Jim Chu (entrepreneur)


Jim Chu is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, philanthropist and angel investor focusing on business sustainability in developing markets. Chu has invested in and launched startups in the US, Sub Saharan Africa, and Haiti. Chu is known for his insights in clean energy, clean water, economic opportunity, environmental sustainability, impact investing, venture capital, responsible supply chains, and contribution to the sustainability of small businesses in developing markets.

The Nest

Jim Chu founded The Nest, a Zoom-based digital event in April 2020. It was created in 2020 during the coronavirus lockdown.

Untapped

Chu founded Untapped in 2018. It is a social impact enterprise.

dloHaiti

Chu has been actively working in Haiti since early 2010 and until July 2012 was a volunteer at LifeGivingForce, a public charity deploying donor-funded private-public water kiosks in urban and rural Haiti. In 2012 he launched dloHaiti, a water kiosk venture in Haiti that is building a network of wells serviced by solar-powered kiosks and equipped with hi-tech purification systems and information technology. dloHaiti is led by a team of Haitian and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs with previous water experience in Haiti, and is backed by several investors, including Leopard Capital's Leopard Haiti Fund, the International Finance Corporation's InfraVentures Fund, the Netherlands Development Finance Company, and Miyamoto International.