Chi-Hua Chien

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital · Joined 2014

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Biography

Chi-Hua Chien is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Goodwater Capital, the consumer-focused venture firm he started with Eric Kim in 2014. Before launching Goodwater he was a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and earlier an Associate at Accel Partners. He was an early employee at Coremetrics, where the firm's team page says he worked in marketing and inside sales and served as interim CFO. Goodwater's team page lists Facebook, Fever, Monzo, musically / TikTok, Spotify, Square, Twitter, Toss, Weee! and Zepto among his investments, without stating which were made at Goodwater and which at prior firms. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering, a BA in Economics, an MS in Industrial Engineering and an MBA, all from Stanford University, and serves on the board of charity: water.

Education

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

FacebookFeverMonzomusically / TikTokSpotifySquareTwitterTossWeee!Zepto

Board Seats

Career Timeline

2014
Co-founds Goodwater Capital with Eric Kim.

Sources & References

Goodwater Capital - Team ↗Goodwater Raises Over $1 Billion (PR Newswire, 25 July 2023) - names Chi-Hua Chien as co-founder ↗