Number of Portfolio Companies 1
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 8
  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel

Chi-Hua Chien is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Goodwater Capital.Prior to co-founding Goodwater, Chi-Hua was a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Chi-Hua serves on the Board of Directors of Path, Lithium (fka Klout), Zaarly, Chill, Level Money, and Zumper. He also invested in Chegg, Inspirato, Karma Science (acquired by

FB), Spotify, and Twitter.

Previously, Chi-Hua was an Associate at Accel Partners, where he originated Accel’s investment in Facebook. Chi-Hua was an early employee or co-founder of four startups including Coremetrics (acquired by IBM), where he led the marketing and inside sales teams, served as interim CFO, and was appointed to the Office of the President.

Chi-Hua fell in love with startups at Stanford University where he earned a BS in Industrial Engineering, a BA in Economics, an MS in Industrial Engineering, and an MBA. At Stanford he was named a Mayfield Fellow, President’s Scholar, and Arjay Miller Scholar.

Chi-Hua also serves on the board of charity: water, a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

Number of Investments 1
Chi-Hua Chien invested in Alchemy on Dec 17, 2019. This investment - Series A - Alchemy - was valued at
$15M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Dec 17, 2019
Alchemy
Series A - Alchemy
$15M
Number of Partner Investments 54
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 4
Chi-Hua Chien has 2 current jobs as Partner and Investor at Citizen and Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Goodwater Capital. Additionally, Chi-Hua Chien has had 4 past jobs including General Partner at Kleiner Perkins.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Kleiner Perkins
General PartnerDec 2007Mar 2014
Accel
AssociateJun 2006Dec 2007
Google
Corporate Development20052005
Coremetrics
Director of Marketing20012004
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 8
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 6
Chi-Hua Chien holds 8 board and advisor roles including Board Member at Stash, Board Member at Weee!, and Board Member at Zumper.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Level Money
Member of the Board of DirectorsJul 2013
Path
Member of the Board of DirectorsFeb 1, 2011
klout
Member of the Board of Directors
Sweatcoin
Board MemberJan 2018
Chill
Member of the Board of Directors
Inspirato
Member of the Board of Directors2011
Chi-Hua Chien studied at Stanford UniversityStanford University, and Stanford University.