Zituo (Henry) Chen

Zituo (Henry) Chen is an Investor at Portal Ventures based in San Francisco, California. Since joining the firm in 2023, he has focused on seed and Series A investments across enterprise software, artificial intelligence infrastructure, and developer tools for the fund, which manages over $300 million in assets. Prior to his current role, Chen served as an Associate at Initialized Capital under Garry Tan, where he gained experience evaluating early-stage technology startups. His investment portfolio includes notable enterprise software companies such as Retool, Supabase, and Hex, and he recently led a new investment in an AI coding platform during the first quarter of 2025. Holding an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Chen leverages his prior experience in software engineering and product management to identify and support technical founders building transformative enterprise technologies.