Han Chen

Han Chen is the Co-Founder and CEO of ZeaKal, Inc. Han brings with him over seventeen years of management and venture experience. He has been a pioneer in changing how agricultural trait technologies are commercialized, focusing on innovative public-private partnerships between industry, venture, and research. To date, Han has started and successfully raised financing for three start-ups, totaling over thirty million dollars in capital.
Han is also the Co-founder and Managing Director of Kapyon Ventures, a technology incubation firm behind the pre-venture development of ZeaKal. Prior to founding ZeaKal and Kapyon, Han was the Investment Manager for Finistere Partners, a San Diego-based life science venture capital firm. He was responsible for seeding the deal flow of a nine-million-dollar strategic investment fund that resulted in the formation of several start-ups, generation of millions in research funding, and several technology licensing opportunities. Han graduated magna cum laude from Amherst College and has a Master’s degree in International Business from the University of California, San Diego. He is also a CFA Charterholder.