York Chen, iD TechVentures Ltd., President & Managing General Partner Close Window

York has been one of the most active venture capitalists in China and termed by media as a ˇ°VC Evangelistˇ± and ˇ°VC Scholarˇ± unselfishly sharing his deep observation and advice on China VC market to the peer groups at home and abroad. iDT started its operation in early 2000 with offices in Shanghai, Taipei and Beijing, managing more than US$400M LP funds. iDT VC is one of the few seasoned, localized and stable VC teams in China with 8 partners. With more than eight years solid presence, local operation and delivered track record (3 Nasdaq and more than 17 other IPOs and M&A), iDT is recognized as one of the most reliable GP partners China.

Before 2000, York was a board member of Singapore listed Acer Computer International Ltd. He initiated, managed and oversaw more than 10 diversified national and JV operation spanning from Moscow to Auckland, from Seoul to Bangalore. Before ˇŻ91, York was involved in AcerˇŻs successful presence in Mexico and ex-Soviet Union markets. He is the first Chinese to deliver a public speech in the Kremlin in May 1991 to some 2000 Russian political & industrial leaders.

York started his career in the public sector. He holds a B.S. from National Taiwan University, a MBA from Fordham University and EMBA from Peking University.