Richard Chen is a crypto venture investor who founded Varrock Ventures, a pre-seed and seed fund writing checks of $600,000 to $900,000 into crypto founders. Richard Chen's Twitter Score is 432 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #477 (top 0.1%) among 483,652 tracked accounts.
Richard Chen previously served as General Partner at 1confirmation, a crypto-focused venture fund, before launching Varrock Ventures. He announced the new fund in late 2024, noting at the time that fundraising was wrapping up. Varrock Ventures invests at the pre-seed and seed stages, with a focus on crypto founders.
Richard Chen publishes crypto market and product analysis through his Shower Thoughts by Richard Chen Substack, where recent posts have examined topics such as crypto-native versus crypto-adjacent product development and narrative shifts around Ethereum. He has written annual crypto product-trend predictions each year since 2020, making the series a consistent reference point for the space.
Richard Chen's account has 30,747 followers as of August 2026 and 3,243 posts. He has been mentioned by 194 accounts, with 332 total mentions. As an angel investor, Richard Chen has backed Layer3.
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