Chris Tian

Tech Entrepreneur and Investor

📍 Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2021
VC🌍 Australia
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Investor
2021
The Ayla mobile app is an AI-powered smart account pioneering a new and better way for you to compare, manage and pay for your essential services. Aylas smart account conveniently integrates your essential services all in the one place; delivering a 10x better user experience than traditional management tools and helping you to build better financial habits. Our AI-powered price comparison tool ensures that you always receive the best value from your service providers; while our automated payment system guarantees that your essential services are paid on time, in easy bite-sized instalments on your paydays. Ayla is currently only available in Victoria, Australia. Australia-wide launch in January 2021. Download the Ayla app: https://bit.ly/36gewfb ---- FOR INVESTORS To join the Ayla journey, learn more about our equity crowdfunding offer here: https://bit.ly/36fvY3v [Consider the offer doc & risk warning before investing: https://bit.ly/3kcsweW]
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2021
STEPN GO is a new social lifestyle app by the creators of STEPN. Earn rewards, stay active and invite friends. Ready… STEPN, GO!
Investor
2021
Curious Thing is a leading provider of voice AI assistants for business. Powered by our proprietary conversational AI technology and OpenAIs ChatGPT, our voice AI assistants are designed to automate inbound calls and outbound customer engagement across any stage of the customer journey. We help businesses grow revenue, boost operational efficiency and enrich their digital customer experience journey without requiring large investments or additional headcount. Our multilingual voice AI assistants have successfully automated millions of business-customer conversations for SMBs and enterprises across a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, insurance, eCommerce and more. Curious Thing is the only Voice AI technology that supports rapid deployment across multiple use cases - payment support, enquiry handling, appointment booking, FAQ handling, lead qualification, and more. Get in touch at hello@curiousthing.io to learn more. Live Demo: Call US +1 201 987 0566, Call AU +61 2 9160 4372
Investor
2021
The competition is fierce, the playing field is even, and the stakes are high. Get the edge with powerful, real-time sports analytics.
Investor
2021
Airtasker is one of Australia’s most impactful tech companies. Our mission is to empower people to realise the full value of their skills. Our marketplace creates jobs and earning opportunities for people all over Australia and internationally, leveraging skills that they might not have previously known could provide them an income. After listing on the ASX in 2021, we went global through launching new marketplaces in the US and UK. Heres a snapshot of where we are up to in numbers: - We have created over $2bn worth of job opportunities since we started! - We generated $44.2M of revenue in FY23! - There were over 2,500,000 tasks posted on Airtasker in FY23! - We have over 149,000 active Taskers! - 6,750,000 verified Airtasker user reviews as of 2023! At Airtasker, we have five values that drive our actions, thoughts and goals everyday: - Stay Open - People Matter - Fit for Purpose - When it’s On, it’s On - Own It At Airtasker we believe in culture add - that each person is different and has their own background, learnings and unique experiences that can add to the Airtasker cultural tapestry. We pride ourselves on our inclusive culture, and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Benefits include: - Competitive compensation packages - Quarterly recharge days - Agile and innovative ways of working - Flexible, hybrid workplace environment - Learning and development - Progressive parental leave policies - Access to wellbeing support - Airtasker credits - Regular connection and celebration events - Dog friendly office So come be a part of our journey and check out our live roles - https://www.airtasker.com/careers/
Investor
2020
Proton CS - Decentralized storage solution provider - Focused on building Web3.0 infrastructure with IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) protocol - Partnerships with Tier3+ data centers across China and East Asia - Dedicated solutions for storage/bandwidth crypto miners (Filecoin, Chia, Swarm etc.) ie.Crypto Mining: Filecoin - The biggest ICO project in 2017; Founded by Protocol Labs (same as IPFS) - We provide tech & ops support for 150P+ mining power (2.4% of the total) Chia: - Founded by the same team of most popular p2p software, BitTorrent - We supply 1.5P valid mining storage per day (clients provide SSD&HDD, we provide plotting capability) Swarm: - Founded and supported by Ethereum Foundation - Mainnet will launch on 21st June 2021, we participated in testnet and self-owned 5000 nodes - Fast deploy capability on Aliyun & AWS
Investor
2019
Rocos is dedicated to helping accelerate the robotic industry. We are helping to make the design, deployment and maintenance of multi robot solutions easier and faster. Rocos provides a Cloud backbone to connect robotics to all the Cloud has to offer including AI, 3rd party APIs and visualization. We are inspired by the future filled with autonomous robotics and are providing some of the important Cloud technology required to get us there.
Investor
2019
Accelerator: https://www.startmate.com/accelerator/program First Believers: https://www.startmate.com/first-believers/program We back the most ambitious founders in ANZ 🚀 From founders who are pre-revenue to scaling globally, Startmate is the epicentre of startup ambition. We run programs for founders, operators and investors, fuelled by a community that believes big. You bring the ambition. We’ll bring the jet fuel ✈️
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2018
Sinorbis is a Digital Experience Platform that is revolutionising the way Western organisations do digital marketing in Asia. We have been ranked by the Financial times as one of the fastest growing companies in Australia and Asia 3 years in a row (2021, 2022, 2023). Our all-in-one marketing platform has been developed with the unique needs of the Asian digital ecosystem in mind. It allows businesses and Higher Education organisations to realise their full potential in the APAC region. Our clients are leading B2B organizations and Higher Education institutions in Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and Europe. 
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2021
Investor
2021
The Ayla mobile app is an AI-powered smart account pioneering a new and better way for you to compare, manage and pay for your essential services. Aylas smart account conveniently integrates your essential services all in the one place; delivering a 10x better user experience than traditional management tools and helping you to build better financial habits. Our AI-powered price comparison tool ensures that you always receive the best value from your service providers; while our automated payment system guarantees that your essential services are paid on time, in easy bite-sized instalments on your paydays. Ayla is currently only available in Victoria, Australia. Australia-wide launch in January 2021. Download the Ayla app: https://bit.ly/36gewfb ---- FOR INVESTORS To join the Ayla journey, learn more about our equity crowdfunding offer here: https://bit.ly/36fvY3v [Consider the offer doc & risk warning before investing: https://bit.ly/3kcsweW]
Investor
2021
STEPN GO is a new social lifestyle app by the creators of STEPN. Earn rewards, stay active and invite friends. Ready… STEPN, GO!
Investor
2021
Curious Thing is a leading provider of voice AI assistants for business. Powered by our proprietary conversational AI technology and OpenAIs ChatGPT, our voice AI assistants are designed to automate inbound calls and outbound customer engagement across any stage of the customer journey. We help businesses grow revenue, boost operational efficiency and enrich their digital customer experience journey without requiring large investments or additional headcount. Our multilingual voice AI assistants have successfully automated millions of business-customer conversations for SMBs and enterprises across a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, insurance, eCommerce and more. Curious Thing is the only Voice AI technology that supports rapid deployment across multiple use cases - payment support, enquiry handling, appointment booking, FAQ handling, lead qualification, and more. Get in touch at hello@curiousthing.io to learn more. Live Demo: Call US +1 201 987 0566, Call AU +61 2 9160 4372
Investor
2021
The competition is fierce, the playing field is even, and the stakes are high. Get the edge with powerful, real-time sports analytics.
Investor
2021
Airtasker is one of Australia’s most impactful tech companies. Our mission is to empower people to realise the full value of their skills. Our marketplace creates jobs and earning opportunities for people all over Australia and internationally, leveraging skills that they might not have previously known could provide them an income. After listing on the ASX in 2021, we went global through launching new marketplaces in the US and UK. Heres a snapshot of where we are up to in numbers: - We have created over $2bn worth of job opportunities since we started! - We generated $44.2M of revenue in FY23! - There were over 2,500,000 tasks posted on Airtasker in FY23! - We have over 149,000 active Taskers! - 6,750,000 verified Airtasker user reviews as of 2023! At Airtasker, we have five values that drive our actions, thoughts and goals everyday: - Stay Open - People Matter - Fit for Purpose - When it’s On, it’s On - Own It At Airtasker we believe in culture add - that each person is different and has their own background, learnings and unique experiences that can add to the Airtasker cultural tapestry. We pride ourselves on our inclusive culture, and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Benefits include: - Competitive compensation packages - Quarterly recharge days - Agile and innovative ways of working - Flexible, hybrid workplace environment - Learning and development - Progressive parental leave policies - Access to wellbeing support - Airtasker credits - Regular connection and celebration events - Dog friendly office So come be a part of our journey and check out our live roles - https://www.airtasker.com/careers/
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