Mike Chen

As Managing Partner at Swell Ventures, Mike Chen has been investing and commercializing the swell of emerging technology. To date, his team has completed 100+ business innovation deals across 4 continents activating core and adjacent business innovation opportunities. Corporate Venture Partners: IBM, Unilever, Mercedes-Benz, Lufthansa, Absolut, Chivas, Pernod Ricard, Siemens, APEC, SingTel, Mobile World Congress 4YFN, Modern Times Group, & Société Générale. Mike believes startups are the building blocks of innovation. 

At Swell Ventures he started working for Reason, which is the pioneer of a new category of escape rooms that fuses future technology exploration and physical teamwork through a carefully crafted immersive experience. In this digital age we believe it’s important to humanize our connection with technology and with each other.