Andrew Chung is the Founder and Managing Partner of 1955 Capital. See sector focus and contact routes.
Andrew Chung is the Founder and Managing Partner of 1955 Capital, a venture firm he established in 2016 after serving as a General Partner at Khosla Ventures and Lightspeed Ventures where he backed eight unicorns. His investment thesis targets early-stage companies in health, climate, education, and advanced computation that leverage frontier science to solve global challenges, with a focus on technologies from the Americas and Europe applied to developing markets. The firm typically leads or participates in Series A and Series B rounds with average check sizes of $5–10 million. Notable portfolio companies include Innovo Property Group, which Chung also founded as CEO, alongside other world-positive ventures in sustainability and health that collectively generated over $30 billion in market value. Chung distinguishes his approach by prioritizing “save the world” technologies created in developed nations to address pressing societal issues in the developing world, particularly in China. He holds a BA in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University and an MBA from Wharton, and publicly frames his work as translating frontier science into venture-
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