# Jane Chen

> Jane Chen is the founder and CEO of Letterly, an AI-assisted, human-in-the-loop writing platform that has helped more than 3,000 students across 30 states and seven countries write, revise, and publish their own work. A New York-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who returned from Shanghai unable to speak English, she studied history at Harvard, spent a decade on Wall Street as an investment banker and hedge fund analyst, then walked away from finance to rebuild how kids learn to write - starting with 30 students at a community center and growing into a seed-funded company with nearly 13,000 published student articles.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Letterly
- **Organizations:** Letterly, Eyre Writing Center
- **From:** New York City, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Concentration in History (Blankfein Family Scholar), Harvard University
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Letterly, serving 3,000+ students across 30 states and 7 countries, Published nearly 13,000 student-written articles in Letterly's online journal, Raised a $2.5M seed round for Letterly

## Career timeline

- **—** — Born in New York City to Chinese immigrant parents; spent formative years in Shanghai
- **—** — Returned to the U.S. not speaking English; earned a scholarship to a private school on Manhattan's Upper West Side
- **—** — Studied History at Harvard University as a Blankfein Family Scholar
- **—** — Spent roughly a decade on Wall Street as an investment banker, then hedge fund analyst
- **—** — Moved to Europe to run a hedge fund that finished second in all of Europe in its first year
- **—** — Left finance; volunteered as a writing tutor for immigrants and drove across the country teaching writing
- **—** — Founded Eyre Writing Center; grew to ~30 students at the Chinese Community Center in Latham and Saratoga CoWorks
- **2020** — COVID-19 drove 500 students to sign up for a summer camp, prompting a pivot to a tech platform renamed Letterly
- **2025** — Raised $2.5M seed round (last raised Feb 2025); Letterly serving 3,000+ students across 30 states and seven countries

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Letterly, serving 3,000+ students across 30 states and 7 countries
- Published nearly 13,000 student-written articles in Letterly's online journal
- Raised a $2.5M seed round for Letterly
- Secured Robin Hood Foundation funding for a school product piloted at Brooklyn Technical High School, the nation's largest high school
- Ran a European hedge fund that finished second in all of Europe in its debut year
- Harvard History concentrator and Blankfein Family Scholar

## Latest updates

- **2025-02** — Letterly raised a $2.5M seed round
- **2025-01** — Profiled by Saratoga Living on making writing cool again; serving 3,000+ students in 30 states and 7 countries

## Links

- Website: https://letterly.io
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-xi-chen
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LetterlyLearning
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letterlyjunior/

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Last updated: 2026-07-01