General Info
Tim Chen is the founder and CEO of NerdWallet. He co-founded NerdWallet in 2009 with initial investment in an $800 blog. The company has significantly grown to a $2 billion unicorn. Tim Chen focuses on comparing credit cards and has a background in hedge fund equity analysis. NerdWallet’s investments include companies like Sock Finance, Resourcely, MoneyHash, Sleeper, Numadic, The Hustle, SimplyInsured, Do, and Abbey Labs. The stage of investment varies from seed rounds to Series C. Geographically, NerdWallet is based in San Francisco, CA, and Tim Chen is focused on democratizing access to financial guidance. The investment check size ranges across different rounds of funding.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Country: TWN
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Investment Stages: pre-seed, seed
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Status: very-active
AI Reasoning: TechCrunch reports Tim Chen closed a $41M Fund IV and mentions investments and portfolio activity in Sept 2025, indicating investment activity less than 6 months before Nov 1, 2025. Portfolio companies mentioned include Tabular (acquired 2024) and Comfy-org (Series A referenced). This places his last known investment in Sept 2025, which is within 6 months, so classify as very-active.
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Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.
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