ecosystem / people / philip-chen
P

Philip Chen

Co-founder, SeamlessMD

Health Tech

Philip Chen is a co-founder of SeamlessMD, the Toronto health tech company whose software guides and monitors patients through surgery and other care. SeamlessMD's own FAQ says he founded it in 2012 with Joshua Liu and Willie Kwok. U of T News described him as an engineering science alumnus who met his co-founders through The Next 36.

Philip hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Philip co-founded SeamlessMD, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

Around the web ×1

Quick answers

Who is Philip Chen?

A co-founder of SeamlessMD. The company's FAQ, checked in September 2026, says "SeamlessMD was founded by Dr. Joshua Liu (CEO), Willie Kwok (CTO) and Philip Chen in 2012." BetaKit's August 2020 Series A report also names him as a co-founder.

How did Philip Chen meet his SeamlessMD co-founders?

Through The Next 36 entrepreneurship program. U of T News reported in April 2015 that Chen, an engineering science alumnus, met Joshua Liu and Willie Kwok there, and that the idea was incubated at U of T's Innis College, where the team worked for its first eight months.

What did Philip Chen do before SeamlessMD?

He told U of T News in April 2015 that he learned about entrepreneurship in Professor Emeritus Joseph Paradi's courses, then started Social Spark at the University of Toronto and Western University to encourage young people to build social ventures.

Does Philip Chen still work at SeamlessMD?

Not confirmed. SeamlessMD's leadership page, checked in September 2026, lists Joshua Liu and Willie Kwok as co-founders in current roles but does not list Chen, and no current role for him was found in a public source.

Suggest an edit
This is you? Claim this profileAsk to be removed
Know someone who belongs here? Suggest a profile
Maintained by TechTO · facts sourced and dated · last reviewed Sep 17, 2026