Violet Chen 陈曦
About Violet Chen 陈曦
Violet Chen is the Head of China at Kinship, where she focuses on identifying venture investments in the Chinese market. She has a diverse background in product management and education, having worked at iRobot, NIO, and Continuum, and holds multiple degrees in finance and education.
Current Role at Kinship
Violet Chen serves as the Head of China at Kinship, a position she has held since 2020. In this role, she is responsible for identifying venture investments tailored for the China market. Her leadership focuses on creating growth opportunities through new venture building, particularly in sectors such as digital health, DNA testing, smart devices, and e-commerce. She operates from both the New York City Metropolitan Area and Shanghai.
Previous Experience at iRobot
Violet Chen has extensive experience at iRobot, where she held multiple roles from 2016 to 2020. Initially, she was the Regional Manager for Marketing and Product Management in Shanghai City for one year. She then transitioned to the Global Product Manager for Roomba in the Greater Boston Area for two years. Following this, she took on the role of Global Product Management and Head of Product Partnerships for seven months, also in the Greater Boston Area.
Educational Background
Violet Chen has a strong academic background with multiple degrees. She earned a Bachelor's degree in English Simultaneous Interpretation & Translation from Nanjing Normal University. She furthered her education with two Master of Business Administration (MBA) degrees, one from Columbia Business School and another from London Business School, focusing on finance, strategy, and entrepreneurship. Additionally, she studied at The Education University of Hong Kong, where she achieved a qualification in Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language.
Experience in User Experience Innovation
Before her tenure at iRobot, Violet Chen worked at Continuum as a User Experience Innovation Strategist from 2010 to 2014 and later as a Senior User Experience Innovation Strategist in 2015. In these roles, she contributed to user insights and experience innovation projects in Shanghai City. She also briefly worked at NIO in 2016, focusing on user insights and experience innovation consultation.
Entrepreneurial Initiatives
Violet Chen incubated FluffyGo, a pet parent edutainment platform in China. The platform achieved significant engagement, with 22 million interactions on social media and 30,000 registered users within six months of its beta launch. This initiative highlights her capability in driving user engagement and developing innovative solutions in the pet care sector.