Goodwater Capital

Goodwater Capital is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Eric Kim and Chi-Hua Chien, investing exclusively in consumer technology at seed and early stages across more than 20 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm closed $1 billion in new capital commitments across two funds (reported October 2023), with roughly 60% earmarked for early- and seed-stage deals, and runs a roughly 65-person team weighted toward former product, engineering and data-science operators from consumer tech companies. Verified portfolio companies include Coupang, Kakao, Toss, Musical.ly (later acquired into TikTok) and Monzo. No GCC/UAE-specific portfolio company or investment could be independently verified from public sources.

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GCC relevance

International, Active in GCC

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Recent activity: Closed $1 billion in capital commitments across two new funds, with about 60% allocated to early- and seed-stage consumer tech investing, as reported 8 October 2023. · source