Alex Chung

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel
Investor Stage
Seed

Alex Chung is currently the founder and CEO of GIPHY. His latest startups include Artspace, a leading ecommerce destination for contemporary art, The Fridge, a private social network acquired by Google, and General Displays a GE venture developing GE's next generation of HDTVs.

He has also directed media technology for MTV, NBC, Comcast, Charter, and managed future technologies for Paul Allen's R&D lab. He was one of the early architects of interactive television and started his career as a hardware engineer at Intel.

He was named on Business Insider's Top 25 most influential technologists in New York and has degrees in philosophy, electrical/computer engineering, and graphic design.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
4
Alex Chung has made 4 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jun 1, 2017, when Parsley Health raised 0.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Apr 19, 2022 Yomi Games Seed $2M Blockchain Detail
Jan 14, 2021 Infinite Objects Seed $480K Blockchain Detail
Nov 14, 2018 Lolli Pre-seed $2.25M Apps Detail
Jun 1, 2017 Parsley Health Seed Health Care Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
2
Alex Chung has 2 current jobs including Co-Founder & CEO at Giphy , Board Member at Giphy and .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Giphy Co-Founder & CEO Detail
Giphy Board Member Detail