John T. Chen Top-Executive
Venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and technologist with extensive experience in large and small companies commercializing emerging materials science based technologies. Passion for building technology companies and experience with early-stage technology venture capital. Top tier education in business and science from MIT.
Specialties: Venture Capital, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Clean Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy Storage, Advanced Materials, Photonics, Sensors, Early-stage startups
Headquarters:
Menlo Park, California, United States
Headline:
Board of Directors/Investor at Inkbit
Followers:
450
Connections:
352
Company:
Phoenix Venture Partners
Company Website:
http://www.phoenix-vp.com, http://www.microporeusa.com, https://inkbit3d.com, http://www.sionicenergy.com
Country:
United States
Skills:
Mentoring, Strategy, Venture Capital, Entrepreneurship, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Clean Technology, Investments, Fund Management, Strategic Partnerships, Due Diligence, Start-ups, Corporate Development, Cleantech, Business Development
Experience:
Title: Founder and Managing General Partner
Company: Phoenix Venture Partners LLC
Location: San Mateo, CA
Start: Jan 2009
End: Present
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: Micropore, Inc
Location: Elkton, Maryland, United States
Start: Sep 2023
End: Present
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: Inkbit
Location: Medford, Massachusetts, United States
Start: Jun 2021
End: Present
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: Furcifer Inc.
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Start: Oct 2017
End: Present
Title: Chairman/Investor
Company: Sionic Energy
Location: Rochester, NY
Start: Jul 2016
End: Present
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: L7 Informatics
Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Start: Sep 2023
End: Jul 2025
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: Amber Molecular
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Start: Jun 2020
End: Dec 2023
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: NBD Nanotechnologies
Location: Boston, MA
Start: Jul 2014
End: Sep 2022
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: Imprint Energy
Location: Alameda, CA
Start: May 2014
End: Jul 2022
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: Chromation
Location: New York, NY
Start: Jun 2018
End: Dec 2021
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: Vixar Inc
Location: Plymouth, MN
Start: Mar 2012
End: Jul 2018
Title: Board of Directors/Investor
Company: Senova Systems, Inc.
Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Start: Sep 2011
End: Jul 2018
Title: Kauffman Fellow
Company: Battery Ventures
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Start: Jul 2005
End: Dec 2008
Title: MBA Intern
Company: Draper Fisher Jurvetson New England
Location:
Start: Mar 2004
End: Oct 2004
Title: Consultant/Intern
Company: Luminus Devices
Location:
Start: Jul 2004
End: Aug 2004
Title: Consultant/Intern
Company: Passport Systems
Location:
Start: Jan 2004
End: May 2004
Title: Consultant/Intern
Company: Navigator Technology Ventures
Location:
Start: Sep 2003
End: Dec 2003
Title: Director of Business Development
Company: EM Logix, Inc.
Location:
Start: Jun 2001
End: May 2003
Title: Director of Product Development
Company: Surface Logix
Location:
Start: Jun 2000
End: May 2001
Title: Staff Scientist
Company: Tyco Electronics/Advanced Technology and Business Development
Location:
Start: Jul 1998
End: May 2000
Title: Staff Scientist
Company: Raychem Corporation/Corporate Technology
Location:
Start: Apr 1997
End: Jun 1998
Education:
School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Degree: PhD
Field: Materials Science and Engineering
Period: Jul 1991 - Apr 1997
School: MIT Sloan School of Management
Degree: MBA
Field: Business Administration
Period: Sep 2003 - Jun 2005
School: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Degree: BS
Field: Physics
Period: Sep 1987 - Jun 1991
Publications:
Understanding and controlling the morphology of styrene–isoprene side-group liquid crystalline diblock copolymers (Polymer · Dec 1, 2000)
Structure Development in Side Group Liquid Crystalline Diblock Copolymers (Proceedings of the OUMS’98, Osaka, Japan, 3–6 June, 1998, Molecular Interactions and Time-Space Organization in Macromolecular Systems pp 9-28 · Jun 3, 1998)
Molecular Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Liquid Crystal−Coil Diblock Copolymers with Azobenzene Side Groups (Macromolecules · May 5, 1997)
Influence of a liquid crystalline block on the microdomain structure of block copolymers (Macromolecular Symposia · May 1, 1997)
Multiple length scale self-organization in liquid crystalline block copolymers (Macromolecular Symposia · May 1, 1997)
Self-assembled smectic phases in rod-coil block copolymers (Science · Jul 19, 1996)
The use of force modulation microscopy to investigate block copolymer morphology (Journal of Materials Science · Jan 1, 1996)
Theoretical Prediction of the Optical Waveguiding Properties of Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Films (Macromolecules · Aug 1, 1995)
Zigzag morphology of a poly (styrene-b-hexyl isocyanate) rod-coil block copolymer (Macromolecules · Feb 1, 1995)