries
Raised $569,000,000.00 from Invest City Capital.
Investor & Advisor
2014
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
2014 - 2015
The Kairos Society works with young entrepreneurs as they innovate, from idea to execution, to solve problems and scale impact. We searches the globe for student entrepreneurs and innovators working on scalable solutions that solve real problems. These students join an invitation-only community spanning over 50 countries in which we connect them to international fellows, mentors, ideas, opportunities and resources to help them accelerate their path to market.
Angel Investor
2006
angel.co/tonylchen Note to entrepreneurs: Please do not send me unsolicited pitches or LI invites as I simply do not have the time to look at most of them. The best way to reach me is through someone that I trust, who can vouch for your character (more important to me than your business model, unique technology, etc.)
Co-Founder / CEO
2014 - 2019
Capio.ai was acquired by Twilio Inc. in June 2019 I co-founded Capio.ai (AI speech recognition technology) as a spin-out of Carnegie Mellon University's Silicon Vally Speech Laboratory with Professor Ian Lane and PhD Candidate Jungsuk Kim.
Capio is developing an engine for human to machine speech technologies.
Education
MBA
2004 - 2006
BS
1994 - 1998
High School
1990 - 1994