Chi-Hua Chien

Chi-Hua Chien is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Goodwater Capital. Over a two
decade career as a venture capitalist, Chi-Hua and his partners have invested in and
helped founding teams build 17 iconic global consumer tech platform companies
including Facebook, Fever, Monzo, musical.ly / TikTok, Spotify, Square, Twitter, Toss,
Weee! and Zepto. His passion is supporting entrepreneurs who are building digital
utilities that promote human flourishing and seek to change the world for good. These
software products provide better global access to higher quality, lower cost housing,
health care, food, financial services, transportation, education, and entertainment.

Prior to launching Goodwater, Chi-Hua was a General Partner at Kleiner Perkins
Caufield & Byers and an Associate at Accel Partners. Chi-Hua was an early employee
or co-founder of four startups, including Accel- and General Catalyst-backed
Coremetrics, where he led the marketing and inside sales teams, served as interim
CFO, and was appointed Co-President.

Chi-Hua fell in love with startups at Stanford University, where he earned undergraduate
degrees in Industrial Engineering and Economics, an MS in Industrial Engineering, and
an MBA. At Stanford, he was named a Mayfield Fellow, President’s Scholar, and Arjay
Miller Scholar. He enjoys staying close to the Stanford community and served as a
co-instructor of the undergraduate Technology Entrepreneurship course at the
Engineering School. Chi-Hua also serves on the board of charity: water, a non-profit
organization that brings clean, safe drinking water to people in developing nations.