Shuonan Chen

Shuonan Chen is a General Partner at IOVC, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups in the future of work and enterprise SaaS sectors. A seasoned investor, she has backed companies later acquired by Goldman Sachs, Ford, Caterpillar, Binance, and Dialpad, as well as unicorns including Boom, Checkr, Grubmarket, Instacart, and Rescale. Beyond her investment work, Shuonan serves as a faculty member teaching entrepreneurship at both UC Berkeley and Stanford University, bringing real-world venture expertise into the classroom. Appointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom, she is one of 14 voting members on California's Mental Health Commission, where she helps oversee approximately $10 billion in annual state budget and advises on mental health policy at the highest levels of government. Earlier in her career, she held roles at Goldman Sachs in investment banking and PwC in advisory, contributing to landmark transactions including Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola and LinkedIn's $119 million acquisition of SlideShare. She is also a published author, having co-written one of the leading books on financial regulations, published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. With expertise spanning venture capital, entrepreneurship education, financial advisory, and public policy, Shuonan Chen is a multifaceted leader shaping the future of innovation and enterprise.