Top 50 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in China in December 2024
A list of 50 angel investors that invest in Media (entertainment) startups based in China. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Media (entertainment) companies from China. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Media (entertainment) Angel Investors in China in December 2024
Investor | Media (entertainment) China investments |
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Minhong Yu | 4 |
Minhong Yu | 4 |
Jinbo Yao | 3 |
Jinbo Yao | 3 |
Wanqiang Li | 2 |
Ron Zuckerman | 2 |
O.D. Kobo | 2 |
Xiaolai Li | 2 |
Wanqiang Li | 2 |
Ron Zuckerman | 2 |
Xiaolai Li | 2 |
O.D. Kobo | 2 |
Hongyu Zhang | 1 |
Mark Pincus | 1 |
Mark Cuban | 1 |
Xiaoguang Wu | 1 |
Sheng Fu | 1 |
Nat Turner | 1 |
Hailong Xiang | 1 |
William Bao Bean | 1 |
Jed Rose | 1 |
Shaw Wang | 1 |
Lee Kai-Fu | 1 |
Liu Xianmin | 1 |
Yue Du | 1 |
Ming Lei | 1 |
Mark Cuban | 1 |
Guoxiong Cao | 1 |
Jing Qi | 1 |
Mark Pincus | 1 |
Jianqing Wang | 1 |
Jun Lin | 1 |
David Ling | 1 |
Xin Deng | 1 |
Yang Shoubin | 1 |
Kebin Dai | 1 |
Xiaodong Cai | 1 |
Charles Xue | 1 |
Jiang Wenyun | 1 |
Min Ni | 1 |
Sicong Wang | 1 |
Gang Wang | 1 |
Yuling Lin | 1 |
Zhengdong Ni | 1 |
Guoxiong Cao | 1 |
Kebin Dai | 1 |
Jing Qi | 1 |
Peter Kellner | 1 |
Jianqing Wang | 1 |
Xin Deng | 1 |
Minhong Yu is the founder, Chairman and CEO of New Oriental, a company providing a comprehensive range of educational services. Yu is also the Vice Chairman of the Beijing Young Entrepreneurs Association and Vice Chairman of the Committee of Education of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. Prior to founding New Oriental, Yu was anEnglish instructor at Peking University between 1985 and 1991. Yu received his Bachelor’s Degree in English from Peking University. Minhong Yu is the Director of Kidstone.
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Investment focus
- Education, Social Media, Mobile
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Bottomsup — Bottomsup engages in the production of online education content.
- Kuaipeilian — Kuaipeilian is an online piano training platform
- Pingo Space — Pingo Space is a mobile platform that connects locals to expats through in-person experiences.
Minhong Yu is the founder, Chairman and CEO of New Oriental, a company providing a comprehensive range of educational services. Yu is also the Vice Chairman of the Beijing Young Entrepreneurs Association and Vice Chairman of the Committee of Education of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. Prior to founding New Oriental, Yu was anEnglish instructor at Peking University between 1985 and 1991. Yu received his Bachelor’s Degree in English from Peking University. Minhong Yu is the Director of Kidstone.
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Investment focus
- Education, Social Media, Mobile
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Bottomsup — Bottomsup engages in the production of online education content.
- Kuaipeilian — Kuaipeilian is an online piano training platform
- Pingo Space — Pingo Space is a mobile platform that connects locals to expats through in-person experiences.
Jinbo Yao is the President, Founder and CEO at 58.com.
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Investment focus
- Marketing, Logistics, Automotive
- Angel, Series A, Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Chaboshi — Chaboshi offers vehicle conditions, vehicle inspection, car warranty and used car valuation services.
- Xiongmao Kuaishou — Xiongmao Kuaishou is a provider of delivery, logistics and supply chain management services.
- Cbeidou Supply Chain — Canbeidou is a food catering logistics service provider in China.
Jinbo Yao is the President, Founder and CEO at 58.com.
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Investment focus
- Marketing, Logistics, Automotive
- Angel, Series A, Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Chaboshi — Chaboshi offers vehicle conditions, vehicle inspection, car warranty and used car valuation services.
- Xiongmao Kuaishou — Xiongmao Kuaishou is a provider of delivery, logistics and supply chain management services.
- Cbeidou Supply Chain — Canbeidou is a food catering logistics service provider in China.
Wanqiang Li is responsible for the marketing of Xiaomi. He was the General Manager of Kingsoft Dictionary and notable for being one of the earliest UI practitioners in China. Graduated from Xi'an Science & Engineering Institute with a degree in Industrial Design in 2000, he joined Kingsoft’s UI Department and played a key role indeveloping many famous software projects including Kingsoft Antivirus, Kingsoft Dictionary and WPS Office. Wanqiang Li served at Kingsoft in various positions as Chief Designer of UI department, Director of Design Center and Director of Internet Content. Wanqiang Li is also a Co-founder of Xiaomi.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Art, Apps
- Angel, Series A, Funding Round
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Dayou — Dayou is a metaverse digital space service provider.
- reddoon.ai — reddoon.ai creates professional-quality product images.
- Optimist — Founded in August 2022, Letianpai is a consumer brand specializing in AI + IoT hardware product development. Our products are designed around people and their homes, integrating AI technology into these scenarios. We firmly believe that future tech gadgets are not mere lifeless devices but are empowered by AI.
Ron Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Director of TV Time.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Video, Marketplace
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Israel, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Cymbio — Connect to hundreds of digital sales channels via Cymbio's automated multi channel e-commerce platform to increase sales & elevate revenue.
- Craft.io — Plan & manage your products with craft.io. A comprehensive, streamlined, intuitive product management platform built for product managers.
- Safeguard Applied Innovation — Safeguard Applied Innovation provides a mobile performance management platform for construction enterprises. It designs its solution to enable decision-making for successful project planning and execution, delivering effective control regardless of project complexity or national regulations.
O.D. Kobo is an accomplished entrepreneur with over twenty-years of demonstrated history working in the financial services and technology sector.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Broadcasting, Video
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- China, Israel, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Kobo360 — Kobo360 is Africa's leading supply chain technology platform. We are simplifying the supply chain ecosystem with end-to-end tech products, providing a 360-degree view to all stakeholders.
- GiveHope —
- Totally Bored —
BitFund was founded in the middle of 2013 by Xiaolai Li, started from as little as $3.5 Million, and within one year, BitFund became the most influential Venture Capital related to crypto-currency in China. Xiaolai Li, a middle-aged retired formal teacher, a life-long learner, an individual who has always been curious about innovations andenthusiastic on efficiency, Li is the first individual in China who has been publicly collecting bitcoins without trying to remain anonymous (everyone puts great emphasis on anonymity of bitcoin when they first know about bitcoin), therefore he is well-known in China, and became even more influential after the BitFund founded.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Social Media, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- China, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- WYAN — WYAN develops a stranger red social app that provides social services for users.
- Zhongmei Group — A Media & Entertainment Company based in Hangzhou,China.
- MASS MEDIA HOLDING GROUP — MASS MEDIA HOLDING GROUP integrates media operations, reputation management, media advertising, and integrated marketing.
Wanqiang Li is responsible for the marketing of Xiaomi. He was the General Manager of Kingsoft Dictionary and notable for being one of the earliest UI practitioners in China. Graduated from Xi'an Science & Engineering Institute with a degree in Industrial Design in 2000, he joined Kingsoft’s UI Department and played a key role indeveloping many famous software projects including Kingsoft Antivirus, Kingsoft Dictionary and WPS Office. Wanqiang Li served at Kingsoft in various positions as Chief Designer of UI department, Director of Design Center and Director of Internet Content. Wanqiang Li is also a Co-founder of Xiaomi.
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Investment focus
- Artificial Intelligence, Art, Apps
- Angel, Series A, Funding Round
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Dayou — Dayou is a metaverse digital space service provider.
- reddoon.ai — reddoon.ai creates professional-quality product images.
- Optimist — Founded in August 2022, Letianpai is a consumer brand specializing in AI + IoT hardware product development. Our products are designed around people and their homes, integrating AI technology into these scenarios. We firmly believe that future tech gadgets are not mere lifeless devices but are empowered by AI.
Ron Zuckerman is the Co-Founder and Director of TV Time.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Video, Marketplace
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Israel, United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Cymbio — Connect to hundreds of digital sales channels via Cymbio's automated multi channel e-commerce platform to increase sales & elevate revenue.
- Craft.io — Plan & manage your products with craft.io. A comprehensive, streamlined, intuitive product management platform built for product managers.
- Safeguard Applied Innovation — Safeguard Applied Innovation provides a mobile performance management platform for construction enterprises. It designs its solution to enable decision-making for successful project planning and execution, delivering effective control regardless of project complexity or national regulations.
BitFund was founded in the middle of 2013 by Xiaolai Li, started from as little as $3.5 Million, and within one year, BitFund became the most influential Venture Capital related to crypto-currency in China. Xiaolai Li, a middle-aged retired formal teacher, a life-long learner, an individual who has always been curious about innovations andenthusiastic on efficiency, Li is the first individual in China who has been publicly collecting bitcoins without trying to remain anonymous (everyone puts great emphasis on anonymity of bitcoin when they first know about bitcoin), therefore he is well-known in China, and became even more influential after the BitFund founded.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Social Media, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- China, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- WYAN — WYAN develops a stranger red social app that provides social services for users.
- Zhongmei Group — A Media & Entertainment Company based in Hangzhou,China.
- MASS MEDIA HOLDING GROUP — MASS MEDIA HOLDING GROUP integrates media operations, reputation management, media advertising, and integrated marketing.
O.D. Kobo is an accomplished entrepreneur with over twenty-years of demonstrated history working in the financial services and technology sector.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Broadcasting, Video
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- China, Israel, Nigeria
Portfolio highlights
- Kobo360 — Kobo360 is Africa's leading supply chain technology platform. We are simplifying the supply chain ecosystem with end-to-end tech products, providing a 360-degree view to all stakeholders.
- GiveHope —
- Totally Bored —
The founder of PPS, the leading peer-to-peer streaming video network software in China. After PPS was purchased by Baidu for USD 370m, Mr. Zhang served as the co-CEO of Iqiyi, one of the largest online video platform. Hongyu has extensive knowledge in the fields of internet and content streaming in China.
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Investment focus
- Art, Apps, Music
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Artand — Artand is a community business platform and an online gallery for artists.
Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Investment focus
- Internet, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Troveo AI — AI companies are scouring the internet for high-quality video. Troveo helps you capture the value and turn your video into passive revenue.
- Echo Chunk AI — We build epic strategy games that generate themselves. Starting with Echo Chess: the daily chess puzzler where you are what you eat.
- Spring Free EV — Fleet managers, high mileage, and gig drivers. No Personal Credit Required. Learn More About Spring Free EV Today! A Stress-Free, Quick, and Unbiased Process to Get You Into an Electric Vehicle. Pay As You Go.
Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- DIRT Research Technologies — DIRT is an AI-powered content measurement engine enabling AI models to recognize, evaluate, and generate content that grabs attention and predicts engagement. Linking human attention to images and videos, we teach models to understand what people are most interested in engaging with, watching, and playing. At DIRT, what you make matters. We makesure it connects.
- TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
- Matter Intelligence — Matter Intelligence is creating the most detailed map of the world using first-of-a-kind sensors to understand our planet like never before
Xiaoguang Wu was named Senior Management Adviser in June 2015. He joined Tencent in 1999 and was a member of the founding team. Xiaoguang Wu led the development and product planning for the Group’s core product, QQ, and served as project manager for the QQ research and development team. He also served as General Manager of the IM product divisionand General Manager of the internet business division. He was later promoted to Senior Executive Vice President of the internet services division and Chief Executive Officer of Tencent E-Commerce Holdings Limited. Xiaoguang Wu has extensive experience in product research and development, product planning, product operations and marketing internet businesses. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Weather Dynamics from Nanjing University in 1996 and an EMBA degree from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) in 2008.
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Investment focus
- Software, Service Industry, SaaS
- Seed, Angel, Series B
- China
Portfolio highlights
- DayDayUp — DayDayUp is a business community that connects Chinese and global innovators.
- Feipotong — Feipotong is a nationwide service company that focuses on airport parking.
- Waterdrop — Waterdrop is an insurance platform that plans to solve the problem of high medical fees faced by most patients, especially those with a critical illness. Shuidihuzhu offers three products: mutual insurance, crowdfunding and commercial insurance. All their services are conducted through the platform’s official WeChat account, where users could postcrowdfunding campaigns, buy insurances, or claim indemnities according to their policies.
Sheng Fu
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Developer APIs, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series B, Funding Round
- United States, China
Portfolio highlights
- Bijixia — Bijixia is a digital media that provides business knowledge management services.
- Markable Creators(Markable AI) — BCG reported that 70% of Gen Z discover products through content platforms, not directly on a retailer website. Social commerce is NOW. The global fashion E-commerce digital advertising allocation is $200 billion. Mai is making social visual discovery shopping a reality on every photo and video across any social platforms or devices. Viewers canclick and shop the clothing they see while watching videos, such as TV shows, movies, and other digital media. Mai bridges the gap between social content and e-commerce, through a fully-automated AI computer vision technology, a sophisticated e-commerce bidding system, and a user personalization system. At Mai, we have spent three years working with top computer vision AI scientists, AI engineers, and fashion experts that created the world’s 1st fully automated video fashion shopping solution. We are connected with numerous top global e-commerce platforms, with total 200M SKUs available, daily updated with an out-of-stock rate <3%. Moreover, Mai is already live with two of the biggest social content platforms in Asia, with more to come.Mai has won the No.1 winner of MIT AI Idol contest in Jul 2020, and also won the title of “Most fundable company by investment value” at the biggest Asia Internet Conference in Nov 2020.
- Nanigans — Nanigans provides an advertising automation software that powers the in-house performance marketing teams. Offered as Software-as-a-Service, Nanigans software features programmatic media buying, predictive revenue optimization, and real-time business intelligence across today’s most valuable channels. Nanigans is headquartered in Boston, withoffices in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, London, Sydney, and Singapore.
Before co-founding Flatiron, Nat was Co-Founder and CEO of Invite Media, an advertising technology company based in NYC. Invite Media built the industry's first enterprise advertising platform for buying and optimizing online media in real-time. Invite Media was acquired by Google in 2010. Prior to Invite Media, Nat started numerousinternet companies and also worked at Say Media and First Round Capital. An active angel investor, Nat has invested in over 30 technology startups throughout the country, including Bell Biosystems, Breakthrough, Care at Hand, DocPhin, Doctor Evidence, Genomera, Meddik, Oscar, and Predilytics. Nat earned a Bachelor of Science degree cum laude in Economics with concentrations in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In his spare time, Nat is an avid golfer and tries to trick trout with fake bugs.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Software, Medical
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, China, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- CollX — Snap photos of them and instantly get the current market price. Add them to your collection and track your overall portfolio value.
- Collectors — Helping collectors to pursue their passion.
- Iterative Scopes — Iterative Scopes provides gastroenterologists with machine learning-powered diagnostic tools that help them prevent colon cancer and improve patient outcomes
Hailong Xiang joined Baidu in February 2005. He serves as Vice President in charge of Baidu’s commercial operations.Xiang served as Vice President of Baidu’s direct sales for its search marketing business, from April 2007 to July 2011.Mr. Xiang graduated from East China Normal University in 2000 with a degree in computer science.In 2001, Mr.Xiang established Shanghai Qilang, an Internet services firm, and served as its general manager.He joined Baidu with the acquisition of Shanghai Qilang in February 2005. Since joining, Mr. Xiang has led his team in completing the transformation of Baidu’s direct sales organization, effectively improving its structure, business processes, incentive systems, and marketing methods.He now oversees commercial product development, service management, and the Baidu Union.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Parenting, Mobile Apps
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Dooluu — Duolu is a social app that allows parents, relatives, and friends to record and share adolescent’s growth moments from thousands of miles away. It is also an interactive tool for homeschooling in the field of early childhood development. Family members can see the class dynamics posted by the teacher every day, and always understand the progress ofthe adolescent’s learning and growth.
William Bao Bean is Managing Director of Orbit Startups the first and longest-running startup program in Asia and General Partner of SOSV the #2 most active venture capital investor in the world with US$1.5bn in assets under management. Orbit provides hands-on support for growth, partnerships, fundraising and user acquisition combined with aninitial investment package and millions available in follow-on funding from SOSV. Our focus is on digitalization across emerging and frontier markets to drive efficiency in e-commerce, fintech, media, health, education, and logistics. Orbit's consumer ecosystem has helped our startups scale to 153m monthly active smartphone users. William joined Orbit from SingTel Innov8 Ventures where he was a founding Managing Director supporting China investments. Prior to that William was a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings, a VC backed by Softbank and Cisco, leading investments in China and South East Asia. William started his career in equity research most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was a top ranked analyst for Asia Internet and China Tech, Media and Telecom and worked on the IPOs for Alibaba, Kingsoft, eLong (Expedia China), OnMobile, Rediff and Infoedge Naukri.In 2005, he was ranked #3 stock picker in China/Hong Kong and #1 for Technology, Media and Telecom by Thomson Reuters Starmine. In 2006 he was ranked #3 equity research analyst in Asia for Software and IT Services by Institutional Investor Magazine for his work on China Internet. William has done over 300 early stage investments including Bitmex in blockchain, UShopal in ecommerce, Snapask in edtech, italki in edtech, Carota in mobility, Phable in health, Flickstree in media, ELSA Speak in edtech, Tappytoon in media, Coutloot in ecommerce, and Dastgyr in fintech. He currently sits on the board of directors of Phable, Supplynote, Scantrust, Boost Capital, Pandabus, Fleksy, Goama, italki, and SRT as well as non-profit Blair Academy. He holds a BA from Bowdoin College.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- India, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- HengZhi — HengZhi is a China-based, Invite-only Business Social Network.
- XD Academy — XD Academy is a e-learning platform that provides education contents on crypto, trading, and blockchain.
- Tokiva Technologies — Tokiva - Expat's Mobile Carriers. Low cost international calls - on both mobile and landline.
Jed Rose
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Investment focus
- Software, Education, Art
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- United Kingdom, China
Portfolio highlights
- Dyad.com — Dyad is a mentorship platform that has helped students earn over $27 Million in university scholarships.
- AlphaLoops — The future of Investors Relations or Investors Relations reinvented
- Blend — Engaging the next-generation of frontline workers though short form video and gamification - think TikTok for workplace training!
Before the founding of Jiuhe Ventures, Wang Xiao was a member of the founding team of Baidu Seven Musketeers. In Baidu's first ten years, Wang Xiao built the underlying system of the first generation of search engines, served as the head of several Baidu star projects, and formed the wireless business unit in the last two years of leavingBaidu. In 2011, Wang Xiao founded Jiuhe Venture Capital and led the investment of 36 companies, the kitchen, Qingyun Qingcloud, Zepp, Fast Drug Delivery, Butter Camera, Eclipse, New Studio, and Good Residence. In the past five years, Wang Xiao has been pursuing the concept of “walking between technology and humanity” to find the top domestic startup companies, and at the same time making full use of the accumulated high-quality Internet resources of the past ten years to provide PR, market, HR and other aspects to the invested enterprises. Services; observe and promote the integration and innovation of the mobile Internet with e-commerce, healthcare, finance, education and the sharing economy.Wang Xiao holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and an MBA from China Europe International Business School. He is the Director of Oneflow.
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Investment focus
- Digital Media, Fashion, Consumer
- Seed, Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Youbu — Youbu offers clothing supply chain services based on digital printing technology.
- Tong Shi App — Tong Shi App is an employee communication platform.
Kai-Fu Lee is the Chairman and CEO of Sinovation Ventures and President of Sinovation Venture’s Artificial Intelligence Institute. Sinovation Ventures, managing US$1.7 billion dual currency investment funds, is a leading technology investment firm focusing on developing the next generation of Chinese high-tech companies. Prior to foundingSinovation in 2009, Kai-Fu Lee was the President of Google China. Previously, he held executive positions at Microsoft, SGI, and Apple. Kai-Fu Lee received his Bachelor degree from Computer Science from Columbia University, Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, as well as Honorary Doctorate Degrees from both Carnegie Mellon and the City University of Hong Kong. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Kai-Fu Lee is the author of seven top selling books in Chinese and launching new book AI Superpowers (www.aisuperpowers.com/) internationally in fall 2018, and has over 50 million followers on social media.In the field of artificial intelligence, Kai-Fu Lee founded Microsoft Research China, which was named as the hottest research lab by MIT Technology Review. Later renamed Microsoft Research Asia, this institute trained the great majority of AI leaders in China, including CTOs or AI heads at Baidu, Tencent, Alibaba, Lenovo, Huawei, and Haier. While with Apple, Kai-Fu Lee led AI projects in speech and natural language, which have been featured on Good Morning America on ABC Television and the front page of Wall Street Journal. He has authored 10 U.S. patents, and more than 100 journal and conference papers. Altogether, Kai-Fu Lee has been in artificial intelligence research, development, and investment for more than 30 years.
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Investment focus
- Medical, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Series B, Series A, Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- LEGEND POKER — LEGEND POKER is a Chinese mobile poker game operator.
- Project AI 2.0 — Project AI 2.0 is a large language model platform, dedicated to building a brand new AI2.0 platform and AI-first productivity applications.
- NationalChip — Hangzhou Guoxin focuses on chip design and system solution development in the fields of digital TV, home multimedia and artificial intelligence. The company has developed digital TV chip products all over the world and is one of the world's leading suppliers of set-top box chips.
Liu Xianmin - Partner @ Meridian Capital
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Investment focus
- TV, Film, Digital Entertainment
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Seven Entertainment Picture — Seven Entertainment Picture is a film and television entertainment company that focuses on movies, dramas, entertainment programs and stars.
Yue Du - Partner @ Ivy Capital
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Online Games, Media and Entertainment
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- LEGEND POKER — LEGEND POKER is a Chinese mobile poker game operator.
Ming Lei (雷鸣) is the chief executive officer of Kuwo Science and Technology, a Chinese company providing digital entertainment services. Prior to that, he was a senior engineer at Baidu, a Chinese web services company. Lei holds an MBA from Stanford University, United States and a master’s degree in computer from Peking University, China.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, FinTech, Finance
- Seed, Angel
- China, Singapore, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Collov — Collov is a virtual interior design & shopping platform that offers interior design services stocked with shoppable goods from many brands.
- Bailian.AI — Bailian.ai is an artificial intelligence company that specializes in providing intelligent customer service. It aims to apply AI technology to deepen unstructured business information on the Internet into structured sales leads to help improve customers. Efficiency, reducing the cost of getting customers.Bailian Smart is committed to thedevelopment of automated knowledge generation technology based on deep learning, collecting, cleaning, extracting, screening and rewriting business information, refining it into precise and trustworthy knowledge and enhancing business awareness.
- FundedHere — FundedHere Crowdfunding Platform
Mark Cuban is the founder of Fireside, Chairman and Founding Partner of AXS TV, and the Owner of Dallas Mavericks. He previously worked at Broadcast.com as a Co-Founder. Mark Cuban attended the Indiana University Bloomington.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, United Kingdom, Singapore
Portfolio highlights
- Allstar — Allstar is a gaming company that believes every gamer can become a content creator, with the right tools. The company is driven by its mission is to make the everyday gamer the star of their greatest esports moments through technology that enables them to effortlessly create, discover, and share their own professional quality esports highlights.
- DIRT Research Technologies — DIRT is an AI-powered content measurement engine enabling AI models to recognize, evaluate, and generate content that grabs attention and predicts engagement. Linking human attention to images and videos, we teach models to understand what people are most interested in engaging with, watching, and playing. At DIRT, what you make matters. We makesure it connects.
- TransCrypts — We all have that file box where we throw all our important documents. Our goal at TransCrypts is to make that box digital and have all the documents secured through the blockchain. We currently offer industry leading privacy and security standards on our file storage and sharing platform and have solutions for individuals all the way to enterprises.
Guoxiong Cao is a partner at Matrix Partners China RMB Fund, where he leads the RMB fund investment activities and also heads up the partnership’s Hangzhou office. He has over 14 years of investment and financial advisory experience in both domestic and foreign capital markets, and has deep expertise in emerging consumer sectors in China.BeforeMatrix, Guoxiong Cao founded Puhua Capital in 2002, which is well known for its professionalism and excellent performance in both venture investments and investment banking activities. He also co-founded Puhua Group, a well-established CPA firm in Zhejiang. Prior to this, Guoxiong Cao was Chief Representative of UOI (HK) and before that leads the finance department at Start LongShine.Guoxiong Cao is currently leading Matrix Partners China’s RMB funds investments and oversees sectors including consumer, clean tech and health care.Guoxiong Cao was born in China and graduated from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law with Master’s Degree. He is qualified Senior Accountant, CPA and CTA. He is also author of the book "The WAL-MART Powerful Career”.Guoxiong Cao spends his free time travelling, reading and watching movies.
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Investment focus
- Wedding, Consumer, Product Design
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Halobear — Hangzhou is a wedding industry sales and supply chain service platform.
Jing Qi
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Investment focus
- Wedding, Customer Service, Event Management
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Sunny — Sunny is a professional wedding company in China.
Mark Pincus is the founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Zynga. He has served as our Chairman from April 2007 to March 2016 and the company's Executive Chairman since March 2016. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer from April 2007 to July 2013 and from April 2015 to March 2016, and as Chief Product Officer from April2007 to April 2014. In 2014, he founded superlabs, a San Francisco-based product lab focused on developing products that connect and empower people, which was acquired by Zynga in 2015. Pincus also founded Zynga.org in 2009, a non-profit organization dedicated to using social games for social good.From 2003 to 2007, Pincus served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Tribe.net, a company he launched and one of the first social networks in the industry. From 1997 to 2000, he served as Chairman of Support.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRT), a help desk automation software company he founded, and he served as Chief Executive Officer and President from December 1997 to July 1999. From 1996 to 1997, he served as Chief Executive Officer of FreeLoader, Inc., a web-based news company he founded.Pincus also made founding investments in Napster, Twitter, and Facebook.Pincus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business and earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is an angel investor in multiple Silicon Valley startups and regularly gives lectures to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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- Internet, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Loop — Control your freight spend with Loop. A tech-first audit and pay platform loved by Shippers, Carriers and 3PLs.
- Echo Chunk AI — We build epic strategy games that generate themselves. Starting with Echo Chess: the daily chess puzzler where you are what you eat.
- Spring Free EV — Fleet managers, high mileage, and gig drivers. No Personal Credit Required. Learn More About Spring Free EV Today! A Stress-Free, Quick, and Unbiased Process to Get You Into an Electric Vehicle. Pay As You Go.
Wang Jianqing is one of the founding members of Legend Capital in 2001. Starting as a Senior Management Advisor, she is now the Managing Director and Chief Management Advisor of the firm, and also serves on the Management Committee and Human Resources Committee. Wang Jianqing is responsible for examining and evaluating CEO, the management team andbusiness operation of target companies during due diligence, and providing post-investment value added services.Wang Jianqing has in-depth understanding of corporate governance, human resources systems, corporate culture construction and team management. She had analyzed the major success and failure cases of Legend Group in history, and performed thorough studies on how to evaluate CEOs and management teams and how to provide value-added services to invested companies. After over 10 years working with entrepreneurs, she has gained resourceful experience in CEO coaching, core team building, corporate culture construction and governance structure improvement.Joining Legend Group in 1996, Wang Jianqing was Executive Vice President of Legend Management School and Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Department of Legend Group. She was also the Dean of the first “Legend Star CEO Training” class, in charge of building the course system, designing teaching plans, managing academic affairs, and serving as lecturer of one of the core courses.Wang Jianqing received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1982 and her EMBA’s degree from Peking University in 2006.
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Investment focus
- Video, Gaming, Sports
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Le Sports — Le Sports, the sports arm of China's leading online video provider.
Jun Lin is the Founder of Leiphone.com. Founder of Tianjiwang. Once served as the vice president of Duowan Youxiwang and an early investor in the mobile Internet.
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- Video, Advertising, Digital Media
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Leikeji.com — Lei Keji provides digital media products and short video content.
David Ling - Founding Partner @ Danen Capital
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Investment focus
- Video, Video Editing, Media and Entertainment
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Kuaitv — Kuaitv is a video application for making short videos specializes in short form video content for food.
Xin Deng - CEO and Founder @ Xueda
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Investment focus
- Consumer, Photography, Information Technology
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Moments — Meishi Meike is a platform that connects parents who want to get portfolios of their kids clicked with photographers.
Yang Shoubin is the Founding Partner of FH Capital.
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- Consumer, E-Commerce, Photography
- Angel
- China
Kebin Dai is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lietou.com, a high-end talent community-based recruitment site. He is an expert in recruitment marketing in China.Considered as an expert in recruitment marketing, Dai served at many established companies including P&G and was in charge of the branding operations for Ariel, whisper,Crest and Oral-B brand.Dai resigned P&G as Brand Manager of Greater China and founded Lietou.com in 2008.In 2010, Dai successfully entered the 2010 Asia America Multi-technology Association Cradle Plan. In 2012, Mr. Dai was acclaimed as one of top 10 most influential innovative entrepreneurs in human resources in China.Dai graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in Finance.
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Investment focus
- News, Social News, Social Media
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- pencilnews — The authenticity and trustworthiness of China media have been challenged by foreign press for decades. Media or reporters are often paid (bribed) to write articles on “customers” behave. The truth is, the local people doubt about media as well and in the startup world, it is no exception. The founder of PencilNews, Fang Wang, has experienced itfirsthand and changing the immorality and the unprofessionalism becomes his passion. he mission of PencilNews is to provide the true information about early stage startup. PencilNews has no ads, no paid articles, no articles based on speculation and of course, reporters are restrictedly prohibited to receive money or any incentive for writing. As the slogan “The pencil never lies, the legend never dies”, PencilNews has been VC’s favorite media in China and has funded by SoftBank, Bertelsmann, K2VC, ZhenFund, InnoAngel and etc. for approximately 15M RMB in total.Every PencilNews article is written by our own reporters and interview founders directly through phone conversation or face-to-face meeting with voice recording to back up the authenticity of articles. Because of the diversity of startup and the flourishing ecosystem in China, PencilNews has covered startups from the agriculture, fish, livestock industry to the entertainment, gaming, education, manufacturing, smart devices and full of diverse industries. The trustworthy articles have caught investor’s needs to discover early stage startups and became the first choice for startups to understand the market situation and customer needs.
Xiaodong Cai - Executive Vice President @ Alpha Animation
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Investment focus
- Automotive, Content Creators, Electric Vehicle
- Series A, Series D
- China
Portfolio highlights
- LEADRIVE — LEADRIVE is a technology company that focuses on the research and development, production, and sales of new energy vehicle drive solutions and high-performance domestic power semiconductor modules. The company is developing a variety of high-performance motor controllers and self-developed power modules for new energy vehicles, which have wondomestic and foreign first-line passenger cars more than 10 models of OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers have been mass-produced and designated, and OEM certification progress for silicon carbide modules and electronic controls is in progress.LEADRIVE is also constantly investing and innovating in the field of new energy equipment such as wind energy, solar energy, and energy storage, and has taken the lead in realizing the localization of power semiconductor modules. LEADRIVE and Japan Rohm Semiconductor have established a joint laboratory to complete the iterative development of a variety of silicon carbide modules and realized simulation, testing, and efficiency from the device, and electronic control, to vehicle-level, promote.
- Kuaizi Technology — Kuaizi Technology (筷子科技) provides an AI driven platform for designing and creating creative contents for marketers or marketing content agencies.
Charles Xue, also known as Xue Manzi, is a Chinese-American angel investor and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of UT Starcom and has invested in Chinese internet startups.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Information Technology, Retail
- Series A, Angel, Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- DeLink (DELC) —
- Huaqin Zhilian — Huaqin Zhilian is a manufacturer of smart robot convenience devices in the field of smart retail.
- YEUNGS SAGE E-COMMERCE —
Jiang Wenyun is an individual investor.
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- Software, Media and Entertainment
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Miaochang — Miaochang is a developer of shared karaoke vending machines, integrating R&D, design, production, sales, software development and other services.
Min Ni
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Investment focus
- Video, Cloud Computing, Professional Services
- Series B, Funding Round
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Arcvideo Tech — Arcvideo Tech is the provider of professional intelligent video solutions and video cloud service.
Sicong Wang is a Co-Founder and Chairman of Prometheus Capital. He is a Director of the Dalian Wanda Group. and Founder of Panda TV.
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Investment focus
- eSports, Software, Online Games
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Fenda —
- Yingxiong Huyu — Yingxiong Huyu is a developer of mobile e-sports games and an organizer of e-sports competitions.
Gang Wangis the Founder, President & CEO of Anterra Energy.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Content, Training
- Angel, Seed, Series A
- China, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Lishe —
- Bottomsup — Bottomsup engages in the production of online education content.
- Paixue Che — Pai Xueche is an Internet driving training platform. The school adopts a consultant tracking system throughout the process. The company will equip each student with an exclusive learning car consultant, from registration to the student's driver's license, the whole process of tracking.
Yuling Lin
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Investment focus
- Publishing, Content Creators, Media and Entertainment
- Seed
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Yun Yue Wenxue — Yun Yue Wenxue is a novel creation platform.
Zhengdong Ni is a joint partner at QianHai FoFs and the founder of Zero2IPO Group.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Online Games, Customer Service
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- LEGEND POKER — LEGEND POKER is a Chinese mobile poker game operator.
- Food From Hunan — Food From Hunan is a food and beverage company.
Guoxiong Cao is a partner at Matrix Partners China RMB Fund, where he leads the RMB fund investment activities and also heads up the partnership’s Hangzhou office. He has over 14 years of investment and financial advisory experience in both domestic and foreign capital markets, and has deep expertise in emerging consumer sectors in China.BeforeMatrix, Guoxiong Cao founded Puhua Capital in 2002, which is well known for its professionalism and excellent performance in both venture investments and investment banking activities. He also co-founded Puhua Group, a well-established CPA firm in Zhejiang. Prior to this, Guoxiong Cao was Chief Representative of UOI (HK) and before that leads the finance department at Start LongShine.Guoxiong Cao is currently leading Matrix Partners China’s RMB funds investments and oversees sectors including consumer, clean tech and health care.Guoxiong Cao was born in China and graduated from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law with Master’s Degree. He is qualified Senior Accountant, CPA and CTA. He is also author of the book "The WAL-MART Powerful Career”.Guoxiong Cao spends his free time travelling, reading and watching movies.
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Investment focus
- Wedding, Consumer, Product Design
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Halobear — Hangzhou is a wedding industry sales and supply chain service platform.
Kebin Dai is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lietou.com, a high-end talent community-based recruitment site. He is an expert in recruitment marketing in China.Considered as an expert in recruitment marketing, Dai served at many established companies including P&G and was in charge of the branding operations for Ariel, whisper,Crest and Oral-B brand.Dai resigned P&G as Brand Manager of Greater China and founded Lietou.com in 2008.In 2010, Dai successfully entered the 2010 Asia America Multi-technology Association Cradle Plan. In 2012, Mr. Dai was acclaimed as one of top 10 most influential innovative entrepreneurs in human resources in China.Dai graduated from Sun Yat-sen University in Finance.
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Investment focus
- News, Social News, Social Media
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- pencilnews — The authenticity and trustworthiness of China media have been challenged by foreign press for decades. Media or reporters are often paid (bribed) to write articles on “customers” behave. The truth is, the local people doubt about media as well and in the startup world, it is no exception. The founder of PencilNews, Fang Wang, has experienced itfirsthand and changing the immorality and the unprofessionalism becomes his passion. he mission of PencilNews is to provide the true information about early stage startup. PencilNews has no ads, no paid articles, no articles based on speculation and of course, reporters are restrictedly prohibited to receive money or any incentive for writing. As the slogan “The pencil never lies, the legend never dies”, PencilNews has been VC’s favorite media in China and has funded by SoftBank, Bertelsmann, K2VC, ZhenFund, InnoAngel and etc. for approximately 15M RMB in total.Every PencilNews article is written by our own reporters and interview founders directly through phone conversation or face-to-face meeting with voice recording to back up the authenticity of articles. Because of the diversity of startup and the flourishing ecosystem in China, PencilNews has covered startups from the agriculture, fish, livestock industry to the entertainment, gaming, education, manufacturing, smart devices and full of diverse industries. The trustworthy articles have caught investor’s needs to discover early stage startups and became the first choice for startups to understand the market situation and customer needs.
Jing Qi
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Investment focus
- Wedding, Customer Service, Event Management
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Sunny — Sunny is a professional wedding company in China.
Peter Kellner is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Richmond Global. He previously worked at Richmond Global Compass as a Founder and CEO. Peter Kellner attended Harvard Business School.
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Investment focus
- Analytics, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, China, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Siftery — Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.
- Scout Finance — Scout Finance is the best mobile app for accessing company documents and fundamentals on your iPhone and iPad. A must-have for any serious investor.
- OpenSponsorship — Join 19000+ brands connecting to 11000+ athletes, teams and events globally, on OpenSponsorship to drive marketing and sales using sports; proven to deliver 7x ROI.
Wang Jianqing is one of the founding members of Legend Capital in 2001. Starting as a Senior Management Advisor, she is now the Managing Director and Chief Management Advisor of the firm, and also serves on the Management Committee and Human Resources Committee. Wang Jianqing is responsible for examining and evaluating CEO, the management team andbusiness operation of target companies during due diligence, and providing post-investment value added services.Wang Jianqing has in-depth understanding of corporate governance, human resources systems, corporate culture construction and team management. She had analyzed the major success and failure cases of Legend Group in history, and performed thorough studies on how to evaluate CEOs and management teams and how to provide value-added services to invested companies. After over 10 years working with entrepreneurs, she has gained resourceful experience in CEO coaching, core team building, corporate culture construction and governance structure improvement.Joining Legend Group in 1996, Wang Jianqing was Executive Vice President of Legend Management School and Deputy General Manager of Human Resources Department of Legend Group. She was also the Dean of the first “Legend Star CEO Training” class, in charge of building the course system, designing teaching plans, managing academic affairs, and serving as lecturer of one of the core courses.Wang Jianqing received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1982 and her EMBA’s degree from Peking University in 2006.
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Investment focus
- Video, Gaming, Sports
- Series A
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Le Sports — Le Sports, the sports arm of China's leading online video provider.
Xin Deng - CEO and Founder @ Xueda
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- Consumer, Photography, Information Technology
- Angel
- China
Portfolio highlights
- Moments — Meishi Meike is a platform that connects parents who want to get portfolios of their kids clicked with photographers.
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