Calvin Chin

Calvin Chin

Partner at E14 Fund

TED Attendee
Palo Alto, California, United States
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About Calvin

I am a…

Brainstormer, Business adviser, Business mentor, Christian, Concerned citizen, Connector, Entrepreneur, Investor, Marketer, Parent, Project manager

Bio

Calvin is a managing partner at E14 Fund, the MIT Media Lab early stage venture capital fund. Calvin was previously the co-founder of Transist Impact Labs, an incubator and investor in impact-driven tech startups in China and founder and CEO of Qifang, China’s first online student loan service and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Calvin is a member of the Aspen Institute's China Fellowship Program and a WEF Young Global Leader. He was named one of Fast Company magazine's 100 Most Creative People In Business for 2011, was named 2009 Chinese Business Leader of the Year by Horasis and Baker & McKenzie, and is a Social Innovation Park Fellow. He has an MBA from TRIUM (NYU, LSE, HEC Paris), a B.A. from Yale University and has also studied social entrepreneurship, global leadership and other management and policy subjects at Harvard University and INSEAD.

I'm passionate about

Mindfulness, Compassion, Parenting

An idea worth spreading

Scientists and engineers make better entrepreneurs/business leaders and politicians than commonly assumed.

Things you might not know

Word games, karaoke