Jeff Chen

Managing Director @Asahi Kasei Ventures | AI and Robotics for Manufacturing | Clean Energy | Decarbonization | Sustainability | Semiconductor | Technical Operator -​> Investor

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2026
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Mar 2026
KEWAZO is a leading construction robotics company with offices in Germany (Munich) and the USA (Houston). KEWAZO automates and digitizes on-site material handling with robotics and data analytics. KEWAZO’s unique solution, LIFTBOT, is a battery-powered, remote-controlled lifting robot for construction sites and industrial plants, powered by a data analytics platform. In its first application, scaffolding assembly, the robotic system saves up to 70% of man-hours and improves safety.
Investor and Board Observer
Aug 2024
Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy. We do this with AEM Electrolyzer (Anion Exchange Membrane) technology that cost effectively and efficiently converts renewable electricity and water into high pressure hydrogen.
mid stageOil and Gas
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2023
Ionomr Innovation produces revolutionary ion-exchange materials that represent a cost and efficiency breakthrough focused on hydrogen and CCU systems and more broadly new archetype of hydrocarbon (non-fluorinated/PFAS) membrane and ionomer materials for electrochemical systems. At Ionomr, we bridge the gap between materials science and real-world industrial problems and will help enable a large inflection of the global hydrogen, energy storage and sustainable chemical economies.
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2023
AM Batteries is an innovator in the electro-chemical energy storage industry, focusing on transforming the manufacturing processes & performance of Li-ion batteries for EVs, grid storage, consumer electronics, and more. AM Batteries is working to industrialize a solvent free electrode manufacturing technology for Li-ion batteries and beyond. In this technology, the dry mixed powder will be directly coated onto the current collectors. This revolutionary technology can substantially reduce the energy footprint, hazardous material usage, & capital costs for Li-ion battery manufacturers.
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2026
Investor and Board Observer
Mar 2026
KEWAZO is a leading construction robotics company with offices in Germany (Munich) and the USA (Houston). KEWAZO automates and digitizes on-site material handling with robotics and data analytics. KEWAZO’s unique solution, LIFTBOT, is a battery-powered, remote-controlled lifting robot for construction sites and industrial plants, powered by a data analytics platform. In its first application, scaffolding assembly, the robotic system saves up to 70% of man-hours and improves safety.
2025
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Jan 2025
Path Robotics was founded by brothers Andy and Alex Lonsberry with a desire to help fill workforce gaps in the manufacturing industry. At Path Robotics, we understand manufacturers are constantly being asked to do more with less; more reshoring, more demand, and more requirements with less time, less talent, and less tolerance. We’re helping guide the Fourth Industrial Revolution in manufacturing by providing robotic support to help keep up with those challenges. Our welding robots absorb high-volume, repetitive tasks by leveraging AI and machine learning. By doing this, we’re putting humans in safe, productive environments that allows manufacturers to increase productivity and grow their business.
2024
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Dec 2024
Sight Machine is the data platform for manufacturing, unlocking plant data to help manufacturers improve profitability, productivity, and sustainability. Using Sight Machine’s common Data Foundation for operations and analysis, manufacturers can make better, faster decisions for improving production performance. Sight Machine’s streaming platform continuously analyzes all assets, data sources, and processes, from machine to enterprise level.
Investor and Board Observer
Aug 2024
Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy. We do this with AEM Electrolyzer (Anion Exchange Membrane) technology that cost effectively and efficiently converts renewable electricity and water into high pressure hydrogen.
mid stageOil and Gas
2023
Investor and Board Observer
2023
Ionomr Innovation produces revolutionary ion-exchange materials that represent a cost and efficiency breakthrough focused on hydrogen and CCU systems and more broadly new archetype of hydrocarbon (non-fluorinated/PFAS) membrane and ionomer materials for electrochemical systems. At Ionomr, we bridge the gap between materials science and real-world industrial problems and will help enable a large inflection of the global hydrogen, energy storage and sustainable chemical economies.
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