# Robin Chan

> Robin Chan is an entrepreneur and investor who co-founded Operator with Garrett Camp, founded Beijing social-games company XPD Media before its 2010 acquisition by Zynga, and co-founded Goat Capital with Justin Kan. His later ventures include Fractal and Stash, which builds direct-to-player commerce tools for game developers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and General Partner at Goat Capital; Co-Founder at Stash
- **Organizations:** Operator, XPD Media, Zynga, Verizon Wireless, Goat Capital, Fractal, Stash, Rye, Expa, Flipboard, Uber, Bird, Sleeper
- **Education:** B.A., Economics, Columbia University, Punahou School
- **Known for:** Founded XPD Media, acquired by Zynga in 2010 with a team of 40., Co-founded the conversational shopping service Operator with Garrett Camp., Co-founded Goat Capital with Justin Kan.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Graduated from Columbia University with a degree in economics.
- **2005** — Became director of social media at Verizon Wireless.
- **2008** — Founded XPD Media in Beijing.
- **2010** — XPD Media was acquired by Zynga; Chan became general manager of Asia business operations.
- **2013-2017** — Operator founder tenure listed on his Wellfound profile; the shopping service emerged publicly in 2015.
- **2016** — Operator became available on Facebook Messenger.
- **2018-2020** — Served as a special adviser to Bird.
- **2020** — Co-founded Goat Capital with Justin Kan.
- **2021** — Co-founded Fractal.
- **2022** — Named to the founding team of commerce startup Rye.
- **2024** — Stash publicly introduced its direct-to-player webshop product on January 18.

## Achievements

- Founded XPD Media, acquired by Zynga in 2010 with a team of 40.
- Co-founded the conversational shopping service Operator with Garrett Camp.
- Co-founded Goat Capital with Justin Kan.
- Early investor in Twitter, Square, Foursquare and Xiaomi.
- Co-founded Stash, a direct-to-consumer commerce platform for game developers.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Stash published a Snowprint Studios case study describing its webshop, PC launcher and loyalty program for Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus. This is a company update, not a personal announcement by Chan.
- **2024-01** — Stash publicly introduced its direct-to-player webshop product.
- **2024-05** — Appeared with Justin Kan and Dan Borstelmann on Secret Stash to discuss co-founders and entrepreneurship in games.

## Links

- Website: https://goat.vc/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robinchan
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/robinchan

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Last updated: 2026-10-25