An angel investor and operator angel based in San Jose, California, United States, Chris Rowen has 2 known investments: DeepScale and Algolux.
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Investment focus
- Stage
- Seed
Contacts
Chris Rowen portfolio companies (2)
- DeepScale
- Algolux
Affiliated funds' portfolios
VP, Engineering, Collaboration AI at Cisco, whose known portfolio counts 15 companies
- Perplexity
- Mistral AI
- Affinity
- World Labs
- Actility
- Aikido Technologies
- Terradot
- HelloSky
- Chloris Geospatial
- Carbon Reform
- Nanya Technology Corporation
- Thinking Machines Lab
- and 3 more
Investor Profile
The known portfolio sits in sectors AI and Hardware, and focus areas Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision and IoT.
Stage-wise, the known deals cluster around Seed rounds.
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Senior Director CX AI
Bristol, United Kingdom
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Senior Director
Italy
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Cleveland, United States
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Nashville, United States
Derek Idemoto
Senior Vice President
San Jose, United States
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Warsaw, Poland
Maite Chaves
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Lisbon, Portugal
Hervé Muyal
Director of Engineering
Lausanne, Switzerland
Byron Milligan
Entrepreneur and Angel Investor
Stanford, United States
Naman Galhotra
Venture Capital
San Jose, United States
Airan Jr.
AI Leader
São Paulo, Brazil
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Bengaluru, India
Mary Fernandez-Arias
Global Engagement Lead
Germantown, United States
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United States
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Managing Partner
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Mountain View, United States
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Newport Beach, United States
Laercio Albuquerque
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Miami, United States
Janey Hoe
Vice President
San Jose, United States
Jon Koplin
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London, United Kingdom
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Frequently asked questions
Who is Chris Rowen?
Chris Rowen is an angel investor and operator angel based in San Jose, California, United States with 2 known investments on file, among them DeepScale and Algolux. The sections above list the sectors, stages and firms attached to that record.
What does Chris Rowen invest in?
Listed sectors include AI and Hardware; listed focus areas include Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision and IoT. Those tags come from the companies attached to this profile, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Chris Rowen invest at?
The known deals of Chris Rowen include Seed rounds. Stage is the strongest single filter when you build a target list: an investor with no record at your stage rarely starts with you.
Which firm is Chris Rowen listed at?
Chris Rowen is listed as VP, Engineering, Collaboration AI at Cisco. 31 other people in the database share a firm with Chris Rowen.
How do I contact Chris Rowen?
An email address and a LinkedIn page are on file for Chris Rowen. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The database holds no phone number for this profile.
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