Investor profile
Derek Chu
Syndicate / Angel group, Venture capital & Class 29 at Kauffman Fellows, Principal at FirstMark
Derek Chu is a Principal at FirstMark, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies.
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Investment focus
Contacts
Affiliated funds' portfolios
Class 29 at Kauffman Fellows, whose known portfolio counts 5 companies
- Ligandal
- Catalog
- Flash
- Sidecar Health
- Elves
Principal at FirstMark, whose known portfolio counts 9 companies
- Daytona
- Legora
- Porter
- POSH
- SurrealDB
- Alaffia Health
- Tracebit
- Payy
- VillageSQL
Investor Profile
Founders in the listed sectors AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech, and focus areas 3D Technology, Analytics, Asset Management and Cloud Infrastructure fall inside that listing.
FirstMark appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals.
What the affiliated firm has backed is the closest available signal on whether Derek Chu is worth approaching.
Colleagues
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Rick Heitzmann
Founder and Managing Director
New York, United States
Matt Turck
Managing Director
New York, United States
Konstantin Vinogradov
Fellow - Class 30
London, United Kingdom
Heather Hartnett
Affiliated
New York, United States
Amit Anand
Kauffman Fellow
Singapore
Ashley Mayer
Kauffman Fellows, Class 27
Brooklyn, United States
Erica Duignan Minnihan
Kauffman Fellow
New York City, United States
Omar Darwazah
Investor
New York, United States
Chris McCann
Kauffman Fellows - Class 30
San Francisco, United States
Chris Ahearn
Venture Partner Network
Santa Monica, United States
Antonia Rojas Eing
Kauffman Fellow, Class 25
Mexico City
Bedy Yang
Kauffman Fellow
San Francisco, United States
Luis X Barrios
Class 20
Mexico City
Thad Langford
Kauffman Fellow Class 22
Kansas City, United States
Sherman Williams II
Class 26
New York, United States
Henrik Wetter Sanchez
Kauffman Fellow (Class 28)
London, United Kingdom
Gyan Kapur
Kauffman Fellow (Class 27)
New York, United States
Reshma Sohoni
Fellow
London, United Kingdom
Daniel Kimerling
Fellow
Albuquerque, United States
Dan Malven
Member
Chicago, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who is Derek Chu?
Derek Chu is a syndicate member and venture capital investor based in New York, United States, listed as Principal at FirstMark. The known portfolio of that firm counts 9 companies. That portfolio belongs to the firm, not to Derek Chu personally.
What does Derek Chu invest in?
Listed sectors include AI, Commerce, Consumer and FinTech; listed focus areas include 3D Technology, Analytics, Asset Management and Cloud Infrastructure. Those tags come from the portfolios of the firms this profile is attached to, so they read as a record of what has been backed rather than a stated preference for what comes next.
What stage does Derek Chu invest at?
FirstMark appears in Growth, Seed and Series A rounds across its known deals, and Derek Chu is listed there as Principal. 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 Derek Chu listed at?
Derek Chu is listed as Principal at FirstMark. 207 other people in the database share a firm with Derek Chu.
How do I contact Derek Chu?
An email address, a phone number and a LinkedIn page are on file for Derek Chu. The address stays masked on this page and is readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account.
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