# Top 15 Automotive Angel Investors in China in June 2026

## Jinbo Yao
- Type: Angel
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Logistics, Marketing, Automotive

Jinbo Yao is the President, Founder and CEO at 58.com.

## Frank Li
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Series A, Seed
- Focus: B2B, Retail, Internet

Frank Li is a former at Ameba Capital. CEO of WaCai. Prior to founding Ameba Capital, Mr. Li worked for Alibaba Group, where he focused on website planning and construction. He developed Alibaba’s biggest paying client base and second biggest income product, 1688 CXT. Mr. Li founded Koubei.com in 2004 and acted as CEO. Alibaba Group acquiredKoubei.com for over 50 million US dollars in 2008. Koubei.com merged with Yahoo China before finally merging with Taobao.

## Yang Jichao
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Automotive, Recruiting, Staffing Agency

Yang Jichao is working as an investment director of Chentao Capital.

## Kevin Diao
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management

Kevin Diao - Co-Founder @ Mx Federation

## Shen Peng
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management

Shen Peng was a co-founder of Meituan meal-delivery unit. In April 2016, he left Meituan and set up Waterdrop Inc., aiming to provide medical funds efficiently to the general public. The company has four major businesses: Waterdrop Mutual Aid, Waterdrop Fundraising, Waterdrop Insurance and Waterdrop Health, and had served more than 20 millionpaying users within one year of its establishment. Based on the different needs of users, Waterdrop Mutual Aid, Waterdrop Fundraising and Waterdrop Insurance provide an effective channel for users to gain access to medical funds, while Waterdrop Health connects the upstream and downstream of the health industry to form an ecological closed loop covering health management, prevention and screening, consultation, treatment, and rehabilitation, so as to provide comprehensive health security services for users.

## Wei Tao
- Type: Angel
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Hardware, Software, Automotive

Wei Tao - Founder @ Z Ventures Group

## Xiaopeng He
- Type: Angel
- Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Autonomous Vehicles, Computer, Software

He Xiaopeng is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of UCWeb Inc. and is in charge of the overall product design and R&D of the company.  He has extensive working experience in foreign owned enterprises and as an entrepreneur.  He and Liang Jie jointly founded UCWeb in 2004. Under their leadership, UCWeb’s product and technology hasgained significant market share in China. In 2011, He and his team developed proprietary U3 engine, being the first proprietary technology developed in the mobile browser industry in China.Before joining UCWeb, He worked as Technology Manager, Testing Manager, and Project Manager at AsiaInfo Technologies (China) Co., Ltd.He received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from South China University of Technology in 1999.

## Hu Zemin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Catering, Computer, Internet

Hu Zemin is a Chinese investor.

## Amnon Shashua
- Type: Angel
- Location: Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Software, Internet

Amnon Shashua is the Chairman and Co Founder of Mentee Robotics. He previously worked at Intel Corporation as a Senior Vice President. Amnon Shashua attended Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

## Qiyu Chuangying
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Robotics, Security, Automotive

Qiyu Chuangying is a individual investor.

## Fangyi Chen
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Internet, Automotive, Cloud Management

Fangyi Chen (陈方毅) is the founder of Fanhuan.com, a shopping platform for major e-shops. He is also the chief executive officer of Lingganfangzhou and Upin.  Chen set up the Inspirational Ark Information Technology Ltd in Xiamen. Besides, he has founded websites such as See You Menstruation Helper, ruguoyun.com, and upin.com.

## Yuan Yongfeng
- Type: Angel
- Location: Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel
- Focus: Automotive, Information Technology

Yuan Yongfeng is the Chairman of  Dongshan Precision.

## Padmasree Warrior
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Jose, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Genetics, Automotive

Padmasree Warrior is the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Fable. She is also the Chief Executive Officer of NextEV, U.S. She also serves as the Chief
Development Officer of NextEV, as well as a member of its Board of Directors. In these capacities, she is responsible for the brains of NextEV's autonomous, electric vehiclesand the overall user experience. She is based in San Jose, CA where NextEV US is headquartered.Previously, Warrior served as the Chief Technology & Strategy Officer (CTSO) for Cisco until
September 2015. In this capacity she was charged with aligning the company's technology and
business strategy to business results. She was in charge of corporate strategy, mergers,
acquisitions, venture investments, and strategic partnerships. Previous to that she was the GM for
Cisco Enterprise segment and co-led Cisco's worldwide engineering organization. Prior to joining
Cisco, she was executive vice president and CTO at Motorola. Under her leadership, Motorola was
awarded the 2004 U.S. National Medal of Technology.Padmasree Warrior has been widely recognized for her creative, visionary leadership. Forbes has
named her one of "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" for three years running. In 2013, The
International Alliance for Women gave her the World of Difference Award. In 2012, Business Insider called her one of the "25 Most Influential Women in Wireless". The Aspen Institute gave her the first Leadership in Science and Technology Award. India's National Association of Software & Service Companies (NASSCOM) named her the Global CTO Award winner. The Wall Street Journal has called her one of "50 Women to Watch." Fast Company included her among the "100 Most Creative People in Business." The Economic Times listed her as "the 11th Most Influential Global Indian."Warrior holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of
Technology in New Delhi and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell
University. In addition to NextEV's board, Warrior serves on the board of Microsoft. She previously served on the board of Gap and Box.

## Hu Yu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Robotics, Automotive, Manufacturing

Hu Yu is the co-founder of iFlytek.

## Wenwen Niu
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fuel, Automotive, Customer Service

Wenwen Niu - Founding Partner @ Dark Horse Ventures