Nick Chen

partner at Golden Ventures · Joined 2023

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Biography

Nick Chen is listed on the Golden Ventures team page with the title "partner", printed in lower case on the page. He joined in September 2023 as Principal on the investment team and was promoted to partner in June 2025 after two years at the firm. Before Golden Ventures he spent six years at Georgian as an investor and later emerging technologies lead, developing investment theses around Applied AI and web3 and institutionalising its Pathfinder programme for early-stage emerging technology deals, and then established and led the venture capital arm of the stock exchange IEX, where he was Head of Ventures and worked on the company's entry into digital assets. His stated focus is AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, web3 and other frontier technologies. No education is stated by the firm. No current board seat could be verified.

Previous Experience

Notable Investments

Pillar Security

Career Timeline

2023
Joins Golden Ventures as Principal on the investment team, announced by Ameet Shah on 7 September 2023.
2025
Quoted as "Partner at Golden Ventures" in Pillar Security's 16 April 2025 announcement of its $9M seed round.
2025
Promoted to partner after two years at the firm, reported by BetaKit on 19 June 2025.

Sources & References

Golden Ventures - Team ↗Golden Ventures - Welcome Nick Chen! ↗BetaKit - Nick Chen makes partner at Golden Ventures (19 June 2025) ↗GlobeNewswire - Pillar Security Raises $9M (16 April 2025) ↗