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OVO Fund

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OVO Fund is a seed stage venture capital firm that invests in startups in the Bay Area and Los Angeles.

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OVO, Ujamaa Ventures, Uj Ventures

founded date

31.12.2013

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Private

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The firm was founded in 2013 and focuses on investing in early-stage companies in various sectors, including artificial intelligence, retail & e-commerce, fintech, healthcare, media, blockchain, data developers, and smart enterprise. OVO Fund provides funding and support to startups with real technology and exceptional teams, aiming to build transformative yet capital-efficient businesses. The firm leverages an extensive network of industry veterans to provide value-added capital to its entrepreneurs.
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Charles Davis

Charles Davis

Eric Chen
Eric Chen

Eric Chen

Eric Chen is a Partner at OVO Fund

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OVO Fund
OVO Fund

Eric Chen

Eric Chen
Eric Chen

Eric Chen

Eric Chen is an experienced technology investor focusing on early stage Internet and enterprise IT opportunities in the US and China. Eric started Uj Ventures, an angel fund based in Palo Alto formed to incubate and fund seed stage opportunities. Uj Ventures has made 25 investments in technology startups including Palantir, RoboteX, Kiwi Crate, Context Logic and other promising startups. As a partner with venture capital firm WI Harper for five years, Eric led investments in technology companies that spanned both China and the US including ooma, Laszlo, PMC, and EditGrid. He is currently a Venture Partner with WI Harper and an advisor to Matrix Partners China. Eric has a wide-ranging background and is an entrepreneur in his own right. He co-founded an Internet startup, worked as an executive at a high growth technology company, incubated and launched a double bottom line investment fund in DC and pulled all-nighters on Wall Street as an investment banker.

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OVO Fund
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Eric Chen

Jiggs Davis
Jiggs Davis

Jiggs Davis

Jiggs Davis is general partner at OVO Fund.

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OVO Fund
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Jiggs Davis

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Gianfranco Filice

Gianfranco Filice

Venture Partner

Ilse Calderon

Ilse Calderon

Senior Associate and Principal

Roli Saxena

Roli Saxena

LP

Eric Chen

Eric Chen

Founding Partner

Eric Chen

Eric Chen

Partner

Jiggs Davis

Jiggs Davis

General Partner

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