Overview

Gender

female

Investor Type

Investment Partner

Ethel Chen is a SVP with the Technology Investment Group at GIC. GIC’s Technology Investment Group (TIG) is a global team with offices in Silicon Valley, China, and India. TIG invests directly in private and public technology companies and also serves as a limited partner in top-tier tech funds. TIG’s mission is to forge long-term financial and strategic relationships with its global partners – examples include Zoom, Datadog, Snowflake, Slack, Amplitude, Peloton, Uber, Spotify, DoorDash, Affirm, Coinbase, Alibaba, Tencent, Meituan, and Bytedance. The team is particularly focused on helping its portfolio companies, entrepreneurs, and fellow asset managers navigate opportunities associated with tech disruption. Established in 1981 to manage Singapore’s foreign reserves, GIC is a long term investor with well over $100 billion in assets in more than 40 countries worldwide.

 
Prior to GIC, Ethel invested in public software companies at EMS Capital, a family office associated with the Safra family. Prior to EMS, Ethel spent nearly 8 years as a venture capital investor with Norwest Venture Partners. Ethel started her career in M&A investment banking at Morgan Stanley and private equity at Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. She holds a MBA from Harvard Business School and degrees in Management Science and Engineering (MS) and Computer Science (BS) from Stanford University.